Date & place of birth August 4, 1900 Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, St. Paul's Waldenbury, London
Born as Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
Father Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Mother Cecilia Cavendish-Benrinck (Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne)
Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later changed to Windsor (marriage)
Queen consort December 10, 1936-February 6, 1952
Tenure 20 years 58 days
Predecessor Princess Mary of Teck
Successor Philip Mountbatten
Siblings (9)
Ninth of ten children (7 brothers, 2 sisters)
Violet Bowes-Lyon
Mary Bowes-Lyon
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
John Herbert Bowes-Lyon
Alexander Bowes-Lyon
Fergus Bowes-Lyon
Rose Bowes-Lyon
Michael Bowes-Lyon
David Bowes-Lyon
Married April 26, 1923 Westminster Abbey, London
Spouse King George VI of the United Kingdom (then Prince Albert, Duke of York)
Issue
(2 daughters)
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom)
Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom
Grandchildren (6)
(4 grandsons, 2 granddaughers)
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess Anne, Princess Royal
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (Lady Sarah Otto)
Died March 30, 2002 Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor (age 101)
Place of burial St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
Titles
HRH Princess Albert of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of York, Countess of Inverness
HM Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India
HM Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from 1947)
HM Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1949)
HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Paternal grandparents
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Frances Dora Smith
Maternal grandparents
Charles William Cavendish-Bentinck
Caroline Louisa Burnaby
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