Birth of the Queen Mother
Birth of the "Queen Mother"
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Bowes-Lyon Biography and Timeline
Follow Bowes-Lyon through 9 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Bowes-Lyon, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
9Distinct records
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1900–1952Years on this page
1900
Birth of youngest daughter
Youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne
1904
Succession
Becomes Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1923
Marriage
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon marries George VI
1926
Birth of Elizabeth II
Birth of Elizabeth II, daughter of George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
1930
Birth of daughter
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
1936
Abdication
Albert, Duke of York, becomes George VI & Elizabeth becomes Queen Consort
1952
Death of Bowes-Lyon
Death of George VI, her husband
Queen Mother
Appointed Queen Mother after her daughter Elizabeth succeeds to the throne
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.