Elizabeth I's Suitors: Fates and Fortunes

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What happened to the men who were linked to Elizabeth I as potential husbands…

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Duke Charles of Angoulême by Corneille de Lyon (1536). Held by the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown English artist (late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley by Nicolas Denizot (c.1547-1549). Held by the National Maritime Museum.

Portrait of Katherine Parr by an unknown artist (late 16th century). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Philip of Spain and Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (1558). Held by Woburn Abbey.

Portrait of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon by an unknown artist of the English school (c.1555). Held in an unknown location / collection.

Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy by Giacomo Vighi (16th century). Held in an unknown location / collection.

Portrait of Philip II in Armour by Titian (1551). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Elisabeth de Valois with her husband, Philip II of Spain. Miniature from a prayer book of Catherine de' Medici (16th century). Held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Portrait of Anna of Austria by Alonso Sánchez Coello (c.1571). Held by the Lázaro Galdiano Museum.

Portrait of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway by Hans Knieper (1581). Held by the Museum of National History, Denmark.

Portrait of Anne of Denmark by John de Crittz (c.1605). Held by the National Maritime Museum.

Portrait of Erik XIV of Sweden attributed to Domenicus Verwilt (1561) Held by the National Museum, Sweden.

Portrait of Thomas Wyatt the Younger by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1540–42). Held by the Weiss Gallery.

Portrait engraving of James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran by Pieter Stevens van Gunst, after Adriaen van der Werff (1707). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by Steven van der Meulen (c.1564). Held by Waddesdon Manor.

Portrait of Lettice Knollys attributed to George Gower (c.1585). Held in the collection of the Marquess of Bath / Grand Staircase, Longleat.

Portrait of the Archduke Charles of Austria by Bartolomé González y Serrano (c.1608-1617). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Portrait of Henry III of France in Polish hat attributed to Étienne Dumonstier (c.1580-1586). Held by the National Museum in Poznań.

“St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre” by François Dubois (between c.1572-1584). Held by the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts.

Portrait of Prince Hercule-François, Duc d'Alençon by an unknown artist (16th century). Held by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

16th century German engraving of Ivan IV by an unknown artist. Held by the Austrian National Library.

Quoted texts:

Glyn Redworth, ODNB entry on Philip of Spain.

Patrick Collinson, ODNB entry on Elizabeth I.

Susan Doran, ODNB entry on William Pickering.

Rosalind K. Marshall, ODNB entry on James Hamilton.


Also consulted, were:


Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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