Elizabeth the Queen
 The Rule of Women | Marriage & Virginity | Elizabeth as Religious Leader

Image of Robert Dudley from The Court of Queen Elizabeth
Newberry Library (F4549.6)
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Elizabeth's favorite Englishman was Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Throughout the 1560s there was speculation that Elizabeth might defy domestic and foreign opposition in order to marry him.

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