Henry VIII of England 28 May 1533, Cranmer declared the marriage of Henry and Anne to be valid. Catherine was formally stripped of her title as queen, becoming instead "princess dowager" as the widow of Arthur. In her place, Anne was crowned queen consort on 1 June 1533. The queen gave birth to a daughter slightly prematurely on 7 September 1533. The child was christened Elizabeth, in honour of Henry's mother, Elizabeth of York. Following the marriage, there was a period of consolidation taking the form of a series of statutes of the Reformation Parliament aimed at finding solutions to any remaining issues, whilst
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship Queen Elizabeth-class battleship The "Queen Elizabeth"-class battleships were a class of five super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1915–16. The lead ship was named after Elizabeth I of England. These battleships were superior in firepower, protection and speed to their Royal Navy predecessors of the as well as preceding German classes such as the , although the corresponding ships were generally considered competitive, the Queen Elizabeth class were faster and outnumbered the German class 5:2. As such, the "Queen Elizabeth"s are generally considered the first fast battleships in their day. The "Queen Elizabeth"s were the first battleships to be