Elizabeth I of England reigned in England.
Elizabeth I of England . One of her first actions as queen was the establishment of an English Protestant church , of which she became the Supreme Governor . House of Tudor . Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms , including their ancestral Wales and the Lordship of Ireland ( later the Kingdom of Ireland ) from 1485 until 1603 , with five monarchs in that period . The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the British monarch that signifies titular leadership over the Church of England .