The parents of Queen Elizabeth II of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were King George VI and his wife, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
King George VI was born "Albert Frederick Arthur George" to the House of Windsor - so he didn't really have a surname.
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Queen Elizabeth was born to the Duke and Duhess of York, who later become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Australia is part of the Commonwealth of Nations, in which the UK and the Queen is a leader of. Most people know her as the Queen of England, but Elizabeth II is actually the monarch of 16 different countries. A vestige of Great Britain's former colonial empire, these states, known as the commonwealth realms, recognize Elizabeth as their Queen, but are otherwise wholly independent sovereign states.
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth Tudor Queen Elizabeth the First was from the house of Tudor so her name would have been Elizabeth Tudor. The current Queen Elizabeth the Second is from the house of Windsor, so her name is Elizabeth Windsor.
Currently it is Elizabeth II.
the answer is Elisabeth of york is henrys mother and Elisabeth II is henrys mothers mum Elizabeth of York was the Queen of Henry VII, and the mother of Henry VIII. But the question is about Queen Elizabeth II, who is descended from Henry VIII 's father Henry VII and mother (Elizabeth of York) via their daughter Margaret who married into the Scottish royal family, then down through the Stuarts and successive Monarchs down to the present day. The confusion is that Elizabeth II 's parents were Duke and Duchess of York before becoming King and Queen, but they were never referred to simply as "of York".