Why Did Queen Elizabeth I Need To Marry

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Queen of England in 1559 was Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Prince Henry the eighth and Anne Boleynn. Elizabeth had no children therefor did she ever felt the need to marry. Queen Elizabeth had and interesting childhood as a princess she had a stormy relationship with her sister Marry Tudor then Elizabeth became queen when marry passed away, and she had an unlovable relationship with one of her female cousins named Marry (queen of Scotts). Queen Elizabeth was born in September 7 1533. She was only two years old when her mother passed away. Her dad (Prince Henry) accused her mom of cheating because Queen Elizabeth was born with red hair. Henry killed Anne as well to her failure of having a boy she promised price Henry a male but then Queen …show more content…
They were seventeen years apart. One of the reasons why these sisters didn’t get along was because both of theirs moms didn’t like each other. Mary was Roman Catholic while Elizabeth on the other hand was raised Protestant. When Mary was getting married, she didn’t invite queen Elizabeth. Marry wanted for everyone to change their religion from protestant to roman catholic when they disagreed she burnt all the protesting people. Marry was then known as “bloody mary”,after she locked up queen Elizabeth in the tower of London for eight weeks after she was impacted with Wyatt rebellion. They were two sisters with different mothers, religion and mindsets. “Mary strongly distrusted her half-sister but was eventually reconciled with Elizabeth through the persuasions of her husband. Philip was shrewd. He was also aware that the alternative heir to the English throne was Mary Queen of Scots who was closely allied to France. Mary had not long married Francois the French heir to the throne. And France was the enemy of Spain. Elizabeth was therefore the 'lesser of two evils' and Philip slowly persuaded his wife to reconcile with her sister” (unknown). Marry later died at age 42 November 17,

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