Bitain's Queen Elizabeth 1 - she was not married.
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No, she did not. One of her nicknames was "The Virgin Queen."
The original name was Virgina. Although it was allegedly split following the American Civil War, the entirety of the region was known as Virginia for the better portion of the Antebellum Era. It was given it's charter by the Royal Virginia Company, which was supposedly named for Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen." While true that she never married it is unconfirmed and highly unlikely that she actually was, a virgin.
It may have named after Elisabeth who was called the "Virgin Queen".
Several American states are named after famous women. Virginia is named after Queen Elizabeth I (the Virgin Queen). Maryland is named after Mary, Queen of Scots, and North and South Carolina are named after Queen Caroline.
Colonial America, was claimed in the name of Queen Elizabeth of England, also known as the virgin queen, so it was this land that the Puritans were heading for, but landed North of what we know as present day Virginia.