...nd took her household from Court. Because of the young age of Edard VI, Edard Seymour another brother of Janes and therefore the young Kings uncle became Lord Protector of England.Elizabeth ent to live ith Queen Doager Katherine, but left her household after an incident ith the Lord Admiral, Thomas Seymour, ho as no Katherines husband. Just hat occurred beteen these to ill never be knon for sure, but rumors at the time suggested that Katherine had caught them kissing or perhaps even in bed together. Katherine as pregnant at the time of the incident. She later gave birth to a daughter. Katherine died not too long afterards. This left Thomas Seymour as an eligible bachelor once again. Later, he as arrested for an attempted kidnapping of King Edard and for plotting to marry himself to Elizabeth, ho as an heir to the throne.Young Edard had never been a strong child and eventfully contracted hat as then called consumption. It is most likely that he had tuberculosis, from contemporary accounts. hen it looked inevitable the the teenager ould die ithout an heir of his on body, the struggle for the cron began. And so began an even more dangerous time in the life of the Princess Elizabeth...The Dangerous YearsBecause the Princess Elizabeth as a daughter of the later King Henry, she as in line to the throne despite several attempts to remove her from the chain, she as in Henrys ill as an heir and as therefore a most sought after bride.During the reign of her young brother Edard VI, Thomas Seymour asked for Elizabeths hand in marriage, hich she refused. From this incident, both Thomas and Elizabeth ere suspected of plotting against the king. Elizabeth as questioned, but as never charged. Seymour hoever, after an attempt to kidnap the boy king, as arrested and eventually executed for treason. Elizabeth as reported to have said, upon hearing of the Lord Admirals death Today died a man of much it, and very little judgment.Reports of the young Kings declining health spurred on those ho did not ant the cron to fall to the Catholic Mary. It as during this time that Guilford Dudley married Lady Jane Grey, ho as a descendant of Henry VIIIs sister Mary, and as therefore also an heir to the throne. hen Edard died in 1553, Jane as proclaimed Queen by her father and father-in-la, ho rallied armies to support her. Hoever, many more supported the rightful heir Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.Nine days after Jane as proclaimed Queen, Mary rode into London ith Elizabeth. Jane Grey and her husband Guilford ere imprisoned in the Toer.Shortly after becoming Queen, Mary as ed to Prince Philip of Spain, hich made the Catholic Queen even more unpopular. The persecuted Protestants sa Elizabeth as their savior, since she as seen as an icon of the ne faith. After all, it as to marry her mother Anne Boleyn that Henry instituted the break ith Rome. Because of this, several rebellions and uprisings ere made in Elizabeths name, although she herself probably had little or no knoledge of them. Hoever, Mary sensed the danger from her younger sister, and imprisoned her in the Toer.The story of Elizabeths entry into the Toer is an interesting one. She as deathly pun intended afraid of the Toer, probably thinking of her mothers fate in that place, and hen she as told she ould be entering through Traitors Gate, she refused to move. She had been secreted to the Toer in the dark so as not to raise the sympathy of supporters. That night as cold and rainy, and the Princess Elizabeth sat, soaking et, on the stairs from the river to the gate. After her governess finally persuaded Elizabeth to enter, she did so and became yet another famous prisoner of the Toer of London.hen it appeared that Mary had become pregnant, Elizabeth as no longer seen as a significant threat, and the aging Queen let her return to Hatfield House, under semi- house arrest.Mary Tudor as nearly 40 years old hen the ne of her pregnancy came. After a fe months, her belly began to sell, but no baby as ever forthcoming. Some modern historians think that she had a large ovarian cyst, and this is also hat lead to her failing health and eventual death in November 1558.Nes of Marys death on November 17, 1558 reached Elizabeth at Hatfield House. Elizabeth had survived and as finally Queen of England.Queen At Lasthen Elizabeth took the throne, she as immediately descended upon by suitors. Hoever, as e all kno, she never married. One of the most obvious questions ould be hy. Some theorize that because of the ay her father treated his ives, Elizabeth as disgusted by the idea of marriage. The more romantic feel it as because she couldnt marry the man that she really loved, Robert Dudley. hen Elizabeth became Queen, Dudley as married, and then his ife died under mysterious circumstances a fe years later. Although Robert Dudley as cleared of any rong-doing in the matter, Elizabeth could not marry him because of the scandal that ould no doubt arise. Or perhaps it as a combination of both. Regardless of the reason, Elizabeth never married, but managed to successfully play her suitors off of one another for about 25 years, gaining alliances and ealth from gifts on the possibility of marriage. The one serious contender for her hand as the Duke of Alenon of France, but negotiations failed eventually.GlorianaThe later years of Elizabeths reign are sometimes referred to as a Golden Age. During this time, England and Elizabeth faced several major trials. First, Elizabeth had to deal ith the groing threat of Mary Queen of Scots, ho had a strong and legitimate claim to the throne of England. hen Mary fled her country in the 1560s, she as taken into house arrest in England, here she had expected the protection of her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth hoever kne Mary as a threat. Eventually, a plot serious enough arose in Marys name, and Elizabeth sign her death arrant. Mary as executed in 1587, on February 8th, at Fortheringhay.Also, the greatest military threat some a year later, hen the Armada from Spain sailed toard the tiny island nation. England prevailed and as on its ay toards becoming the supreme naval poer that it as in the 1600 and 1700s.This as also near the time that Robert Dudley died. Elizabeth kept the last letter he sent her in her desk, ith His Last Letter ritten on it.Elizabeth died on March 24, 1603 and as succeeded by James I James VI of Scotland, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots. 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