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    husband died, she was officially known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter Queen Elizabeth II. Born into a family of British...
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  • A queen mother is a former queen, often a queen dowager, who is the mother of the reigning monarch. The term has been used in English since the early 1560s...
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    death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Albert Edward became king-emperor as Edward VII, with Alexandra as queen-empress. She became queen mother on Edward's...
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    from the aftermath of the war. After George's death in 1936, she became queen mother when her eldest son, Edward VIII, ascended the throne. To her dismay...
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  • A queen mother is a mother of the reigning monarch. The Queen Mother most often refers to: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen of the United...
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    The Queen Mother of the West, known by various local names, is a mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology, also worshipped in neighbouring Asian...
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    2002 at 15:15 GMT, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), widow to King George VI and mother to Queen Elizabeth II, died...
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    January 1649. She was mother of his sons Charles II and James II and VII. Under a decree of her husband, she was known in England as Queen Mary, but she did...
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  • Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to: Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary (1144–1190) Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem (1154–1217) Maria of...
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    The Crown of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, also known as the Queen Mother's Crown, is the crown made for Queen Elizabeth to wear at her coronation...
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    of honey bees. With fully developed reproductive organs, the queen is usually the mother of most, if not all, of the bees in the beehive. Queens are developed...
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    Queen mother (also Queenmother) is a term used to describe certain female traditional rulers in African cultures. Though there is no general description...
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  • of the previous monarch. A queen dowager is a widowed queen consort, and a queen mother is a queen dowager who is the mother of the current monarch. When...
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    Queen mother is defined as "a queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign". The term has been used in English since at least 1560. A queen...
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  • husband (a queen who reigns in her own right is a queen regnant). A queen mother is a former queen consort, often a dowager queen, who is the mother of the...
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  • Insu, the Queen Mother (Korean: 인수대비; Hanja: 仁粹大妃; RR: Insudaebi) is a 2011 South Korean historical television series, starring Chae Shi-ra, Hahm Eun-jung...
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    Queen Noor: The Light of Hussein | Full Documentary | Biography, retrieved July 23, 2022 Schudel, Matt (December 30, 2015). "Doris C. Halaby, mother of...
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    of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned...
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    who ascended the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch and their immediate family undertake various...
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  • a reigning king Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Queen dowager, the widow of a king Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother of a reigning monarch...
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    royal family who was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhumibol (Rama IX) and mother of King Vajiralongkorn...
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  • Thumbnail for Queen Mother Champion Chase
    The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. As part of a...
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    Queen Mother Moore (born Audley Moore; July 27, 1898 – May 2, 1997) was an African-American civil rights leader and a black nationalist who was friends...
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    (1997–2016) This is an incomplete list of those who served Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. 1952–1953: Peter Townsend 1953–1974: Lord Adam Gordon 1974–2002:...
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    Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. Her mother was a daughter of Queen Victoria's third son Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn...
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  • funeral. This occurred for King George V in 1936, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002, and for Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. During the first two of these...
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  • Majesty (redirect from HM The Queen Mother)
    of Her Majesty, (such as Queen Camilla). Husbands of queens regnant do not have the same right, as was the case with Queen Elizabeth II's consort Prince...
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    to Christianity. McCoy has inaccurately referred to herself as the "Queen Mother" of Ghana on multiple occasions, including during a 2019 appearance on...
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    historical periods. A queen dowager or empress dowager is the widow of a king or emperor; a queen mother is a queen dowager who is also the mother of a reigning...
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  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King...
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