Elizabeth

• When was MQS born?

  1542
• Who ruled Scotland for MQS while she was in France?

  Mary Guise
• When does MQS arrive in England?

  1568
• When was MQS imprisoned in Carlisle Castle?

  1568
• When was the Northern Rebellion?


  1569
• When was the Ridolfi plot?

  1571
• When was the throckmorton plot?

  1583
• Which 2 rebellions was MQS rumoured to be part of?

  Throckmorton and Babington
• When was the Babington plot?

  1586
• When was MQS executed?

  February 1587
• What was the % of women who died in childbirth?

  10%
• Give an example of someone who died in childbirth.

  Jane Seymour
• Why did Elizabeth face backlash?

  There was controversy over the death of Robert Dudley's wife and then he agreed to return to Catholicism if Philip II supported a marriage between dudley and Liz
• Elizabeth was believed to be a part of the plot to poison Robert Dudley's Wife - The rumour was started by William Cecil to put a stop to the marriage
• Elizabeth's proposed marriage to Alencon caused pubic outcry as he was a french catholic. The marriage didn't go ahead
• What prevented the pope from excommunicating her at the start of her reign?

  Her possible marriage to Philip of spain
• The threat that Elizabeth could marry and have a child was a way to get Mary to behave herself
• Elizabeth came down with a serious case of small pox in 1562
• How many times did Parliament petition for Elizabeth to marry?

  3 (1559, 1563, 1576)
• What did Elizabeth claim she was married to?

  Her country