Elizabethan England Key Individuals

Question 1

Catherine of aragon

Answer 1

spanish princess
married to henry for 24 yrs
2 sons w/ henry died as infants

Question 2

King Phillip of spain

Answer 2

One of the most powerful
Struggled to manage protestantism in netherlands
Tensions increase bcse of Mary’s execution, English privateers, Her support for rebels in netherlands

Question 3

Mary queen of scotland

Answer 3

beheaded 1587
deeply religious
House arrest during 19 yrs in England

Question 4

Lord Darnley

Answer 4

Mary QoS #2 hubby
had son w/ Mary- James

Question 5

Earl of bothwell

Answer 5

Mary #3 hubby
suspected of killing Darnley
marriage led to Mary QoS abdication

Question 6

Earl of Northumberland

Answer 6

Catholic
lots of land confiscated by Liz
Unhappy that liz used council of the north to help govern the area
beheaded

Question 7

william cecil

Answer 7

chief secretary+ lord treasurer
Helped elizabeth run country

Question 8

Duke of norfolk

Answer 8

wealthiest landowner
queens cousin
Catholic sympathiser
Plan to marry mary+ replace elizabeth
Ridolfi + throckmorton plot

Question 9

Earl of westmorland

Answer 9

revolt of northern earls
illegaly held mass in Durham
escaped abroad

Question 10

Pope pius V

Answer 10

issued papal bull- excommunicated Elizabeth
Called upon catholic restoration

Question 11

Ridolfi

Answer 11

messenger for Mary QoS to duke of Alba in netherlands, Pope, Phillip of spain