Noun: Elizabeth I- Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
  - Elizabeth 
 See also: Elizabethan Type of: Queen of England Part of: House of Tudor, Tudor Encyclopedia: Elizabeth I Elizabeth I, Queen of England  |