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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | |
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Portrait by Richard Stone, 1986 | |
Tenure | 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952 |
Coronation | 12 May 1937 |
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. ; died ) |
Issue | |
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