The 'Ridolfi Plot' was a Roman Catholic plot to kill which English monarch?
Ridolfi plot Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester who, despite his ambitions, was a faithful courtier and favorite to Elizabeth throughout his life. Notes Bibliography Ridolfi plot The Ridolfi plot was a plot in 1571 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. The plot was hatched and planned by Roberto Ridolfi, an international banker who was able to travel between Brussels, Rome and Madrid to gather support without attracting too much suspicion. The Duke of Norfolk, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth's and the wealthiest landowner in the country, had been proposed as a possible husband
Ridolfi plot Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. Ridolfi optimistically estimated half of all English peers were Catholic and could muster in excess of 39,000 men. Norfolk gave verbal assurances to Ridolfi that he was Catholic, though as a pupil of John Foxe, he remained a Protestant all his life. Both Mary and Norfolk, desperate to remedy their respective situations, agreed to the plot. With their blessing, Ridolfi set off to the Continent to gain Alba, Pius V, and King Philip II's support. Ridolfi's co-conspirators, some of them mentioned above, played an important role in the plot to overthrow Elizabeth: Don Guerau