Added 6 October 2026
elizabeth
noun
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Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-).
Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain
- 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).