Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Portrait by Richard Stone, 1986
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions
Tenure	11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Coronation	12 May 1937
Empress consort of India
Tenure	11 December 1936 – 15 August 1947[a]
Born	Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon[b] (1900-08-04)4 August 1900 Hitchin or London, England
Died	(2002-03-30)30 March 2002 (101 years, 238 days) Royal Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Burial	9 April 2002 King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Spouse	George VI ​ ​ (m. 1923; died 1952)​
Issue	Elizabeth II Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Noble family	Bowes-Lyon
Father	Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Mother	Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
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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 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the last Empress of India until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947. After her husband died, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,^[2] to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
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1. ↑ Shawcross, p. 8
2. ↑ "No. 55932". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 2000. p. 8617. "No. 56653". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 2002. p. 1. "No. 56969". The London Gazette. 16 June 2003. p. 7439.