[F]rom my years of understanding .. I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I assure you for my own part hath hitherto best contented myself and I trust hath been most acceptable to God. From the which if either ambition of high estate offered to me in marriage by the pleasure and appointment of my prince .. or if the eschewing of the danger of my enemies or the avoiding of the peril of death .. could have drawn or dissuaded me from this kind of life, I had not now remained in this estate wherein you see me. But so constant have I always continued in this determination .. yet is it most true that at this day I stand free from any other meaning that either I have had in times past or have at this present. . Elizabeth I
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Queen Elizabeth I was a very strong woman who did not feel the need to marry or have children. She loved her freedom and did not want to give her independence up. She was content with her life and did not feel the need to go against what she was born into (i.e., royalty). She was different from most women of her time, and that is what made her such an interesting figure. For other women, marriage and children were part of their destiny, but for Elizabeth, she had no such plans.

Source: Collected Works

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