queen dowager

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She returned to her own kingdom as the Queen-dowager of France; but her power and her pretensions made the English dread, and did not prevent her heretical subjects from openly braving, her authority.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

In October the Queen and the Prince spent several days on a private visit to the Queen-dowager at her country house of Cashiobury.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah

At the railway station the Prince was joined by the Queen-dowager and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who came from Whitley Court to accompany him back to Drayton.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Tytler, Sarah

Beyond the Dewásha, a second strikes northward to Gondar, past the seat of government of Zenama Work, the Queen-dowager, which occupies a beautifully rounded tumulus styled Zalla Dingai, “The rolling stone.”

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

The sole shadow on the rejoicing was the dangerous illness of the Queen-dowager.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 by Tytler, Sarah