In late August of 1579 the Earl of Oxford arrived at a tennis court while Sidney was playing. The Earl pulled rank, and ordered Sidney from the court. Among those in attendance were French marriage commissioners, there to promote a marriage between Queen Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou and Alençon, Hercule François de France, a marriage that did not happen. | In late August of 1579 the Earl of Oxford arrived at a tennis court while Sidney was playing. The Earl pulled rank, and ordered Sidney from the court. Among those in attendance were French marriage commissioners, there to promote a marriage between Queen Elizabeth I and the Duke of Anjou and Alençon, Hercule François de France, a marriage that did not happen. |