queen consort
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The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
And if all of that is also true for a future queen consort, then there’s no hope for the rest of us.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
The wife of a British king is known as a queen consort, distinguishing the role from that of a reigning female monarch such as Queen Elizabeth II.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, will travel in a horse-drawn coach from Buckingham Palace through central London to arrive at Westminster Abbey.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
He married secondly Joan, sister of Sir John Seymour, Kn’t, and aunt of Jane Seymour, queen consort of Henry VIII, and by her he had issue—— Anthony his heir.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
