What was queen elizabeth known as when she first became queen?

Question

what was queen elizabeth known as when she first became queen?

was she queen elizabeth I or was that after the other 'elizabeth's' became queens?

thank you.

Answer 1

up until the current Queen inherited the crown (1952), when anyone said Queen Elizabeth or Elizabeth's reign, they meant Elizabeth I.  

She signed her name Elizabeth R (for Regina, or Queen) at the time.

The first of a name usually doesn't use the numbers, since no one knows if or when there might be another.  Think of Jr & Sr; a man is given a unique name when he is born, but he may decide to give his son the exact same name when the time comes.  Until that son is born, there is no Senior or Junior.

Answer 2

Here is a history of The Queen's titles and styles:

21 April 1926 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of York

11 December 1936 – 20 November 1947: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth

20 November 1947 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh

6 February 1952 – present: Her Majesty The Queen

Note: She is known as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth I was Queen of England between 17 November 1558 and 24 March 1603. They are two different Queens of different times.

Answer 3

her royal highness     H R H

Answer 4

Sue, Queen Elizabeth II is not Queen of England, she is Queen of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as well as Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc... But not Queen of England.

To answer the asker's question:

Well, if you do indeed mean the woman now known as Queen Elizabeth I then she was known as Queen Elizabeth in her time. Monarchs of a name only used once are usually not enumerated (numbered) until someone of the same name later becomes a monarch.

Hence, Queen Anne is not known as Queen Anne I but if, for example, Anne, Princess Royal, became queen and decided to reign as Anne then the first Queen Anne would be Anne I and the new Queen Anne would be Anne II.

In some monarchies though all are enumerated, for instance in Austria, which had Francis I, Ferdinand I, Francis Joseph I and Charles I... Actually, *imperial* Austria never had an emperor who used the name of a predecessor in the Austrian Empire.

Answer 5

Queen Elizabeth

Answer 6

Well, Queen Elizabeth II, who is Queen of England now, was Princess Elizabeth until 1952, and then, when her father, George VI passed away, she became Queen Elizabeth II.  I'm confused by your question.

Semantics!  (and I'm being good-natured about that)