Elizabeth I of England was a ruler in England.
Elizabeth I of England . England 's defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 associated Elizabeth with one of the greatest military victories in English history . Spanish Armada . The strategic aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and the Tudor establishment of Protestantism in England , with the expectation that this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish Netherlands and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering .