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Entry of John II of France and Joan I of Auvergne into Paris after their coronation at Reims in 1350, later manuscript illumination by Jean Fouquet. The ceremonies and festivities accompanying a formal entry by a ruler or their representative into a city in the Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe were known as the royal entry, triumphal entry, or Joyous Entry. [1]
The female equivalent of a king is a queen regnant, and a consort is queen consort, from the Germanic *kwoeniz, or *kwenon, "wife"; cognate of Greek γυνή, gynē, "woman"; from PIE *gʷḗn, "woman". Regardless of a ruler's sex, their realm is known as a kingdom. Rex, Latin for king, the feminine form is Regina.
The King (or Queen) of Hungary (Apostolic Majesty in medieval times and again after 1758) (Vladislaus II) The King (or Queen) of Navarre ; The King (or Queen) of Cyprus; after 1489 that title was claimed by the Duke of Savoy, whose long quest for royal rank eventually succeeded with the Peace of Utrecht
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Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned as queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 until her death in 2022, is the longest-reigning queen regnant in world history. A queen regnant (pl.: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king.
The government of the Kingdom of England in the Middle Ages was a monarchy based on the principles of feudalism.The king possessed ultimate executive, legislative, and judicial power.
The curia regis ([ˈkuː.ri.a ˈreː.gis]), Latin for "the royal council" or "king's court", was the name given to councils of advisers and administrators in medieval Europe who served kings, including kings of France, Norman kings of England and Sicily, kings of Poland and the kings of Scotland.
Government in medieval England may refer to: Government in Anglo-Saxon England (c. 500 –1066) Government in Norman and Angevin England (1066–1216)