(Research):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%2C_Duke_of_Anjou
In 1581, arrangements began to be made for his marriage to Elizabeth I of England. Alençon was in fact the only one of Elizabeth's many suitors to court her in person. He was twenty-six and Elizabeth was forty-seven. Despite the age gap, the two soon became very close, Elizabeth dubbing him her "frog". She planned to marry him, and would have, had the English people not been so adamantly opposed to the match. Crushed, Elizabeth bid her "frog" farewell, and Alençon continued on to the Netherlands.
Hercule François of France |