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Elizabeth II
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Person

Elizabeth II

1926 – 2022 · aged 96

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 (1926–2022)

Born
21 Apr 1926 · 17 Bruton Street
Died
8 Sept 2022 · Balmoral Castle
Part ofUnited Kingdom43 CE – todayChurch of England1676 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 110 years
  1. 21 Apr 1926BornBorn in 17 Bruton Street
  2. 1936 – 1952RoleHeir presumptive
  3. 1937AwardKing George VI Coronation Medal
  4. 1937AwardRoyal Family Order of George VI
  5. 1945AwardDefence Medal
  6. 1945AwardWar Medal 1939–1945
  7. 1947AwardKnight of the Garter
  8. 1947AwardOrder of the Elephant
  9. 1948AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  10. 1948AwardOrder of the Virtues
  11. 1949AwardOrder of Ojaswi Rajanya
  12. 1950AwardKnight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  13. 1952 – 2022RoleCommander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces
  14. 1952 – 2022RoleDuke of Lancaster
  15. 1952 – 2022RoleHead of the Commonwealth
  16. 1952 – 2022RoleLord of Mann
  17. 1952 – 2022RoleMonarch of Australia
  18. 1952 – 2022RoleMonarch of Canada
  19. 1952 – 2022RoleMonarch of New Zealand
  20. 1952 – 1972RoleMonarch of the Dominion of Ceylon
  21. 1952 – 1956RoleMonarch of the Dominion of Pakistan
  22. 1952 – 1961RoleMonarch of the Union of South Africa
  23. 1952 – 2022RoleMonarch of the United Kingdom
  24. 1952 – 2022RoleSupreme Governor of the Church of England
  25. 1952AwardTime Person of the Year
  26. 1953AwardOrder of al-Hussein bin Ali
  27. 1957 – 1960RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Ghana
  28. 1960 – 1963RoleMonarch of the Federation of Nigeria
  29. 1961 – 1962RoleMonarch of Tanganyika
  30. 1961 – 1971RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Sierra Leone
  31. 1962 – 2022RoleMonarch of Jamaica
  32. 1962 – 1963RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Uganda
  33. 1962 – 1976RoleMonarch of Trinidad and Tobago
  34. 1962 – 1976RoleQueen of Trinidad and Tobago
  35. 1963 – 1964RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Kenya
  36. 1964 – 2011RoleLord High Admiral
  37. 1964 – 1966RoleMonarch of Malawi
  38. 1964 – 1974RoleMonarch of the State of Malta
  39. 1965 – 1970RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of the Gambia
  40. 1966 – 2021RoleMonarch of Barbados
  41. 1966 – 1970RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Guyana
  42. 1968 – 1992RoleMonarch of the commonwealth realm of Mauritius
  43. 1970 – 1987RoleMonarch of the Dominion of Fiji
  44. 1973 – 2022RoleMonarch of the Bahamas
  45. 1974 – 2022RoleMonarch of Grenada
  46. 1975 – 2022RoleMonarch of Papua New Guinea
  47. 1978 – 2022RoleMonarch of the Solomon Islands
  48. 1978 – 2022RoleMonarch of Tuvalu
  49. 1979 – 2022RoleMonarch of Saint Lucia
  50. 1979 – 2022RoleMonarch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  51. 1981 – 2022RoleMonarch of Belize
  52. 1981 – 2022RoleMonarch of Antigua and Barbuda
  53. 1983 – 2022RoleMonarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  54. 2021 – 2022RoleLord High Admiral
  55. 8 Sept 2022DiedDied in Balmoral Castle

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2022).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history.

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married a former prince of Greece and Denmark, Philip Mountbatten. They had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.

When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth, then 25 years old, became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries and head of the Commonwealth. She reigned as a constitutional monarch through times of significant political change such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities as well as its subsequent withdrawal. The number of her realms varied over time as territories gained independence and as most realms became republics. As queen, Elizabeth was advised by more than 170 prime ministers across her realms. Her many historic visits and meetings included state visits to China in 1986, to Russia in 1994, and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011; she met five popes and fourteen US presidents.

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