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Elisabeth
Queen consort of Friskland
Reign 30 March 1741 - 23 November 1756
Coronation 19 August 1741
Predecessor Johanna
Successor Ingeborg
Spouse Henrik II of Friskland
Issue
Detail
Henrik III of Friskland
Prince Johan
Princess Maria Christina
Princess Maria Johanna
Prince Carl Vilhelm
Princess Maria Henrika
House Habsburg (by birth)
Gyllenborg (by marriage)
Father John V of Portugal
Mother Maria Anna of Austria
Born (1721-06-13)13 June 1721
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died 8 April 1794(1794-04-08) (aged 72)
Jättenholm, Friskland

Queen Elisabeth of Friskland (born Infanta Isabel of Portugal; 13 June 1721 - 8 April 1794) was Queen consort of Friskland from 1741 to 1756.

Married to her first cousin, Henrik II of Friskland in 1770, she took the Swedish form of her name, Elisabeth. As her husband died young, she served as her son's regent until he reached his majority and assumed Kingship.