Elizabeth I of England reigned in England.
Elizabeth I of England . Her half-brother , Edward VI , ruled until his death in 1553 , bequeathing the crown to Lady Jane Grey and ignoring the claims of his two half-sisters , Elizabeth and the Roman Catholic Mary , in spite of statute law to the contrary . Mary I of England . Mary was -- excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda -- the first queen regnant of England . After her death in 1558 , her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed by her younger half-sister and successor Elizabeth I , daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn .