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Became consort Coronation Ceased to be consort Death Resting place Spouse Ealhswith of Mercia: Æthelred Mucel – 868 c. 886 (Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871) – 26 October 899 5 December 902 New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey: Alfred the Great: Ælfflæd: Æthelhelm (father) – 899 26 October 899 – Late 910s Marriage ...
Queen Camilla, the current consort since 2022. A royal consort is the spouse of a reigning monarch. Consorts of British monarchs have no constitutional status or power but many have had significant influence, and support the sovereign in their duties. [1]
The earliest documented example of the English word 'consort' in a musical sense is in George Gascoigne’s The Princelye Pleasures (1576). [1] Only from the mid-17th century has there been a clear distinction made between a ‘whole’, or ‘closed’ consort, that is, all instruments of the same family (for example, a set of viols played together) and a ‘mixed’, or ‘broken’ consort ...
In English early Baroque music, a broken consort is an ensemble featuring instruments from more than one family, for example a group featuring both string and wind instruments. A consort consisting entirely of instruments of the same family, on the other hand, was referred to as a "whole consort ", though this expression is not found until well ...
A royal consort is the spouse of a serving monarch, whose main duty is to provide support and companionship during their reign. Unlike the king or queen, they do not have a formal position or set ...
Royal Noble Consort Sineenat 26 January 1985 (age 39) 28 July 2019 Tonga: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho 8 March 1954 (age 70) 11 December 1982 18 March 2012 King Tupou VI United Arab Emirates: Sheikha Salama: 1967 (age 56–57) 1981 14 May 2022 Sheikh Mohamed
Because queens consort lack an ordinal with which to distinguish between them, many historical texts and encyclopedias refer to deceased consorts by their premarital (or maiden) name or title, not by their marital royal title (examples: Queen Mary, consort of George V, is usually called Mary of Teck, and Queen Maria José, consort of Umberto II ...
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