When Elizabeth Johanna Bodewes was born on 28 June 1879, in Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Harmannus Bodewes, was 33 and her mother, Helena Kleine, was 29. She married Jacobus Harmannus Bodewes on 22 April 1902, in Hoogezand, Groningen, Netherlands. She died on 3 May 1957, in her hometown, at the age of 77.
The usual spelling of Elisabeth in English. It is recorded in the medieval period, but was made popular by being borne by Queen Elizabeth I of England ( 1533–1603 ). In the 20th century it again became extremely fashionable, partly because it was the name of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ( 1900–2002 ), who in 1936 became Queen Elizabeth as the wife of King George VI, and after his death in 1952 achieved great public affection as Queen Mother for nearly half a century. Even more influentially, it is the name of her daughter Queen Elizabeth II ( b. 1926 ).
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