Elizabeth I and the succession question

Question 1

as a young, inexperienced woman many people within Elizabeths government wanted her to mary quickly and have chuldren to establish a smooth succession after her death

Answer 1

this was particulary important becausr elizabeth had no brothers or sisters to whom she could pass the throne

Question 2

elizabeth had losts of potential suitors with the most important being Robert Dudley, Earl of leicester.

Answer 2

this created divisions and jealousies never explained why she never married

Question 3

reasons for why she wasnt married;

Answer 3

the potential for any husband to try to control elizabeth and rule himself

Question 4

reasons for why she wasnt married;

Answer 4

the potential to upset factions if she married someone from england

Question 5

reasons for why she wasnt married;

Answer 5

the potential to upset countries if she married a foreign prince

Question 6

elizabeth only confirmed who she wanted to succeed her when she was on her deathbed….

Answer 6

March 1603. her closest relative, her cousins son. James BI of Scotland