1. [n]  Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded the Catholic Mary I 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)
2. [n]  daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

ELIZABETH is a 9 letter word that starts with E.