The following is a list of women who can be classified as Queen Mother at some point in their lives.
English Queen Mothers (title not used in earlier periods)
978–1000
Ælfthryth, (the first king's wife known to have been crowned and anointed as Queen of the Kingdom of England), widow of
Edgar, mother of
Æthelred the Unready.
1936–1952
Mary of Teck (who also preferred not to use the title), widow of
George V, mother of
Edward VIII and
George VI, the latter of whom she outlived, the third of her sons to predecease her.
The following is a list of women who can be classified as Queen Mother at some point in their lives.
English Queen Mothers (title not used in earlier periods)
978–1000
Ælfthryth, (the first king's wife known to have been crowned and anointed as Queen of the Kingdom of England), widow of
Edgar, mother of
Æthelred the Unready.
1936–1952
Mary of Teck (who also preferred not to use the title), widow of
George V, mother of
Edward VIII and
George VI, the latter of whom she outlived, the third of her sons to predecease her.