After Mary I Died, Her Husband Proposed to Elizabeth I #history #facts #shorts

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[00:00:00]After Queen Mary the First died, her husband tried to marry her sister, [music] Elizabeth the First. And yes, this really happened. In 1558, Mary the First died without leaving an heir, and the English throne passed [music] to her half-sister, Elizabeth the First. Soon afterward, Philip the Second of Spain, Mary's widower and one of the most powerful rulers in Europe, proposed a marriage alliance with Elizabeth. But this wasn't a love story. Philip wanted to keep Spanish [music] influence in England and saw marriage as the best way to do it. Elizabeth had other plans. She never accepted the proposal and eventually let it fade away. The irony, the man who once hoped to [music] become Elizabeth's husband later became her greatest enemy. In 1588, Philip sent the Spanish Armada to invade England. From potential husband to England's most dangerous [music] rival. What if Elizabeth had said yes?