The Ridolfi Plot planned the assassination of which British 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 somewhat problematic, nonetheless. The Ridolfi Plot was covered in "Mary Queen of Scots" (1971), starring Vanessa Redgrave as Mary and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth. An altered and fictionalised version of the Ridolfi Plot was featured in the film "Elizabeth" (1998), starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth. Christopher Eccleston played Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk as the chief conspirator, and the film omitted the involvement of Ridolfi. In the film, the conspiracy included Bishop Stephen Gardiner, a counter-reformer who had died in 1555, before Elizabeth's accession, and John Ballard, who was involved in the later Babington Plot. This presentation also implicated Robert