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  Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon [b]   (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was   Queen of the United Kingdom   and the   Dominions   of the   British Commonwealth   from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of   King George VI . She was the last   Empress of India   from her husband's accession as   King-Emperor   in 1936 until the   British Raj   was dissolved in August 1947. After her husband died, she was known as   Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother , [2]   to avoid confusion with her daughter,   Queen Elizabeth II . Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Portrait by  Richard Stone , 1986 Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the  British Dominions Tenure 11 December 1936 –  6 February 1952 Coronation 12 May 1937 Empress consort of India Tenure 11 December 1936 –  15 August 1947 [a] Born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon [b] 4 August 1900 Hitchin  or London, United Ki...