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|image2 = Elizabeth II opens Welsh Parliament in 2021 (cropped 2).jpg
|caption2 = {{w|Elizabeth II}}, who reigned from 1952 to 2022, [[open#Verb|opening]] the ''[[w:Senedd|Senedd Cymru]]'' or [[Welsh#Adjective|Welsh]] [[parliament|Parliament]] on 14 October 2021.
|image3 = Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna (1760).jpg
|caption3 = {{w|Charles-André van Loo}}’s portrait of {{w|Elizabeth of Russia}}, who reigned from 1741 to 1762.
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#* {{quote-web|en|author=Laura Clancy|title=Queen Elizabeth II: The End of the ‘New Elizabethan Age’|editor=Jo Adetunji|work=[[w:The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908191922/https://theconversation.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-end-of-the-new-elizabethan-age-157897|archivedate=8 September 2022|date=8 September 2022|passage=[T]he austerity and restraint of the 1940s was giving way to a more prosperous 1950s. It is perhaps no wonder, then, that the Queen's succession was hailed as the "new '''Elizabethan''' age". {{...}} The Queen's death is bound to prompt Britain's reflection on its past, its present and its future. Time will tell what the reign of {{w|Charles III}} will look like, but one thing is for sure: the "new '''Elizabethan''' age" is long gone.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Liz Truss|authorlink=Liz Truss|title=Prime Minister’s Statement on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II|work={{w|Government of the United Kingdom}}|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908184519/https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-statement-on-the-death-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii|archivedate=8 September 2022|date=8 September 2022|passage=Today the Crown passes—as it is has done for more than a thousand years—to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King {{w|Charles III}}. {{...}} And with the passing of the second '''Elizabethan''' age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country,—exactly as Her Majesty would have wished—by saying the words … God save the King.}}
# Pertaining to the reign of Queen {{w|Elizabeth of Russia}}, monarch of [[Russia]], from 1741 to 1762.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Sidney Harcave|authorlinkk=Sidney Harcave|title=Russia: A History|location=Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:J. B. Lippincott & Co.|J. B. Lippincott Company]]|year=1956|page=120|passage=In any case, his [[[w:Peter III of Russia|Peter III’s]]] action was a complete reversal of the '''Elizabethan''' policy, and his offer of unconditional peace eliminated Russia’s chance to secure concessions from Frederick.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Melvin C. Wren|title=The Course of Russian History|year=1963|page=295|passage=The extent of her [{{w|Catherine the Great}}’s] knowledge and her appetite for reading made her one of the best-read women in Europe and the most unusual and outstanding woman in '''Elizabethan''' Russia.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|trans=Walter Gleason|title=The Political and Legal Writings of Denis Fonvizin|publisher=[[w:Ardis Publishing|Ardis Publishers]]|year=1985|page=203|isbn=0-88233-799-8|passage=When [[w:Moscow State University|Moscow University]] was initially opened in 1755, its “founder” was [[w:Ivan Shuvalov|I. I. Shuvalov]] (1727-1797), a prominent cultural figure in '''Elizabethan''' Russia and, with his brothers Peter and Alexander, the key political force at the court in the 1750’s.}}
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