1862 - 1938
Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne has received more than 1,497,515 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne is the 180th most popular companion (up from 206th in 2019), the 586th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 636th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Companion.
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II. She was born in 1900 to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. After marrying John Albert Edward, Lord Glamis, in 1922, she became known as the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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Among companions, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 180 out of 673. Before her are Arsinoe II, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Abigail, Matilda of Ringelheim, Maria Theresa of Austria, and Constance of Aragon. After her are Meritamen, Joanna la Beltraneja, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Faustina the Elder, Philippa of Lancaster, and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover.
316 BC - 270 BC
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 174
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 175
1040 BC - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 176
894 - 968
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 177
1816 - 1867
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 178
1179 - 1222
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 179
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 180
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 181
1462 - 1530
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 182
1811 - 1890
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 183
105 - 140
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 184
1360 - 1415
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 185
1668 - 1705
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1862, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 20. Before her are Niko Pirosmani, Joseph Merrick, J. Bruce Ismay, Hilma af Klint, Louis Barthou, and Helene Schjerfbeck. After her are Nikolai Yudenich, Henri Pirenne, Emilio Salgari, Daniel Swarovski, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, and Prince Henry of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1938, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 27. Before her are Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Thomas Wolfe, Maud of Wales, Osip Mandelstam, Vasily Blyukher, and Christian Lous Lange. After her are Bruno Taut, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Lev Shestov, Nikolai Kondratiev, Feodor Chaliapin, and Otto Bauer.
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 14
1862 - 1890
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 15
1862 - 1937
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 16
1862 - 1944
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 17
1862 - 1934
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 18
1862 - 1946
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 19
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 20
1862 - 1933
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 21
1862 - 1935
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 22
1862 - 1911
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 23
1862 - 1956
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 24
1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 25
1862 - 1929
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 26
1876 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 21
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 22
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 23
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 24
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 25
1869 - 1938
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 26
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 27
1880 - 1938
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 28
1853 - 1938
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 29
1866 - 1938
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 30
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 31
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 32
1881 - 1938
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 586 out of 7,765. Before her are Gerard Butler (1969), John Edward Gray (1800), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), Sean Bean (1959), and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897). After her are Denis Law (1940), A. J. Cronin (1896), Ian Stewart (1938), John Harvard (1607), Aubrey Beardsley (1872), and Peter Greenaway (1942).
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 580
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 581
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 582
810 - 858
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 583
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 584
1897 - 1967
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 585
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 586
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 587
1896 - 1981
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 588
1938 - 1985
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 589
1607 - 1638
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 590
1872 - 1898
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 591
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 592
Among companions born in United Kingdom, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 20. Before her are Mordred (null), Anne Hathaway (1556), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Maud of Wales (1869), and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848). After her are Philippa of Lancaster (1360), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Amélie of Orléans (1865), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), and Louise of Great Britain (1724).
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 14
1556 - 1623
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 15
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 17
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1848 - 1939
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 19
1862 - 1938
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 20
1360 - 1415
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 21
1897 - 1965
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 22
1596 - 1662
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 23
1865 - 1951
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 24
1373 - 1418
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 25
1724 - 1751
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 26