She was baptized as Elisabeta in 1862, taking the name in honour of Elizabeth Moffat, daughter of
Robert Moffat. She was married that same year in what was the first Christian marriage held in
Shoshong. Her first child, a daughter, was called Besi, and so she became Mma-Besi due to the tradition of taking the name "mother of" one's firstborn. Her one son who lived,
Sekgoma, became king when Khama III died in 1923 but died himself soon after. She herself died at the age of 44, probably of
malaria due to Khama III moving the capital to the
Tswapong Hills. ==References==