45. Why Elizabeth Never Married Flashcards
Why did Elizabeth’s ministers want her to marry?
It would allow her to benefit from the advice and security that a powerful European prince could offer, and she could have an heir
What did elizabeth do in her first parliament?
She rebuked the commons for assuming they had the right to urge her to marry- it was a matter of royal prerogative
When was elizabeth’s first parliament?
1559
When was elizabeth’s brush with death with smallpox?
1562
When was elizabeth urged again by ministers and parliament to marry?
1563
What did the lords and commons do?
They united to postpone the passing of the subsidy bill until elizabeth agreed to settle the succession
When was the subsidy bill postponed?
1566
What was the subsidy bill?
To raise taxes
How did elizabeth respond to the postponing of the subsidy bill?
She was furious so Parliament backed down
Who raised 3 questions in parliament on the matter of succession?
Paul Wentworth
Who had given birth to some by the later 1560s?
Katherine Grey and Mary Queen of Scot’s
What did elizabeth believe that would happen as soon as she named a successor?
Her life would be in danger as enemies would use the successor as the focus of plots against her
What was the most notable opposition from the public?
Opposition to the French match
Who wrote a pamphlet about the risk of marrying a French man?
John Stubbs MP
What did John Stubbs’ pamphlet say?
That England would be ‘swallowed by another French marriage’ into a ‘gaping gulf’
