Elizabeth Bowes-birth Lyon's was as aristocratic as it gets. On August 4, 1900, she was born into a wealthy noble family as the ninth of ten children, and her family treated her rotten. Elizabeth's father was so taken with the fact that his little child resembled a cherub that he insisted on giving her the middle name "Angela." In truth, she wasn't angling for attention, but she needed an extra set of hands when it came to getting presents for her birthday. She had a happy childhood moment when she discovered that people called her Lizie. Her parents hated being called by their first name, so they made sure she knew how lucky she was. As far as education went, Elizabeth spent most of her time being beaten up by other kids in school because she was such a bright child. She didn't meet many women who were smart, so she decided early on that she wanted to be a doctor. But since there weren't any openings at the local hospital, she settled for becoming a lawyer instead. In 1964, at the age of 32, she married Thomas Douglas, a man five years her senior. The marriage only lasted three years before it fell apart. During this time, she also went through a divorce from her first husband. After all these failures at love, she decided that marrying rich was the way to go for happiness! She is now one of the richest women in the world, having inherited her fortune from her parents.