Elizabeths sucession

Question 1

Name Elizabeth’s potential suitors

Answer 1

Robert Dudley- Childhood friend

Phillip of Spain

Question 2

When was marriage first raised as an issue in in parliament?

Answer 2

1559

Question 3

Why was Robert Dudley unsuitable as a suitor?

Answer 3

childhood friend, but opposed by Cecil whose position would have been threatened, Amy Dudley’s wife died in 1560 under suspicious circumstances from a broken neck from falling down the stairs.

Question 4

Who did she name as a successor?

Answer 4

Never named a successor . Essex and Cecil in contact with James

Question 5

When was Elizabeths small pox episode?

Answer 5

1562

Question 6

Describe Lady Catherine Grey

Answer 6

protestant but disgraced when she married Earl of Hertford. They were imprisoned and the marriage was annulled in 1562.

Question 7

Name the two potential successors

Answer 7

Lady Catherine Grey

Mary QUeen to Scots

Question 8

Describe Mary Queen of Scots

Answer 8

Mary Queen of Scots, Catholic, fled 2 England in 1567
QUEENS EXCOMMUNICATION 1570 =Mary true leader in Catholic eyes
Mary faced trial at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. FEAR OF REGICIDE AND 4 MONTHS DELAY. Parliament petitioned E but refused to sign death warrant until 1st feb 1587.
Mary died a matyl in red.