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nounQueen 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)
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noundaughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
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- james the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
- charles the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
- edward third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
- philip Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
- burton Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
- browning English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- tudor an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
- raleigh English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
- norfolk port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy
- portsmouth a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards