Queen Elizabeth I, she reigned from 1558-1603.
The Elizabethan court was full of nobles and courtiers of both the male and female genders. Queen Elizabeth herself (for whom the period was named) was also a female.
The Elizabethan (note spelling) period was named for Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabethan or Victorian.
the Jacobian period, named for king James the first of England.
In honour of her long and illustrious rule (1558 - 1603), the Elizabethan period was named after herself: Elizabeth I, although she was the last of the Tudor monarachs.
It was named after Queen Elizabeth 1
what are you talking about if we were all named after Queen Elizabeth then we would all be named Elizabeth ! answer: Perhaps you are referring to the time period, which is Elizabethan.
The Elizabethan Era. She reigned from 1558-1603. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_era
In England, the eras in which Shakespeare are named after the monarchs: the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
If you mean to describe a time that was not Elizabethan, you could refer to the time before or after the Elizabethan era, such as the Tudor period or the Stuart period.
Men are above women in the Elizabethan chain.
Elizabeth I