Queen Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533 and died on March 24, 1603. From November 1558 until her death she was the Queen of England and the Queen of Ireland. Elizabeth I was the fifth ruler and the last ruler in the Tudor family, the royal family that controlled England and Ireland at this time. When Elizabeth was 25, she was proclaimed Queen of England and Ireland. The age when she ruled was referred to as the Elizabethan Age.