Why+Will+she+not+Marry?

One of the many rumours is that she early decided to not marry. After she became Queen, we know that her adviser have tried to get her quickly married to a prince and produce children so that the throne is secure. If she does not have an heir, the throne will pass to Mary Stuart, the queen of Scotland. Thomas Seymour, England’s Lord Admiral, proposed to Elizabeth before she became Queen, but she turned him down, she knew he was looking for power. He married Queen Katherine instead. We know that Elizabeth went to live with them, but an incident at the Old Manor House regarding Seymour and Elizabeth, got her banished from the manor by Katherine. After Katherine died the Lord kept up his interest in Elisabeth, but was arrested for planning to take over the government by marrying her.



Phillip of Spain was one of the many great men she has rejected. He would have been a great political match. There has not been a good reason for her rejection; all we can think of is that she loves her power too much to give it to him, and wishes to keep her religion. She has rejected many fine suitors for no apparent reason. Maybe the Queen does not wish to have any master. One of the many theories is that she has been affected by her fathers many wives that had such a terrible faith. One of them was her own mother, Ann Boleyn and Henrys fifth wife Katherine Howard; she was decapitated for adultery when Elisabeth was seven years old. This could have made her reluctant to get married. There are also very many rumours about a childhood sweetheart, Robert Dudley. The Queen made him the Earl of Leicester and she keeps him close at all times, he even has a bedroom near hers. Many people believed that she would marry him after his wives tragic death, but she has not. It is said that she told him when they were children that she would never marry any man. Maybe she will always stick to her word; if she does she will always be the Virgin Queen that is married to England and her people.