A marriage treaty is signed between Mary I and Philip of Spain

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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Treaties and alliances

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Date of occurrence 1553-11

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England (Involved)
Spain (Involved)

Queen Mary I of England signs a marriage treaty with Philip II of Spain, against the advice of many of her courtiers, who would have preferred her to make a match with an English nobleman such as the Earl of Courtenay. Since Mary was, apart from the controversial and unsuccessful twelfth-century Matilda, the first Queen regnant, there was unsurprisingly anxiety in England at the prospect of a foreign King of England.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "A marriage treaty is signed between Mary I and Philip of Spain". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14864, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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