Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek form of the Hebrew Elisheva, the name of the wife of Aaron in the Old Testament.

• Significant peoples named Elizabeth include:

• Several empresses:
  • Elizabeth of Russia
  • Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as Empress Elisabeth or Sissi; her life being told in Elisabeth, a Musical
  • Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, as Empress of India, the wife of the King-Emperor George VI
  • Elisabeth, consort of Emperor Charles VI

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