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Consorts of the Kings of Greece were women married to the rulers of the Kingdom of Greece during their reign. All monarchs of modern Greece were male. [1] The monarchy of Greece was abolished on 1 June 1973. Greek consorts bore the title, Queen of the Hellenes and the style, Majesty.
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and military powers, unless on occasion acting as regent .
Amestris (Greek: Άμηστρις, Amēstris, perhaps the same as Άμαστρις, Amāstris, from Old Persian Amāstrī-, "strong woman") [2] was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I. [3] [4] She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians. [5] [6] [7]
She is the queen and the founding mother of the Amazon nation. Otrera was the consort [3] of Ares and mother by him of Hippolyta [4] and Penthesilea; [5] [6] both went on to become queens of the Amazons. While usually said to be Ares' consort, in one version she's his daughter instead by an unknown mother. [7]
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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 ...
This category contains individual queens consort of Monarchs of Greece and exists as a container category for other categories of women. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queens of Greece . Pages in category "Queens consort of Greece"
The Queen paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Cornwall in a message celebrating the role of consorts in the royal family, as she set out Camilla’s future ...