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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

1900 - 2002

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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved on 15 August 1947. After her husband died, she was officially 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 Prince Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. The couple and their daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, embodied traditional ideas of family and public service. As Duchess of York, Elizabeth undertook a variety of public engagements and became known for her consistently cheerful countenance. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother is the 29th most popular nobleman (down from 14th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 57th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Nobleman.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is most famous for being the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and the wife of King George VI.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ranks 29 out of 1,415. Before her are Anne, Princess Royal, Marie de' Medici, William the Conqueror, Naruhito, Princess Alice of Battenberg, and Alexandra Feodorovna. After her are John of Gaunt, Marie Thérèse of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Lucretia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Pope Leo IX.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ranks 5. Before her are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Heinrich Himmler, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Erich Fromm. After her are Martin Bormann, Charles Francis Richter, Hans Adolf Krebs, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Among people deceased in 2002, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ranks 3. Before her are Astrid Lindgren, and Richard Harris. After her are Simo Häyhä, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, Archer Martin, Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Rawls.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ranks 96 out of 8,785. Before her are Virginia Woolf (1882), Francis Drake (1540), Charles Babbage (1791), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Thomas More (1478), and Joseph Lister (1827). After her are Sean Connery (1930), Edward Jenner (1749), William Wallace (1270), Oliver Cromwell (1599), John Dee (1527), and Alex Ferguson (1941).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ranks 12. Before her are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), Edward the Black Prince (1330), Harold Harefoot (1016), Empress Matilda (1102), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885). After her are Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936).

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