Why did Elizabeth not want to get married?

• Government:

  > Marriage to a foreigner was even more concerning as a foreign

  husband may prioritise the stability of his own state rather than

  England.
• War and Violence:

  > Marriage to a foreigner could lock England into an international

  alliance that could draw England into foreign and expensive wars.
• War and Violence:

  > Elizabeth had witnessed her father’s marriages breakdown with Henry VIII ordering the execution of Elizabeth’s mother, Anne Boleyn.
• Social:

  > Getting an heir was a process that directly threatened Elizabeth’s

  safety: two of her stepmothers had died during childbirth.