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At the Top was the Royal Grand Queen Dowager ("taewangtaebi") or in some instances a Royal Queen Dowager ("wangtaebi") The Queen Consort (jungjeon; 중전) came second or third in rank depending on the type of Dowager that was present and was immediately followed by 4 categories of high-ranked royal consorts, with 2 levels each: senior (jeong ...
An imperial woman who had attained the rank of concubine and above would be given a residence in the main section of one of the palace in the inner court of the Forbidden City and become its mistress (主位, zhǔwèi), and when being addressed by lower ranked imperial concubines and servants, she would have to be called your imperial highness ...
In contrast, a queen regnant is a female monarch who rules suo jure (Latin for, "in her own right") and usually becomes queen by inheriting the throne upon the death of the previous monarch. A queen dowager is a widowed queen consort, and a queen mother is a queen dowager who is the mother of the current monarch.
Fujin (福晉) is a consort of a prince ranked junwang or above. This word evolved from Chinese furen (夫人; "lady", "madame" or "wife"), but was reserved for high-ranked ladies. Furen was used by lower-ranked married ladies. A-ge (阿哥) is a Manchu word meaning both "lord, chief" and "elder brother".
Rididoli (Sinhala: රිදී දෝලිය), also known as secondary queen consorts or Royal Consorts, were women who held the second-highest rank among the concubines in the harem of the Kings of the Kingdom of Kandy. They were either sisters or relatives of the Randoli, the queen consort.
Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse Tai Si: c. 12th century BC: 1099 BC 1050 BC c. 11th century BC: King Wen: Queen Yi Jiang (邑姜) 1046 BC 1043 BC King Wu: Wáng Sì (王姒) King Cheng: Wáng Jiāng (王姜) King Kang: Queen Fáng (房后) King Zhao: Wáng Zǔ Jiāng (王俎姜) King Mu: Wáng Guī (王媯) King Gong: Wáng Bó ...
"Queen of the Palace", senior queen), Mibaya (Nge) (မိဖုရား (ငယ်), "(Junior) Queen"), and Ko-lok-taw (ကိုယ်လုပ်တော်, concubine). [note 1] Starting in the late 18th century, the Konbaung kings inserted the tiers of Hsaungdaw Mibaya (ဆောင်တော် မိဖုရား, lit.
The Primary Consort of the Joseon King bore the title wangbi (왕비, 王妃), [a] translated as Queen in English, with the style of "Her Royal Highness" (baama; 마마, 媽媽). The title used in the court language was junggungjeon (중궁전, 中宮殿) or jungjeon (중전, 中殿), translated as "Center Palace" in English.