What were the reasons for Elizabeth to marry? Who were some of her suitors and what were their plusses and minuses? Why do you think she never married?

Once Elizabeth became Queen there was only one question that everyone was asking who will the Queen marry (Civilization in the West)? There are many reasons why the queen should get married. The Queen's husband position would help her with controlling her realm. Many people awaited Elizabeth's marriages so she would get pregnant and soon England would have a royal family again (Civilization in the West). The country feared that Elizabeth would not marry and …

…would never marry. The queen childhood friend Robert said he remembers when she was eight years old Elizabeth told him that she would never marry. A child who lost her mother, had had three stepmothers, two whom were now dead these combined event feared Elizabeth of what would happen to women who would marry (Civilization in the West). Works Citied: Civilization in the West, Volume 2, Fourth Edition, Kishlansky, Geary, & O'Brien, Addision Wesley Longman, 2001.