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A royal consort is a person of either sex who has an official status through an intimate relationship, often through marriage or concubinage, with a monarch. [1] The term, consort, was thereafter extended to encompass similar relationships with other significant figures, such as a head of state .
The Coronation of King George V: King George V and Queen Mary Enthroned by Laurits Tuxen, 1912. Queens consort participate in the coronation ceremony, undertaking many of the same ceremonies as the monarch. Queens traditionally wear elaborate robes and walk in the procession under a canopy. They have also been anointed with holy oil and been ...
Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, was beheaded during the French Revolution. This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun , which gave rise to West Francia , until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.
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 ...
A king consort or emperor consort is a rarely used title to describe the husband of a queen regnant. Examples include: Examples include: Mary, Queen of Scots (reigned 1542–1567) was first married to Francis , Dauphin of France (later Francis II of France ), who became king consort of Scotland upon their marriage.
Queen Letizia, wife of King Felipe VI, is the current queen consort. This is a list of the women who were queens as wives of Spanish monarchs from the 16th century, when Spain was unified, until present. Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz is the only King Consort, as the husband of Queen Isabella II.
The consorts of the monarchs of Scotland, such as queens consort, princesses consort, and kings consort, bore titles derived from their marriage.The Kingdom of Scotland was first unified as a state by Kenneth I of Scotland in 843, and ceased to exist as an independent kingdom after the Act of Union 1707 when it was merged with the Kingdom of England to become the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse; Marie of Blois-Châtillon [1] Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany c. 1345 8 July 1360 12 May 1382 husband's ascension as titular king: 20 September 1384 husband's death: 12 November 1404 Louis I: Yolande of Aragon [1] John I of Aragon 11 August 1384 2 December 1400 29 April 1417