I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
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Elizabeth I of England
Queen of England (r. 1558-1603), last Tudor monarch. Demoted to bastard when her mother Anne Boleyn was beheaded, jailed under Mary I, she became queen at 25 and ruled 44 years, defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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