The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth: A history of the various negotiations for her marriage
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Philip II., 3-4;
his suggested marriage with Elizabeth, 7;
marries Mary, 13-20;
his approaches to Elizabeth, 21-3;
his attitude towards an Austrian match, 24-5;
offers his hand to Elizabeth, 27-8;
inclined to aid Dudley, 57, 62, 83, 100;
rejoices at St. Bartholomew, 166;
his fleet well received by Elizabeth, 184;
Henry Cobham sent to him, 185;
disbelieves in the Alençon match, 197;
his pretensions to the crown of Portugal, 215;
plots with Mary Stuart for the invasion of England, 224;
crippled by Elizabeth’s policy, 331.
Pickering, Sir William, a suitor for Elizabeth’s hand, 25, 29-30;
arrives in England, 33-4, 36-7;
quarrels with Bedford and Arundel, 37.
Pinart, Secretary, 238, 244, 251, 273-4, 276, 279, 288;
reproaches Alençon for his treasonable talk, 295;
threatens Elizabeth, 297-8.
Porte, La, sent to England by Alençon, 184.
Pruneaux, M. de, 311.
Q.
Quadra, Alvaro de, Bishop of Aquila, Spanish ambassador, 24, 26, 32,
34-6, 38-9, 41-4, 45-50, 53-62, 64-5;
accused of slandering Elizabeth, 67.
Quélus, M. de, 190.
Quincy, M. de, an envoy from Alençon, 193-4, 195-6, 276, 277.
R.
Rambouillet, Marquis de, special French envoy to Elizabeth, 197.
Randolph, Sir Thomas, 40;
sent to report on Alençon’s appearance, 175-6.
Ravenstein, Baron, Imperial ambassador, 34-6, 37, 38, 39, 48.
Renard, Simon, proposes Mary’s marriage with Philip, 13-14;
proposes Elizabeth’s marriage with Emmanuel Philibert of
Savoy, 16-20.
Reaux, M. de, visits Elizabeth from Alençon, 329.
Richmond, 17-18;
Alençon lodged at, 263-4.
Ridolfi plot, 122, 131, 139.
Rochelle, siege of, 168-71, 172, 177.
Rochetaillé, an envoy from Alençon, 203, 207.
Romero, Julian, 326.
Russell, Honble. John, sent to Alençon, 328.
S.
Sackville, Sir Thomas, proposed envoy to the Emperor, 103, 104-5.
Saint Aignan, Duke de, 327.
Saint Aldegonde, 265, 291, 296.
St. Bartholomew, 144, 148;
reception of the news in England, 164-5.
Salcedo’s plot to murder Alençon and Orange, 320.
Sancerre, Count de, 238.
Savoy, Duke of, a suitor for Elizabeth’s hand, 16-20, 22.
Schafanoya, 28-9, 33.
Serpente, Madame la, cipher name for Catharine de Medici, 168, 176.
Seymour, Thomas, Lord Seymour of Sudeley, his treatment of
Elizabeth, 7-8;
his plot, 9-11.
Sharington concerned in Seymour’s plot, 9.
Sherwin, execution of, 266.
Sidney, Lady Mary, 41, 55.
Sidney, Sir Henry, bespeaks Spanish aid for Dudley’s suit, 53-4, 58-9.
Sidney, Sir Philip; he remonstrates with the Queen about the Alençon
match, 218-19;
with Alençon in the Netherlands, 302.