She was a daughter of the House of York (a branch of the House of Platagenet) and Queen consort of Henry VII of England. She was the Mother of Henry VIII (House of Tudor) -- their marriage brought a stop to the War of the Roses. She was the daughter of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Her grand-daughter, Elizabeth I Tudor was named after her.
I love this spelling. Alyzabeth is still my favorite but this is very nice too.
-- Anonymous User 3/29/2009
Well, since Ely is already a variant of Eli, then Elyzabeth is an entirely plausible variant of Elizabeth. I'm really starting to like Elyzabeth and its uniqueness.