Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II
Portrait of Elizabeth II, 1959
Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms Canada 1952–2022 Australia 1952–2022 New Zealand 1952–2022 The Bahamas 1973–2022 Grenada 1974–2022 Papua New Guinea 1975–2022 Solomon Islands 1978–2022 Tuvalu 1978–2022 St Lucia 1979–2022 St Vincent and the Grenadines 1979–2022 Belize 1981–2022 Antigua and Barbuda 1981–2022 St Kitts and Nevis 1983–2022 Pakistan 1952–1956 South Africa 1952–1961 Ceylon 1952–1972 Ghana 1957–1960 Nigeria 1960–1963 Sierra Leone 1961–1971 Tanganyika 1961–1962 Trinidad and Tobago 1962–1976 Uganda 1962–1963 Kenya 1963–1964 Malawi 1964–1966 Malta 1964–1974 The Gambia 1965–1970 Guyana 1966–1970 Mauritius 1968–1992 Fiji 1970–1987 Barbados 1966–2021 Jamaica 1962–2022
Reign	6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Coronation	2 June 1953
Predecessor	George VI
Successor	Charles III
Born	Princess Elizabeth of York (1926-04-21)21 April 1926 Mayfair, London, England
Died	8 September 2022(2022-09-08) (aged 96) Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Burial	19 September 2022 King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Spouse	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ​ ​ (m. 1947; died 2021)​
Issue Detail	Charles III Anne, Princess Royal Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Full name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
House	Windsor Castle
Father	George VI
Mother	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Head of the Commonwealth and the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 1952 until her death in 2022.^[1]

Elizabeth became queen when her father, King George VI, died on 6 February 1952. At the time of her death, she had ruled longer than any other king or queen in the history of the United Kingdom.^[2] She had also ruled longer than any other living king or queen in the world, since the death of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej on 13 October 2016. She was the second-longest reigning monarch in history.

In 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021. Elizabeth and Philip had four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She died on 8 September 2022 at the age of 96, and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III.^[3][4]

1. ↑ 13 UK Overseas Territories and three Crown Dependencies. She is also the monarch of 15 other countries: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
2. ↑ "Elizabeth Set To Beat Victoria's Record As Longest Reigning Monarch In British History". The Huffington Post. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
3. ↑ "Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces". BBC News. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
4. ↑ "The moment Queen's death was announced". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-09-08.