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“La Mothe Fénélon referred to Elizabeth’s “grandeur” in the very first report he sent to Charles IX in November 1568. The following year, he declared that “she [Elizabeth I] has shown that she is a true Queen, daughter of a King, sister of a King, and from all royal birth” and that God had always “differentiated the good and legitimate princes, legitimately blessed by God’s approbation, from the evil and iniquitous tyrants.””

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Estelle Paranque, Elizabeth I of England through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation, and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558–1588

The French ambassador Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe Fénélon replying to the pretensions of the crazy stans of Mary Queen of Scots. You may freely quote him the next time you see some moron claiming that Mary Queen of Scots was the true queen of England.

“She has reigned for fourteen years in peace, and God has shown that in the midst of troubled, most dangerous times [a reference to the religious civil wars in France] he [God] knows how to rule and govern a monarchy under the authority of a princess, which is very rare, but this has made the said Lady the most famous princess who has ever ruled in the world a beautiful princess and full of majesty, whom they [her subjects] see filling this crown’s throne with dignity, [so] they have willingly obeyed her until now.”

— French ambassador Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe Fénélon to Charles IX of France describing Elizabeth I of England, 28 August 1572. Quoted in Elizabeth I of England through Valois Eyes: Power, Representation, and Diplomacy in the Reign of the Queen, 1558–1588 by Estelle Paranque (via maximumphilosopheranchor)