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Elizabeth I
     n : 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}]