Elizabeth I of England reigned in England.
Elizabeth I of England . This Elizabethan Religious Settlement was to evolve into the Church of England . The Elizabethan Religious Settlement , which was made during the reign of Elizabeth I , was a response to the religious divisions in England during the reigns of Henry VIII , Edward VI and Mary I . 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 .