Problems of succession (marriage)

Question 1

when was the spanish marriage?

Answer 1

1554

Question 2

who was her preferred marriage to?

Answer 2

phillip of spain (her catholic cousin) but english public opinion was hostile to a foreign marriage

Question 3

the marriage treaty was agreed as followed:
(4)

Answer 3

• gave phillip the title of king but no actual power
• remove eng from any involvement in, or financial support for, Phillips wars
• ruled that phillip had no claim on the english crown if mary died before he did
• forbade foreigners from holding english offices

Question 4

why was the marriage unsuccessful?

Answer 4

• phillip found eng unwelcoming and unimpressed by new wife, spent little time in eng
• 1554, parliament rejected a bill that would have included phillip along with mary in a proposed new law on treason
• 1555 parliament prevented phillips coronation as king