A LIST OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PRINCIPAL SUITORS

 

This list gives the names of the principal suitors to the Queen over the course of her life. Some individuals appear more than once as their suit was considered and reconsidered.

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Thomas Seymour, Baron Sudeley, Lord Admiral of England

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Henry Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers

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Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon

1534  Charles, Earl of Angoulême 1536, Duke of Orléans et de Châtellerault, Duke of Borboun (1522-1545) (third son of Francois I)

1538  Archduke Ferdinand of Austria

c1542 A Prince of Portugal

1543  James Hamilton, Son of James Hamilton, 2° Earl of Arran

1544  Prince Felipe

1547  Sir Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley

1551 Brother of the Duke of Guise

1551 Alfonso D'Este (1533–1597), Son of  Hercules D'Este Duke of Ferrara

1551 Son of Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence

1552  Prince Frederick of Denmark

1553  Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire

1554 Henry Fitzalan, BaronMaltravers, Son of the Earl of Arundel

1554 Duque de Segorbe

1554  Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor

1554  Prince Frederick of Denmark

1555 Christopher II Zahringen, Margrave of Baden (1536/37-1577)

1555  Philibert Emanuel, Duke of Savoy

1556  Prince Eric of Sweden

1556  Don Carlos (son of Felipe II)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Robert Dudley

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Felipe II of Spain

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor

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Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel

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Erik XVI of Sweden

1559  Felipe II

1559  Prince Eric of Sweden

1559  Son of Johann Friedrich I, Duke of Saxony (1554 - 1556)

1559  Sir William Pickering

1559  James Hamilton, 2° Earl of Arran

1559  Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel

1559  Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

1560  King Eric XVI of Sweden

1560  Adolphus of Gottorp, Duke of Holstein (1533-86) Knight of the Garter

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Frederick II of Denmark

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James Hamilton

2° E. Arran

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Alfonso D'Este

D. Ferrara

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Cossimo D'Medici

D. Florence

1560  King Charles IX of France

1560  Henri De Valois, Duke of Anjou

1566  Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

1568  Archduke Charles of Austria

1570  Henri De Valois, Duke of Anjou

1572- 1585 Francois De Valois, Duke of Alencon, later Anjou

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King Charles IX of France

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Henry De Valois, Duke of Anjou

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Francois De Valois, Duke of Alencon

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