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Originally Posted by Catlady
Would Elizabeth--or any young noblewoman of the time--have expected anything other than an arranged marriage advantageous to her family? Seems to me that if you expect to be married off to someone, becoming queen would be quite a consolation prize.
Don't know Game of Thrones at all.
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In Princess Elizabeth's case it was different, she was made illegitimate by her Uncle Richard. So were her sisters. I'm sure as princesses they had already been promised to marry someone of their status. After Richard declared them illegitimate, I suppose they had to take whatever Richard chose for them. Elizabeth's sister Cecily second oldest to Elizabeth had been married off to someone in much lower or even humiliating status, just before Richard went into battle with Henry Vll. He did it to prevent Henry Vll from marrying her instead of Elizabeth. She would still be a York Princess in Henry's eyes and that was a political move. Cecily was not happy. It turns out he disappeared after the battle when Henry Vll became King.