ELIZABETH.  The wife of the priest Zacharias and the mother of John the Baptist.  She bore him when she was of advanced years, his birth and mission having been communicated beforehand by an angel to her husband. Though a Levite, and the Virigin Mary of the royal family of Judah, yet the two were cousins, and Mary visited Elizabeth at a village (probably Juttah) in the hill country of Judæa.  Elizabeth, inspired by the Holy Ghost, welcomed Mary as the mother of the Lord (Luke i. 5-45). (The Sunday School Teacher's Bible Manual, Hunter, 1894)

    Elizabeth Woodville, a daughter of Sir Richard Woodville, was distinguished for her personal beauty.  She was married to Sir John Gray, and after his death to Edward IV. in 1464.  She was the mother of Edward V. and of Elizabeth, the queen of Henry VII.  Died in 1488.
    Elizabeth of France, daughter of Henry IV., was born in 1602, and was married to Philip IV. of Spain in 1615.  Died in 1644.
    Elizabeth, Saint, of Hungary, born at Presburg in 1207, was a daughter of Andrew (András) II., King of Hungary.  She was married to Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia, in 1221, and was eminent for her fervent piety and ascetic life.  Died in 1231.
    Elizabeth, daughter of the King of Poland, married Charobert, King of Hungary, in 1319.  She was mother of three sons, one of whom, Louis, inherited his father's throne.  By her intrigues and influence over her brother, Casimir of Poland, she procured for Louis also the throne of Poland in 1370.  She was Regent of Poland from 1370 to 1378.  Died in 1381.
    Elizabeth of Valois, a daughter of Henry II. of France, was born in 1545, and married to Philip II. of Spain in 1559.  She died at Madrid in 1568.
    Elizabeth Christina or Christine, Empress of Germany, born in 1691, was a daughter of the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.  She was the wife of Charles VI., Emperor of Germany, and the mother of Maria Theresa.  Died in 1750. (Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Thomas, 1915)