Elizabeth I

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

After François Clouet
Duc d'Alençon
From Frederick Chamberlain, The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth (London: John Lane, 1923)
Newberry Library (E5 .E43204)
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Queen Elizabeth I engaged in many courtships with foreign candidates from France, Spain, Scotland, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire. Her last suitor was François Hercule, duke of Alençon, the younger brother of the king of France.

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