Elizabeth,1, was the only British queen never to marry. Privy Councillors and MP's expected her to marry in order to secure the succession, and dozens of foreign princes and English noblemen wanted to marry her. Elizabeth, however, kept her thoughts on the subject private, which led to much speculation as to why she never did marry. One particular suitor, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, was a particularly amorous, and good-looking courtier and while she spent copious amounts of time with him, leading to people thinking they were in love, there was a big problem in boughs, since he was already married. When his wife was suddenly and mysteriously found dead one morning, there were rumors and a hot scandal soon erupted. This led to Elizabeth's withdrawal from Dudley's ambitious advances as her reputation and position as queen were under serious threat. Another prominent courtier in 1560 was King Philip of Spain, who proposed to her. He was a Catholic who had been ma...