- Born
- Died
- Birth nameElizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon
- Nicknames
- Queen Mum
- Cookie
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on August 4, 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on March 30, 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- SpouseKing George VI(April 26, 1923 - February 6, 1952) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesMargaret Rhodes(Niece or Nephew)Nerissa Bowes-Lyon(Niece or Nephew)Katherine Bowes-Lyon(Niece or Nephew)David Bowes-Lyon(Sibling)King Charles III(Grandchild)Princess Anne(Grandchild)Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor(Grandchild)Prince Edward(Grandchild)Prince William of Wales(Great Grandchild)Prince Harry(Great Grandchild)Peter Phillips(Great Grandchild)Zara Tindall(Great Grandchild)Princess Eugenie(Great Grandchild)Princess Beatrice(Great Grandchild)Lady Louise Windsor(Great Grandchild)James Earl of Wessex(Great Grandchild)David Armstrong-Jones(Grandchild)Sarah Armstrong-Jones(Grandchild)
- Always wore pastel clothes, a hat and pearls
- Was the first member of the British royal family to reach age 100.
- Adolf Hitler called her Europe's most dangerous woman for her ability to boost the morale of the British people during the London blitz.
- On her wedding day, Elizabeth laid her bouquet at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on her way into Westminster Abbey, a gesture that every royal bride since has copied, though on the way back from the altar rather than to it.
- Her funeral preparations began in 1969, 33 years before her death.
- Died less than two months after the death of her daughter, Princess Margaret, who died on February 7, 2002, of a stroke.
- Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
- [advised by the Foreign Office to leave Britain during World War Two] The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the king will not leave the country in any circumstances, whatever.
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