Queen Elizabeth I of England, the last king of the Tudor dynasty, because she had never married in her life, she had a nickname, called the Virgin King, or the Virgin Queen. Don't take Elizabeth I's nickname literally, virgin, virgin, just say she is not married, not that she has no men, in fact, she has had a relationship with a number of men in her life, two of which affected her life.
Speaking of which, Elizabeth is also fateful. When her mother, Anne Boleyn, was favored, Elizabeth was the heir to the throne, and after Anne Boleyn fell out of favor and was killed, Elizabeth became an illegitimate daughter and lost her heir qualifications. Later, when his father Henry VIII took pity, Elizabeth and her sister Mary reverted to the throne.
Anne Boleyn by Natalie Portman (right)
After the death of Henry VIII, Edward VI, who was only 9 years old, succeeded to the throne, and a group of careerists began to plot to seize the throne, the most famous of which was Baron Thomas Seymour of the Seymour family. The baron had a variety of tactics, and compared with other careerists, he had one of the most unique moves, that is, to specifically attack royal women.
The reason why Seymour was able to use this trick was because he was handsome and had a unique male charm, and it was said that the Women of England at that time, up to ninety-nine, down to just go, as long as Seymour looked up, there was no one who could not soak his hands. The first chick he bubbled was Elizabeth's stepmother, Catherine Parr.
Seymour and Elizabeth in the movie
As soon as King Henry VIII died, Seymour married his widow, Catherine Parr, becoming the father of the new Kings Edward VI and Elizabeth, and could approach the royal family with dignity. Next, he used this relationship to bring two young girls with the right to the throne to his home, one was Jane Gray and the other was Elizabeth.
Jane Grey's uncle was Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, who also had the right to inherit the throne. After the death of Henry VIII, a total of four people in England were eligible to inherit the throne, in addition to the two maidens just mentioned, Edward VI, who had already ascended the throne, and Elizabeth's half-sister "Bloody Mary". Mary was in her thirties at the time, and it was not easy to deceive, and Seymour did not trick her into the house.
Kat Blanchett plays Elizabeth I
The two beautiful girls have arrived at home, and all Seymour has to do is to exert male charm and try to seduce the two little girls. Jane Gray is only 10 years old, and Elizabeth is already 14 years old, which is the age when the love sinus first opened. Seymour, despite being a middle-aged uncle in his early 40s, still captured Elizabeth's delight.
Seymour often broke into Elizabeth's bedroom, tickled her, patted her "little ass", and once forcibly hugged Elizabeth and cut her robe to pieces. According to today's words, Seymour spent all day pestering Elizabeth, until one day, Seymour's wife, Catherine Parr, discovered that the relationship between the two was not normal, and Elizabeth was sent away.
But the rumors about Seymour and Elizabeth have been spread, and later Seymour was executed by Edward VI for plotting to usurp the throne, and Elizabeth was arrested and severely interrogated, but the little girl was very strict, insisting that she had no ambiguous relationship with Seymour, and Edward VI had no choice but to let her sister go. However, the interrogators saw at a glance that the little girl had been lying to cover up their relationship.
Elizabeth then survived the death of Edward, the ascension of Jane Gray to the throne, and the bloody reign of the bloody Mary, and finally survived until Mary returned to heaven and died, elizabeth was able to become queen of England, when she was 25 years old.
Elizabeth I in the movie
At this time, Elizabeth was in a high position of power, and countless people around her advised her to seize the time to get married, so as to leave her descendants to inherit the throne and avoid the succession storm after the death of Edward VI. Elizabeth was young and beautiful, and nobles from all over the world proposed to her, but Elizabeth was hesitant.
On the one hand, if married to a foreign nobleman, the British succession law is prone to problems, and the British regime is at risk of being controlled by foreign countries, Elizabeth is hesitant. On the other hand, at this time she had a crush on a young earl of Robert Dudley.
Elizabeth and Dudley in the movie
Robert Dudley, the son of the Duke of Northumberland, was sent to the royal palace to learn court etiquette as a child, and became acquainted with Elizabeth and Edward's siblings since childhood.
Soon after Elizabeth ascended to the throne, she had a fierce fight with Dudley, and she asked Dudley to live in the palace so that she could receive him at any time. Although Dudley was married, his wife Amy was terminally ill, and it was widely rumored in england that Queen Elizabeth would marry Dudley as soon as Dudley's wife died. There are even rumors that Elizabeth is already pregnant with Dudley's child, and the two will conspire to kill Amy.
At this moment, Amy Dudley really died. She was living alone in a villa on the outskirts of London at the time, fell down stairs on a trip downstairs, broke her neck, and died instantly. Rumors soon spread that Elizabeth had conspired to kill Amy, and in the context of this public opinion, the marriage of the two was ruined.
Dudley and Elizabeth in the movie
However, Elizabeth did not spare Dudley. In 1561, Dudley wanted to go overseas to serve, but Elizabeth would not let him go.
Of course, sometimes Elizabeth would sacrifice Dudley for political needs, such as in 1562, in order to control Scotland, Elizabeth planned to make Mary the Queen of Scots (another Mary) her heir, on the condition that Mary marry Dudley. But Dudley was reluctant, and Elizabeth eventually gave up on the idea.
In 1578, Dudley, seeing that he had no chance of marrying the Queen, married the widow Lydis Knoris in order to keep a descendant for himself. Elizabeth turned on the crazy jealousy mode, and at every turn humiliated Lydice in public, so that Lydice could not attend public events with her husband. Elizabeth also often detained Dudley in the palace, leaving him unable to go home to meet his wife for a long time.
Elizabeth in the movie
Elizabeth's entanglement ended in 1588, when she died, at the age of 56. She did not have any further entanglements with other men until her death in 1603. With no children, she was forced to pass the throne to King James I of Scotland, ending the Tudor dynasty and beginning the Stuart dynasty.
Although Elizabeth I was known as the virgin king and the virgin queen, in fact, there was no shortage of men around her, in addition to Seymour and Dudley mentioned in this article, there were several well-known aristocratic lovers. The reason why there are no offspring, historians believe, is either that she has had illegitimate children and has not preached, or that Elizabeth has a disease of the reproductive system and cannot have children.