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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon 1900–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 August 1900

Birth Location: Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 March 2002

Death Location: Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Garter

Mother: Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

Spouse(s): King VI

Children(s): Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born in 1900 in Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Claude George Bowes Lyon 14Th Earl Strathmore Amp Kinghorne Knight Of The Garter And Cecilia Nina Cavendish Bentinck. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon married King George Vi, and had children including Elizabeth Ii Bowes Lyon. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon passed away in 2002 in Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born in 1900 in Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Claude George Bowes Lyon 14Th Earl Strathmore Amp Kinghorne Knight Of The Garter And Cecilia Nina Cavendish Bentinck.
  • Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon married King George Vi, and had children including Elizabeth Ii Bowes Lyon.
  • Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon passed away in 2002 in Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Garter
1855–1944
Birth Location: Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
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Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
1862–1938
Birth Location: Belgravia, London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

King VI
1895–1952
Birth Location: Sandringham, Norfolk, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1926–2022
Birth Location: 17 burton street, Mayfair, Middlesex, England
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1900–2002
Birth Place: Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl Strathmore & Kinghorne, Knight of the Garter
1855–1944
Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Cecilia (Nina) Cavendish-Bentinck
1862–1938
Belgravia, London, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Claude (George Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of) Strathmore
1824–1904
Redbourn, St Albans District, Hertfordshire, England
Frances (Dora Smith Bowes-Lyon (Countess of Strathmore and) Kinghorne)
1832–1922
Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Oswald Hall
1794–1863
Henrietta Hodgson
1805–1891
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Seldon
1765–1836
Frances *
1770–1844

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Angela Marguerite) Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900–30 March 2002) m. King (George) VI (14 Dec 1895–6 Feb 1952)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (II) Bowes-Lyon 1926–2022 m. Phillip (Mountbatten Duke of) Edinburgh 1921–2021

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's Timeline

2 Records

1900
4 August 1900
Birth of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon in Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
2002
30 March 2002
Age 102
Death of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon in Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 August 1900
    Event Place: Merriott, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 March 2002
    Event Place: Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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