King of Kings - by Lewis Lavoie
Panel #69
 Queen Elizabeth I
Country
 Queen of England, France (in name only), and Ireland
Reign
 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603
Born
 7 September 1533
Died
 24 March 1603 (aged 69)
Wikipedia: Elizabeth's reign has been referred to as the Elizabethan era or the Golden Age of Elizabeth. Playwrights William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson all flourished during this era; Francis Drake became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; Francis Bacon laid out his philosophical and political views; and English colonisation of North America took place under Sir James Huckle, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Elizabeth is generally considered to have been a decisive ruler. Her favourite motto was video et taceo ("I see and keep silent").
Despite the fact that she did not leave a male heir, her forty-five years as Queen allowed a certain stabilization which had not been possible for the monarchs immediately preceding her. In particular, her reforms of the Church of England established a compromise between Catholic and Protestant positions.