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Four eigning Queens Had Consorts

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SECOND EARL OP ESSEX first Queen Elizabeth of England.

Nea1'ly All Were Strong

Iflllf qum-us rt-ipm-:1 in l'..n;.-Imul Imlare the m'ct!ssr'nn (II

I. I..nI:rlIr II. .411 murriml e.n'vpl Elizubelll I. so slmuhl

lhe l)uIm ul lftlinlmrglr xv:-k pr:-rt-(Irnls for the conduct

ul 1: rnnxnrl he has Ilm iirm nl four prmlercnxtrrs to guide

him. ll ill: Ihr ru-I-pliun of Queen xlnnl.-'.t Iruslmml, I'rr'nre

l.'mnr;u: oI l)('nIImrk. all were-. mm: nl robust rlmrarler who

Inf! an 1-mluring: inlprrxsinn nu the age in vrliirh Hwy livrlll.

. . , lrtlvrmlilng: Inn. and 0 n im irin,v:, urn the mrm-r.r nl lie - H, V . lira man In rrlmm will (lira: mos! nnarhul - the Earls or Plane of the consons failed 10 Icing Q EARL OF LEICESTER (l532el588) was a man of princely tastes. Though he never married nl Loin-.m-r and E at ldbling impression oi his personality behind 'hl1'I1- MGTTIUQG W05 hC1PPY-

Elizabeth I he was regarded as one oi two men who were close to her.

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WILLIAM III (I650-l70I.) was husband at Mary and shared her throne but also was king KING PHILIP ll 01' SPAIN wae married to Bloody Mary. ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT bf VICTORIA is regarded as the classic example 010 59"”, in hit own right. He was invited over irom Holland to take throne. later launched the Spanish Armada oi 1588. He came iron the German princely iamlly oi Cobourg. was handsome.

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