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.
Thomas Seymour, Baron Sudeley, Lord Admiral of England |
Henry Fitzalan, Baron Maltravers |
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 |
Felipe II of Spain |
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor |
Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel |
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 |
Frederick II of Denmark |
James Hamilton 2° E. Arran |
Alfonso D'Este D. Ferrara |
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 |
King Charles IX of France |
Henry De Valois, Duke of Anjou |
Francois De Valois, Duke of Alencon |
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