Birth Name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Place of Birth: 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 21 April 1926
Ethnicity: English, Royal, small amounts of Anglo-Irish, Hungarian, French, and German, and even smaller amounts of Irish, Dutch, Scottish, Danish, Belgian, Swedish, and Bohemian
Elizabeth II is the Queen of England, and of many member states in the Commonwealth of Nations, having served in the position since 1952. She is Head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
Elizabeth II is the daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom, who served as King from 1936 to 1952, and of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Elizabeth II is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Among her children is Charles, Prince of Wales, and among her grandchildren are Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales.
Elizabeth II’s ancestry is approximately 39% English, 39% Royal, 6.25% Anglo-Irish, 6.25% Hungarian, 3.8% French, 2.95% German, 1.6% Irish, and even smaller amounts of Dutch, Scottish, Danish, Belgian, Swedish, and Bohemian.
Elizabeth II’s paternal grandparents were George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert, King from 1910 to 1936, the son of Edward VII, King from 1901 to 1910, and of Princess Alexandra of Denmark) and Princess Mary of Teck (the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, and of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge).
Elizabeth II’s maternal grandparents were Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and of Frances Dora Smith Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (born Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, the daughter of The Rev. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck and Caroline Louisa Burnaby).
Source: Genealogy of Elizabeth II – http://www.wargs.com
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