Ka dib markii ay qabsadeen oo ay lumiyeen Le Havre 1562<unk>1563, Elizabeth waxay ka fogaatay ololeyaal milatari qaaradda ilaa 1585, markii ay u dirtay ciidan Ingiriis ah si ay u caawiyaan fallaagada Protestant Dutch ee ka dhanka ah Philip II. Tani waxay raacday dhimashadii 1584 ee xulafada William the Silent, Prince of Orange, iyo Duke of Anjou, iyo dhiibista taxane magaalooyin Dutch ah Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Philip's governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Bishii Diseembar 1584, isbahaysi u dhexeeya Philip II iyo French Catholic League ee Joinville waxay wiiqeen awoodda walaalkii Anjou, Henry III ee Faransiiska, si uu uga hortago xukunka Isbaanishka ee Nederland. Waxay sidoo kale kordhisay saameynta kanaalka xeebta Isbaanishka ee Faransiiska, halkaas oo Ururka Katooliga ahaa mid xoog leh, waxaana loo soo bandhigay England.
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