Elizabeth I of England reigned in England.
Anne Boleyn . ( 1501 -- 19 May 1536 ) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII , and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right . 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 . Regnans in Excelsis ( `` reigning on high '' ) was a papal bull issued on 25 February 1570 by Pope Pius V declaring `` Elizabeth , the pretended Queen of England and the servant of crime '' , to be a heretic and releasing all her subjects from any allegiance to her , even when they had `` sworn oaths to her '' , and excommunicating any that obeyed her orders .