when did Elizabeth become queen of England?length of reign?
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Elizabeth became queen on 6 February 1952, compleated  just over 54 years. \n\nElizabeth became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952. As other colonies of the British Empire (now the Commonwealth of Nations) attained independence from the UK during her reign, she acceded to the newly created thrones as Queen of each respective realm so that throughout her 54 years on the throne she has been Monarch of 32 nations, half of which either moved to different royal houses, or became republics-.
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The Queen's birthday is 21st april and her official birthday is usually celebrated on the first saturday in June with the trooping of the colour parade it is known as her official birthday in June because it was the second of june 1953 when she came to the throne.\n\nAs I am sure you already know she celebrates her 80th this year
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That is a heck of a question.  First of all, that covers 150 years of history!!!\n\nSo the answer is, lots happened!\n\nI can only do this for you...\n\nI hope you know what years you are looking for! (If not, you'll have to cross check by typing in "Elizabethan and Jacobean" and seeing what years they were in. There's only so much I can do!)
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England - John, King of England (1199-1216)
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Empress Matilda was the first (ever) ruler of England due to the death of Henry V in 1125.\n\nLady Jane Grey became the uncrowed queen for nine days in 1553.  She had a struggled for the position of queen from her older sister Mary, which led the Marian (Mary) Regime to execute her for treason before her crowning.\n\nSo Mary became Queen Mary I of England in 1553.  She had two false pregnancy, which probably led to what we now know as ovarian cancer and died in 1558.  Mary's will decreed for husband to reign (not as a king) until their child was of age to be kinged/queened.  But, since there were no child, her half-sister Elizabeth became next queen: Queen Mary I of England.\n\nSo technically, Jane was queen, but Mary became the officially crowned queen.
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Some of the preceding answers have been incorrect. Elizabeth II's surname is Windsor.  She did not take husband Phillip's surname, Mountbatten, when she married.  \n\nThe queen's grandfather George V changed the family surname to Windsor because their proper surname, Wettin, sounded too German for English public sentiment during World War I.  Wettin had become the surname of the monarchs after Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.  Albert's surname, which he passed on to his children, was Wettin.  Because Albert was from the noble family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the royal household was known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1917, when, along with the surname Wettin, George V changed the name of the British royal household to Windsor.
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What about comparing and contrasting the reigns of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I ? They were half sisters (both daughters of Henry VIII ) but were very different.\nMary was Roman Catholic - Elizabeth Anglican\nMary married - Elizabeth did not\nMary was known as "Bloody Mary", Elizabeth as "Good Queen Bess" - yet both persecuted and killed for religious reasons.\nBoth reigned in the 1500's
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The most accurate place to look would be a current encyclopedia, like the Encyclopedia Britannica (it is written by experts, unlike Wikipedia which is written by common people who may not know what they are talking about).\n\nHere is what the Encyclopedia Britannica says:\n\n"British royal (b. Aug. 4, 1900, London, Eng.—d. March 30, 2002, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng.), in a life that spanned three centuries, was the daughter of a Scottish nobleman, the queen consort of King George VI, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, countess of Snowdon (q.v.), and an almost universally beloved symbol of British tradition and fortitude. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the 9th child (of 10) of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis and (from 1904) the 14th earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. On April 26, 1923, after a two-year courtship, she married Prince Albert, duke of York, the second son of King George V. When her shy husband was officially proclaimed King George VI on Dec. 11, 1936, following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, she was thrust unexpectedly into the public eye. She proved to be an able consort, and her personal charm helped to cement public support for the monarchy, which had been badly damaged by the abdication. The new queen's refusal to leave London during World War II and her extensive wartime activities further endeared her to the nation, as did her reported response in September 1940 when Buckingham Palace was damaged in the Blitz: “I'm glad we've been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face.” In 1952 the king died, and their daughter Elizabeth ascended the throne. Thereafter, the widowed Queen Mother served as an unofficial ambassador, traveling extensively until advancing age curtailed her movements. She continued to make public appearances, however, owned a string of thoroughbred racehorses, and survived several surgeries. She celebrated her 100th birthday in 2000 and attended her daughter Margaret's funeral six weeks before her own peaceful death."
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Four\n1-Mary\n2-Elizabeth I\n3-Victoria\n4-Elizabeth II
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Well, I think I am pretty.  \n\nOh, wait!  You mean the queen of England.  LOL\n\nWell, I thing Queen Elizabeth II was pretty when she was younger.  She looked a lot like Prince Charles in the face.  Now she just looks like herself.  \n\nPrincess Margaret was very pretty, I thought.
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Princess Diana, and it has been like 3 weeks, so why don't you be nice and give me the 10 points, as no one else is answering. Thanks alot! Toodles!!
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Known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V (1102-1167, "Reigned" Feb -Nov 1141).\n\n"Domina" or "Lady of the English".\n\nThere were several Matildas around at this time!  (Her mother was also a Matilda.)\n\nMatilda had been promised the throne, so she was furious and frustrated when her cousin Stephen moved in smartly and had himself crowned instead.  For virtually all of his reign Matilda struggled to assert her rights and for eight months or so in 1141 she was to all intents and purposes the Queen of England, being given the title "Domina" or "Lady of the English".\n\nHowever, she was never crowned, and was so domineering and arrogant that she lost much of the goodwill she might have otherwise had.  Eventually, after a lengthy, hectic and unsuccessful campaign, she left England for good, presumably in despair and disgust.
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King George II. Here's a website. Pay attention to the last sentence of the first paragraph).\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain
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Queen Elizabeth II remains the head of state for Britain and many of its colonies.  Head of government is another story, however, and the monarch's command of such has been in decline since the Magna Carta of 1215. James II, deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 by Parliament, may have been the last monarch to believe he was head of government, and to have been catastrophically incorrect.
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It's hard to say with certainty.  There were no coroners and death certificates back in the day to tell us exactly what a person died from.\n\nI'm not aware of any English queens who died of the Black Death.  \n\nTraditionally it's been thought that Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster (who was married to a son of Edward III) died of the plague because she died right in the middle of an outbreak in the late 14th Century.  But recently there have been some questions raised about her actual date of death.  It may be she died of something less exotic - like childbirth.
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please try www.jilldaniels.com/god save the queen.htm
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Yes.  Elizabeth I had no children, but Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II are related through Elizabeth I's grandfather, Henry VII.  \n\nHenry VII had three children: Henry VIII, Margaret Tudor, and Mary Tudor.  Elizabeth I was the youngest child of Henry VIII.  When Elizabeth died, Margaret Tudor's great-grandson, James I, succeeded to the English throne.\n\nJames I had several children, including a daughter Elizabeth Stuart.  Elizabeth Stuart married Frederick V, Elector of Palatine, and through this match had a daughter Sophia.  Sophia married Ernst August, Elector of Hanover.  Sophia's eldest son was George I, who became King of England in 1698.\n\nElizabeth II is a direct descendant of George I.  George I's great-great granddaughter was Queen Victoria.  Victoria's great granddaughter is Elizabeth II.