WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Elizabeth I
    n 1: 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) [syn: Elizabeth, Elizabeth I]