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Queen Elizabeth

[Note: The name "Isabel" or "Isabella" is sometimes translated into English as "Elizabeth" or "Elisabeth."]


Among the women known to history as "Queen Elizabeth" are, in order of date of birth if alive, date of death if deceased.

Living

Deceased

  • Elizabeth of Romania (1843-1916), queen consort of Romania: born Pauline Elisabeth Ottile Luise; wife of Charles I of Romania
  • Elzbieta Ryksa (1288-1335), queen consort of Bohemia: daughter of Przemysl II of Poland; wife of Rudolf III of Austria

* Elizabeth Woodville and Elizabeth of York are the only mother and daughter to have been queens consort of England.


The "Queen Elizabeth" in James Collinson's 1850 painting The Renunciation of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary (Image) is not a queen at all but a princess: St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231), the daughter of Andrew II of Hungary.


There is also a Queen Elizabeth class of Dreadnought battleships. See also: the ocean liners R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 2.

There is also a band named Queen Elizabeth.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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