The Virgin Queen

Although,Elizabeth had many suitors ,and was romantically involved with sir Robert Dudley ,Earl of LEICESTER,she never married.This was due to her expectations from her followers,they all needed to be rich and powerful with a fantastic reputation and mainly Protestant which non of them where! She was able to exploit her availability to some advantage ,and it augmented her popularity ,always carefully courted with the common people .

# Phillip II of Spain ,England's former king ,now enemy, launched an invasion fleet ,the famous Spanish Armada in 1588,but it was broken up by the navy and weather problematic storms .