Who should Elizabeth marry? Lesson Objectives To understand why it was important for female monarchs to get married. To reach a judgement on a possible suitor for Elizabeth

Starter Why was marriage important for monarchs? Explain 2 reasons in the back of your book

Any other things we should know Contestant name Question 1 where are you from? What religion are you? Question 2 Are you rich? Question 3 Any other things we should know  

Welcome Queen Elizabeth You believe that if I marry I will produce a male heir, England will remain Protestant and my new husband will use his influence to protect my country from war. I am Your Queen, and I know how much you want me to get married. To help you decide who I should marry I have three questions to ask each suitor

Tudor BLIND DATE

Welcome to Elizabeth I Blind Date Welcome to a very special edition of Blind Date Your job is to choose a suitable husband for Elizabeth I Your Queen wants to get married and we are here to help we have 4 possible suitors and three questions to ask each suitor I want you to analyse each potential husband because at the end of this show I want you as an audience to choose a suitable husband for Elizabeth I Now Lets meet the boys......

Francis Duke of Alencon The contestants Number 1 Robert Dudley Number 2 Phillip II Number 3 Robert Devereux Number 4 Francis Duke of Alencon

Number one So number one what’s your name and where do you come from? My second question is, are you rich? Anything else we should know... My Name’s Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester . I am from England and I am a protestant. Oh I am rich. I made most of my money in the trading companies but I am not the same rank as Elizabeth. I have known the queen since we were children. I was married but my wife died in mysterious circumstances.

Also I was married to your sister Mary I Number two So number two what’s your name and where do you come from? My second question is, are you rich? Anything else we should know.. My Name’s Phillip II and I am from Spain. I am a loyal Catholic I am the King of Spain so I am the same rank. I also have gold from South America, and I own a lot of other countries. I am Catholic who is friendly with the pope and I plan to defend my faith. Also I was married to your sister Mary I

Number three So number three what’s your name and where do you come from? My second question is, are you rich? Anything else we should know... My Name’s Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex so I am English I am a loyal Protestant. I have a temporary cash flow problem at the moment so I am not that wealthy. However I am the only person in England allowed to import sweet wine I am 33 years younger than Elizabeth but a hero in battle and a firm supporter of the Queen.

Number four So number four what’s your name and where do you come from? My second question is, are you rich? Anything else we should know... My Name’s Francis, Duke of Alençon and I am from France. I am a catholic. My brother is the King of France so I am the same rank as Elizabeth and I have lots of money and some estates in France I am a French Catholic but I do not hate England. Not many of the queens supporters like me or want me to marry her but she calls me her frog.

Francis Duke of Alencon The contestants Number 1 Robert Dudley Number 2 Phillip II Number 3 Robert Devereux Number 4 Francis Duke of Alencon Produce a love letter about how special Elizabeth is and why she should pick you and not the others

Your Task Dear Elizabeth, I am writing you this letter to ask for your hand in marriage. I think I can offer you so much as a husband such as…..(use the strengths of your chosen candidate) Also the other men fighting for your attention do not deserve you because….(criticise the others) Please allow me to make you my loving wife. (Expand on why its important to marry) Forever yours…. Mr……….. Produce a love letter about how special Elizabeth is and why she should pick you and not the others Extension- Pick one of the contestants and produce a poster promoting themselves to Elizabeth

Although all of these contestants would make a wonderful husband, I can choose to marry only one. After a lot of thought, I have made my decision. I will marry the only one that I can be 100% faithful to….. MY COUNTRY!

kiss, marry, avoid, CLIFF: Out of the four who should Elizabeth Kiss, marry, avoid or cliff Explain your answer