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  George II of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.
James II's son, James Francis Edward Stuart (the "Old Pretender") had attempted two prior rebellions; the rebellion of 1715 ("the Fifteen") was after he fled to France, and the rebellion of 1719 ("the Nineteen") was so weak that it was almost farcial.
In Great Britain, George II used the official style "George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." In some cases (especially in treaties), the formula "Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire" was added before the phrase "etc."
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain   (2447 words)

  
 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Elizabeth II, born April 21, 1926, is the eldest daughter of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Elizabeth is, by far, the best known of these, and is the most widely traveled Head of State in the world.
Elizabeth's travels have won the adulation of her subjects; she is greeted with honest enthusiasm and warm regard with each visit abroad.
www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon63.html   (493 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions About Queen Elizabeth II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In common practice Queen Elizabeth II is referred to simply as "The Queen", to differentiate her from her mother, who is called "Queen Elizabeth".
She belongs to Britain's Royal House (Family) of Windsor, and is the daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in March 2002
Majesty: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor.
www.library.mun.ca /qeii/qeiifaq.php   (1132 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British And Irish History, Biographies
Elizabeth II 1926–;, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952–;), elder daughter and successor of George VI.
Elizabeth, queen consort of George VI of Great Britain
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Elizbet2Eng.html   (479 words)

  
 Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice, daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, and a grandson of George I of Greece, great-grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, and great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria.
Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh Marry
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/EdinburgP1P1.asp   (739 words)

  
 Darjeeling @ Zubin.Com - Tourism Info
On May 29, 1953, just before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, subjects from two of the Commonwealth nations gave her a coronation gift -- conquest of the virgin peak of the invincible Mt. Everest which had claimed so many a gallant life.
It is rumored that the great actress Vivian Leigh was born on the campus of St. Paul's School.
From the icy heights of the lake Chalamu, at an elevation of 17,500 ft in Sikkim, 118 km to the north-east of Darjeeling, originates the majestic Teesta fed by several streams rising in the North, and flows on marking the Sikkim-Darjeeling boundary.
www.zubin.com /darjeeling/tourist.htm   (2565 words)

  
 Queen Elizabeth II biography
Even as a child, Princess Elizabeth understood the full significance of the role into which she had been born; and yet coupled with that awareness was an ardent desire to lead a simple, traditional country life.
Princess Elizabeth was initially educated at home, although the Duchess of York had always harboured the hope that one day her daughter would attend public school, and thus learn about matters both intellectual and social.
Princess Elizabeth had become Queen Elizabeth II, but she had never quite ceased to be “Lilibet” – the little girl who knew both her duty and her own mind, and was determined to be the best and the most “normal” regent that she could.
www.britainexpress.com /royals/queen.htm   (1792 words)

  
 GB Elizabeth II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Great Britain 06 - Queen Elizabeth II 1952-54 Tudor, S.G.515/31, ½d to 1/6d set (both 2½d), unmtd mint (10d lightly mtd.).
Great Britain 06 - Queen Elizabeth II 1955-58 Edward, S.G.540/56, ½d to 1/6d set, plus extra 2½d and 6d, unmtd mint (5d and 7d lightly mtd.).
Great Britain 06 - Queen Elizabeth II 1979 Christmas, S.G.1104, 8p showing dramatic colour shift of ochre-dropped 4mm - also violet and blue colours slightly dropped, in unmounted mint gutter pair.
www.collectors-gallery.co.uk /mailbid/gbeii.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Royal News: September 2002
A police spokesman has said that Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain had two unexpected visitors during her holiday at Balmoral Castle when two single-seat aircrafts made force landings in the grounds of the castle.
A message of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain was read by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at an emotional memorial service for British victims of September 11 in St Thomas Church in Manhattan, New York.
Eight human skeletons have been discovered on September 11th in the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, one of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain's official residences, by gas workers who were laying pipes in connection with the renewal of under-floor services and unearthed the remains in the kitchen.
www.nettyroyal.nl /newssept02.html   (3522 words)

  
 The Current Royal Family > HM The Queen > Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Queen was born in London on 21 April 1926, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, subsequently King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Five weeks later she was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess's early years were spent at 145 Piccadilly, the London house taken by her parents shortly after her birth; at White Lodge in Richmond Park; and at the country homes of her grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, and the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/page412.asp   (120 words)

  
 Royal News: June 2003
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has attended a special service at 11:30am at Westminster Abbey in London to mark the 50th anniversary of her coronation.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has appointed the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex Knights Commander and Prince Michael of Kent a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
Queen Elizabeth II took the salute and reviewed her troops as the Colours of the Grenadier guards was paraded in the ceremony.
www.nettyroyal.nl /newsjune03.html   (6088 words)

  
 Power Points
The supreme creator was female—the Great Goddess, who reigned from 7000 B.C. to the closing of the last Goddess temples in 500 A.D. In the tenth and eleventh centuries a succession of 17 women known as the Habe Queens ruled Daura.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has had the longest reign of any queen ruling today.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is a well-known illustrator.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0768452.html   (381 words)

