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Biography of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1926-2022
Paternal Family Tree: Wettin
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Garritt
1923 Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
1952 Death of George VI Accession of Elizabeth II
On 26 Apr 1923 [her father] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and [her mother] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and [her grandmother] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of [her grandfather] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 57) and [her grandmother] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).
Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.
On 21 Apr 1926 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was born to King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 30) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 25).
1933. Philip de László (age 63). Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 6).
Before 25 Apr 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the [her father] King (age 43) and [her mother] Queen (age 38), Princesses Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and [her sister] Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).
On 21 Oct 1947 David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury (age 25) and Ursula James (age 23) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map]. Princesses Elizabeth (age 21) and [her sister] Margaret (age 17) attended the wedding, as did the [her uncle] Duke (age 47) and Duchess (age 45) of Gloucester.
On 20 Nov 1947 Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 26) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 21) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 51) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 47). They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 14 Nov 1948 [her son] King Charles III was born to [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 27) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 22).
In 1950 Robert Anthony Eden 1st Earl Avon (age 52) was appointed 915th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 23).
On 15 Aug 1950 [her daughter] Princess Anne Windsor was born to [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 29) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 24).
On 21 Oct 1950 David Lascelles 8th Earl of Harewood was born to George Henry Hubert Lascelles 7th Earl Harewood (age 27) and Marion Stein Countess Harewood (age 24) at 2 Orme Square, Bayswater. He was baptised at All Saints Church Harewood [Map]. His godparents included Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 24), [her grandmother] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 83), Margaret Selina Lascelles Viscountess Boyne (age 67) and his uncle Gerald David Lascelles (age 26). He a great grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom.
On 06 Feb 1952 [her father] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 56) died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 25) succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.
On 10 Jan 1953 Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott 9th Duke Buccleuch 11th Duke Queensberry (age 29) and Jane McNeill Duchess of Buccleuch (age 23) were married at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. The ceremony was attended by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 26) and the [her husband] Duke of Edinburgh (age 31) as well as a number of other members of the Royal family. He the son of Walter Scott 8th Duke Buccleuch 10th Duke Queensberry (age 58) and Vreda Lascelles Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 52).
On 02 Jun 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27) was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 66) at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Her ladies in waiting were:
Mistress of the Robes: Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 57)
Maids of Honour:
Mary Baillie-Hamilton (age 19)
Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (age 20)
Nancy Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (age 18)
Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 20)
Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (age 23)
On 02 Jun 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27) was crowned 2nd Queen of the United Kingdom.
In 1954 Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness 2nd Earl Iveagh (age 79) was appointed 916th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27).
On 19 Feb 1960 [her son] Prince Andrew Windsor 1st Duke of York was born to [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 38) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 33) at Belgian Suite Buckingham Palace. He was baptised on 08 Apr 1960 by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 72) at the Music Room, Buckingham Palace.
In 1962 John Loder 2nd Baron Wakehurst (age 66) was appointed 926th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 35).
On 10 Dec 1962 Lawrence of Arabia received its premiere in London at the Odeon Cinema Leicester Square. The event was attended by [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 41) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 36). Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, David Lean Director), Sam Spiegel (Producer) and Freddie Young (cameraman) attended. In the audience were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Attenborough, his wife and son. Noël Coward attended the after-party.
On 10 Mar 1964 [her son] Prince Edward Windsor Duke of Edinburgh was born to [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 42) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 37).
In 1972 Evelyn Baring 1st Baron Howick (age 68) was appointed 946th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 45).
In 1974 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny (age 59) was appointed 951st Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 47).
On 29 Jul 1981 [her son] Prince Charles (age 32) and [her daughter-in-law] Diana Spencer Princess Wales (age 20) were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. She the daughter of John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer (age 57) and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer (age 45). He the son of [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 60) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 55).
In Apr 1990 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 74) was appointed 972nd Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 63).
27 Mar 1997. Plaque commemorating the Maundy Thursday Alms Giving by Quen Elizabeth II (age 70)at Bradford Cathedral [Map].
On 30 Mar 2002 [her mother] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England died.
In On 06 Nov 2004 Edward van Cutsem (age 31) and Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (age 24) were married at Chester Cathedral [Map] at a service officiated by Canon Lawrence Skipper (age 87) who had officated at her parent's marriage in 1978. She the daughter of Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 6th Duke Westminster (age 52) and Natalia Phillips Duchess of Westminster (age 45).
The bride was given away by her father the Duke of Westminster.
The bridesmaids included Viola Grosvenor (age 12).
The ushers were Princes [her grandson] William (age 22) and [her grandson] Harry (age 20).
Guests included:
[her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 83) and Her Mahesty the Queen (age 78) and the Duke of Edinburgh.
the Duchess of Westminster and her daughter Edwina Grosvenor (age 23).
Local guests included Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, William Bromley Davenport, Richard Thomas, chief executive of Chester Race Company and the Duke’s personal assistant Vicky Bolton.
Coaches and cars departed for a buffet reception at Eaton Hall [Map], near Eccleston, Cheshire, the ancestral home of the Grosvenors, with a spectacular fireworks display at 9pm.
On 09 Apr 2005 [her son] Prince Charles (age 56) and [her daughter-in-law] Queen Consort Camilla Shand (age 57) were married at Windsor Guildhall. He the son of [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 83) and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 78).
On 09 Apr 2021 [her husband] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 99) died at Windsor Castle [Map]. His son [her son] King Charles III (age 72) succeeded 2nd Duke Edinburgh.
On 08 Sep 2022 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 96) died. [her son] King Charles III (age 73) was crowned 3rd King of the United Kingdom.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland 
Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: King George V of the United Kingdom Son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Glücksburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Friederike Schlieben Duchess Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Christian IX of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Caroline Hesse-Kassel Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise Oldenburg Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hesse-Kassel Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Prince Frederick Oldenburg 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Charlotte of Denmark 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: King George VI of the United Kingdom Son of King George V of the United Kingdom
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ludwig Friedrich Alexander of Württemberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Paul Ludwig Konstantin Teck 2 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Christian Nassau Weilburg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Henriette Nassau Weilburg Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Carolina Orange Nassau Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Teck 3 x Great Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
GrandMother: Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England Great Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Hesse-Kassel Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hanover Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge Great Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas George Lyon Bowes 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carpenter
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter
Great x 1 Grandfather: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joseph Valentine Grimstead
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Grimstead
GrandFather: Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oswald Smith
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Mary Mosley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hodgson of Congleton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Hodgson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Porteus
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson
Mother: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pierre Roland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley
GrandMother: Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archdeacon Andrew Burnaby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edwyn Andrew Burnaby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Edwyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edwyn Burnaby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend William Browne 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Browne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Adcock
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Louisa Burnaby
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury of Marshfield House
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lister 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Caroline Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Webb
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Webb
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Garritt