Editing Elizabeth I (section)

===Russia===
Elizabeth continued to maintain the diplomatic relations with the [[Tsardom of Russia]] that were originally established by her half-brother, Edward VI. She often wrote to Tsar [[Ivan the Terrible]] on amicable terms, though the Tsar was often annoyed by her focus on commerce rather than on the possibility of a military alliance. Ivan even proposed to her once, and during his later reign, asked for a guarantee to be granted asylum in England should his rule be jeopardised.<ref name="muscovy"/> When this failed, he asked to marry [[Mary Hastings]], which Elizabeth declined to speak to the Russian ambassador about.<ref>{{cite book |first=Carol |last=Levin |title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=2016 |pages=510–511 |isbn=9781315440712}}</ref> English merchant and explorer [[Anthony Jenkinson]], who began his career as a representative of the [[Muscovy Company]], became the Queen's [[List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Russia|special ambassador]] to the court of Tsar Ivan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coote |first=Charles Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAkkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |title=Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia by Anthony Jenkinson and other Englishmen |date=2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-3171-4661-2 |page=1, Introduction |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819042642/https://books.google.com/books?id=NAkkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |archive-date=19 August 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Upon his death in 1584, Ivan was succeeded by his son [[Feodor I]]. Unlike his father, Feodor had no enthusiasm in maintaining exclusive trading rights with England. He declared his kingdom open to all foreigners, and dismissed the English ambassador [[Jerome Bowes]], whose pomposity had been tolerated by Ivan. Elizabeth sent a new ambassador, Dr. Giles Fletcher, to demand from the regent [[Boris Godunov]] that he convince the Tsar to reconsider. The negotiations failed, due to Fletcher addressing Feodor with two of his many titles omitted. Elizabeth continued to appeal to Feodor in half appealing, half reproachful letters. She proposed an alliance, something which she had refused to do when offered one by Feodor's father, but was turned down.<ref name="muscovy">Crankshaw, Edward, ''Russia and Britain'', Collins, ''The Nations and Britain'' series.</ref>