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Hosts suggest a 1579 attempt to kill Elizabeth and her French suitor

The Rest Is History · How Did Elizabeth I Survive So Many Plots? | The Tudors' Darkest Hour EP 3 · August 6, 2026
Hosts suggest a 1579 attempt to kill Elizabeth and her French suitor
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How Did Elizabeth I Survive So Many Plots? | The Tudors' Darkest Hour EP 3
"In 1579, when Anjou had been in London in person and had been out for a romantic barge trip on the Thames with Elizabeth, it's likely that a boatman committed an assassination attempt on Anjou. The thing was so embarrassing that it was all covered up, but it almost certainly was an attempt to have Anjou killed."
While discussing domestic backlash to Elizabeth I’s marriage talks with François, Duke of Anjou, the hosts say it is “likely” a boatman attempted an assassination during a Thames barge outing in 1579, adding it was allegedly covered up. They present it as an indicator of the intensity of Protestant opposition to a French Catholic match.
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