  
 Queen Victoria's Descendants - Intermarriages
Alexandra of Great Britain (2nd Duchess of Fife)
Victoria Melita of Edinburgh (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (and of Great Britain)
Victoria Melita "Ducky" of Edinburgh (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) (and of Great Britain)
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/QV_Intermarriages.htm   (239 words)

  
 Australian Republican Movement - Q & A - Australia's Head of State
In Australia, our Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Anthony Mason clearly considers that Queen Elizabeth II, rather than the Governor-General, is Australia's Head of State.
Australia is a constitutional monarchy under which the head of state is a monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth 2), whose functions are regulated by the Constitution.
www.republic.org.au /ARM-2001/q&a/qa_headofstatemoreindex.htm   (1050 words)

  
 History Channel - Speeches - Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Broadcasts Christmas message
On December 25, 1963, in the tenth year of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II delivered her annual Christmas greeting to her subjects in Great Britain and around the world.
She also praised the people of the Commonwealth for their support of the international campaign to end hunger, and asked them not to forget the world's less fortunate citizens on that Christmas Day.
Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of King George VI, was crowned queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 2, 1953, in a lavish ceremony witnessed by millions on live television.
www.historychannel.com /speeches/archive/speech_97.html   (227 words)

  
 Some stamps usually collected as multiples   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A tete-beche pair of 3d Queen Elizabeth II stamps, Great Britain 322e.
Tete-beche is French for "head to tail" and refers to two or more unsevered stamps, one of which is inverted in relation to the other.
A tete-beche pair of 3-penny purple Queen Elizabeth II stamps, Great Britain 322e, is shown in Figure 3.
www.linns.com /howto/refresher/multiples_20040913/refreshercourse.asp   (1343 words)

  
 Stamps - Grahame W.Mann Philatelist - Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II postage stamps
It covers the stamps of Edward VII and GeorgeV aswell as the stamps of George VI and Elizabeth II.
The stamps of Great Britain have long held a fascination for collectors so collectors can add to their collection by buying their stamps here.
Remember all isuess are covered that is Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Queen Elizabeth II, commemoratives and postage dues and of course Officials.
freespace.virgin.net /stamp.mann/queenelizabeth.html   (182 words)

  
 Charles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
(Charles Philip Arthur George), 1948-, prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and heir apparent to the British throne.
By the time of their divorce (1996) and her death (Aug., 1997) in a Paris car crash, the sympathies of the British public appeared deeply divided between Charles and Diana.
Charles has been an outspoken critic of contemporary architecture and has sought to bring Britain's architectural heritage to the attention of the nation.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CharlesE1ng.asp   (800 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of[ed´inburu] Pronunciation Key, 1921–, consort of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, b.
He took his mother's name, Mountbatten, when he became a British citizen in 1947, and renounced his Greek and Danish titles.
Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/EdinburgPP.html   (282 words)

  
 History Channel - Speeches - Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Opens the St. Lawrence Seaway
On June 26, 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway was officially opened in a ceremony presided over by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II.
Construction was initiated by a joint U.S.-Canadian commission in 1954, and five years later, in April 1959, the icebreaker D'Iberville began the first transit of the seaway.
Made up of a system of canals, locks, and dredged waterways, the seaway extends a distance of nearly 2,500 miles, from the Atlantic Ocean through the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior.
www.historychannel.com /speeches/archive/speech_507.html   (261 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Further Reading - Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Majesty's Fifty-Year Reign.
Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II.
Queen and Country: The Fifty-Year Reign of Elizabeth II.
encarta.msn.com /readings_761556932/Elizabeth_II.html   (84 words)

  
 MSU Vincent Voice Library
Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-;Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-;Visits of state.;World War, 1939-1945.;Persian Gulf War, 1991.;Great Britain.
The recordings may be used in publications and presentations only with the permission and acknowledgment of the Vincent Voice Library.
vvl.lib.msu.edu /showfindingaid.cfm?findaidid=ElizabethII   (203 words)

  
 FYI - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Mass. - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The royals came to Beantown Q: Has Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain ever visited Boston?
A: The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, participated in a number of bicentennial celebration events in Boston in July 1976.
A: Section 35 of Chapter 2 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth (Arms, Great Seal, and Other Emblems) states plainly: ''Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of the commonwealth."
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/26/fyi   (505 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue: Queen Elizabeth II Pre-decimal Issues v. 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Amazon.co.uk: Books: Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue: Queen Elizabeth II Pre-decimal Issues v.
Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue: Queen Elizabeth II Pre-decimal Issues v.
Top of Page : Great Britain Specialised Stamp Catalogue: Queen Elizabeth II Pre-decimal Issues v.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0852594534   (289 words)

  
 Arise and Build!: The Bicentennial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As part of the celebration of the Bicentennial festivities in 1976, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain visited the United States.
She visited the University of Virginia on July 10, 1976, and was feted in the Dome Room of the Rotunda.
The video clip is courtesy of the University of Virginia TV News Office, with special thanks to Janet Martin and Jane Ford.
www.lib.virginia.edu /small/exhibits/rotunda/modern/bicen.html   (114 words)

  
 Knot System complex
, which treat the blood relations of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to King Harald of Norway.
Her kin group is restricted to a five-generation ascent and a six-generation descent.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (130 kb)
www.knotsystem.dk /comp.htm   (441 words)

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