wife of a king
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While the wife of a king is traditionally crowned queen, the question of what title Camilla would hold when Charles became king had been a tricky one for many years.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
Throughout British history, the wife of a king typically is given the title Queen Consort, which has no constitutional powers.
From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2022
“Why may she not choose her husband? She is accustomed to being the wife of a king and would not be content with less,” I said, echoing what I had heard Elnora say before.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Why dost thou weep, daughter of Ali Atar?" said the high-minded Ayxa: "these tears become not the daughter of a warrior nor the wife of a king.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
The reason why it got that name was this:—The inferior wife of a king, whose country lay along the river Ganges, brought forth from her womb a ball of flesh.
From A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline by Faxian, ca. 337-422
