Point of Divergence ... More of a discussion of various timeline scenarios that could occur as a result of Elizabeth getting married to various grooms. Picture the Tudor Bachelorette. Here are the candidates:
Phillip the II of Spain - King of Spain, future enemy and leader of the Armada against Elizabeth
James, Earl of Arran - Scottish Nobleman
Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel - English Lord and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Sir William Pickering - English courier and diplomat.
Eric XIV of Sweden - King of Sweden
Adolphus of Gottorp, Duke of Holstein
Henry Duke of Anjou - Reluctant French heir proposed by Catherine de Medici.
Archduke Charles of Austria - Catholic Austrian Noble.
Francis Duke of Anjou - Bisexual Fop, know as Elizabeth's "frog".
Robert Dudley - Described as the love of Elizabeth's life.
Ivan the Terrible - Russian Tsar. Sanity much questioned.
Sultan Murrad of the Ottoman Empire - Sultan, correspondent of Elizabeth for many years.
What would have been England's fate had Elizabeth chosen any one of these 12 grooms? How would the world have changed as a result?
Phillip the II of Spain - King of Spain, future enemy and leader of the Armada against Elizabeth
James, Earl of Arran - Scottish Nobleman
Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel - English Lord and Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Sir William Pickering - English courier and diplomat.
Eric XIV of Sweden - King of Sweden
Adolphus of Gottorp, Duke of Holstein
Henry Duke of Anjou - Reluctant French heir proposed by Catherine de Medici.
Archduke Charles of Austria - Catholic Austrian Noble.
Francis Duke of Anjou - Bisexual Fop, know as Elizabeth's "frog".
Robert Dudley - Described as the love of Elizabeth's life.
Ivan the Terrible - Russian Tsar. Sanity much questioned.
Sultan Murrad of the Ottoman Empire - Sultan, correspondent of Elizabeth for many years.
What would have been England's fate had Elizabeth chosen any one of these 12 grooms? How would the world have changed as a result?