Elizabeth I

• marriage

  • charles of austria
  • duke of alencon
• Mary Queen of Scots

  • 1568 = fled to england
  • threat to elizabeth - catholic heir to the throne
  • threat increased when pope excommunicated elizabeth
  • 4 plots = babington plot 1586 = mary was guilty
  • elizabeth reluctant to execute
  • 1587 = mary beheaded
  • spanish armada set off in 1588 = phillip saw mary's execution as an excuse
• spain

  • spanish trade threatened by hawkin's trading activity near the caribbean
  • netherlands = catholic phillip v dutch protestant rebels
  • elizabeth relunctant to support rebels
  • philip supported the northern rebellion in 1569 and the ridolfi plot to overthrow elizabeth
  • 1589 = treaty of joinville between spain and the catholic league in france
• spanish armada 1585 - 1604

  • treaty of nonsuch with the dutch rebels = troops sent under earl of leicester = arguments
  • 1587 = attacked spanish ships at Cadiz
  • 1588 = invasion of england
  • on land and sea
  • 1589 = netherlands divided into catholic and protestant
  • 1596 = phillip ordered another invasion but the fleet was defeated by storms
  • 1604 = deaths of elizabeth and phillip meant the end of the war
• scotland

  • john knox asked for help
  • elizabeth reluctant but cecil for
  • sent money and was involved
  • treaty of edinburgh = peace
• france

  • 1562 catholic v huegnot protestants
  • dudley supported
  • men and money sent
  • defeated
  • treaty of troyes 1564 = loss of calais
• treaty of cateau-cambresis 1559

  • ended french war
  • france can regain calais for 8 years
  • france pay £150,000 or return it to england