After her husband died, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Born into a family of British nobility , Elizabeth came to prominence in 1923 when she married the Duke of York , the second son of King George V and Queen Mary .
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18 mag 2023 · September 8, 2022), and Princess Margaret Rose, the future countess of Snowdon (born August 21, 1930—died February 9, 2002). After her husband’s death on February 6, 1952, and the accession of Elizabeth II, she became known officially as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
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2 giorni fa · Elizabeth II, in full Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, officially Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, (born April 21, 1926, London, England—died September 8, 2022, Balmoral Castle ...
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Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926, the first child of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), and his wife, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father was the second son of King George V and Queen Mary , and her mother was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes ...
16 mag 2023 · Queen Elizabeth I’s right to the throne wasn’t always guaranteed. Her father, King Henry VIII , had Parliament annul his marriage to Elizabeth’s mother—his second wife, Anne Boleyn —thus making Elizabeth an illegitimate child and removing her from the line of succession (although a later parliamentary act would return her ...
2 apr 2014 · Who Was Queen Mother Elizabeth? Queen Elizabeth was the Queen consort of King George VI until his death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to avoid confusion ...
8 set 2022 · Who was the Queen’s mother? Queen Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI, was the noble-born daughter of Claude and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon.