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31 de mar. de 2002 · Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, beloved grande dame of British royal family and enduring symbol of courage during World War II, dies in her sleep at Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle, at age 101 ...
Early life. 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-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
26 de abr. de 2024 · 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 to it). ). After Henry’s death in 1547, two of Elizabeth’s ...
Hace 2 días · Royal family portrait, August 22, 1951. (From left) Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the duke of Edinburgh, King George VI, and Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II). Princess Anne is in the baby carriage. (more) Philip, duke of Edinburgh. Early in 1947 Princess Elizabeth went with the king and queen to South Africa.
When her father inherited his Earldom in 1904, she became Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland. One of The Queen Mother's 14th-century ancestors, Sir John Lyon, became Thane of Glamis, home of Macbeth 300 years before, and Glamis Castle is the family seat.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Elizabeth bore two daughters: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the future queen Elizabeth II (born April 21, 1926—d.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.
9 de jul. de 2003 · The Queen has entrusted the writing of the official biography of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to Mr William Shawcross. Mr Shawcross will be given full access to Queen Elizabeth's personal papers, which are held in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle. Share this article: Facebook Twitter. Main navigation.
