Claim: Elizabeth I of England was a ruler in England.
Evidence: Elizabeth I -LRB- 7 September 1533 -- 24 March 1603 -RRB- was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death.
This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great , King of Wessex , one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.