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A king consort or emperor consort is a rarely used title to describe the husband of a queen regnant. 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.
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 ...
Samir Hussein/Getty Images. 1. What Is a Queen Consort? “Queen consort” is the term used by the wife of a reigning monarch, and it usually denotes that the wife maintains the same social ...
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 ...
At King Charles III's coronation his wife Camilla will be crowned as the Queen Consort, but what is the difference between a regular Queen and a Queen Consort?
(See: Germanic kingship) [a] The realm of a king is termed a kingdom (sovereign kings are ranked above vassal kings). 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".
In Portugal, because of the practice of jure uxoris, both King Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha and his predecessor, King Pedro of Portugal, were treated as ruling kings in protocol and were thus symbolically co-rulers with their wives, but both really had only the same power of a consort and the queen was the real ruler.