Prince Consort

See also: Prince

Prince Consort (of Latin consors : who shares the fate) is the name given in some Monarchie S to the husband of the Reine. The Prince Consort is not even him not Head of State, but only the husband of a Head of State.

Presentation

Certain countries, having a queen as Head of the State, do not grant the title of King to the husband of the latter. At present, the husbands of the queens of Denmark, the Netherlands and the the United Kingdom bear only the name of prince. One speaks then about Prince Consort .

The majority of monarchies do not have a precise rule ruling of the fate of the husbands of the women monarchs. The latter can not have very well actually any title of nobility. One cannot which title give very well either the princes consorts in the event of death of their wife, this case being very rare in annals of monarchy.

The Prince Consort (written with capitals), revêt a different character. It acts indeed in this case of a official Titer of nobility. The Prince Albert of Saxony-Cobourg and Gotha is the only British prince of the History to have ever carried it. He was conferred to him by his wife, the queen Victoria, in 1857, in recognition of his work and support in his task of sovereign.

Princess consort

During female of the title, that of Princess Consort, carried forever in Western monarchies, the wives of kings being generally queens.

The wives of Heads of State (kings, emperors, and even princes, as those of Monaco) are wives consort, even if it is not use to specify it, because they “share the fate” of their husband. This principle also applies to any person who, following a marriage, sees herself allotting the titles of united sound, even not sovereign. However, it would be possible, according to certain sources, that Camilla Parker-Bowles, the current wife of Charles, prince de Galles becomes Princesse Consort and not queen at the time of the accession of her husband to the throne. Another example of Princess Consort concerns the Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco.

King consort

The history retains that Philippe II of Spain was King consort of England by his marriage with Marie Tudor, that François II of France was king consort of Scotland by his marriage with Marie Stuart like Lord Darnley, the second husband of the latter, that Isabelle II of Spain made of her husband a king consort, like Isabelle I and Marie II of Bragance, queen of Portugal, to quote only some cases.

Historical characters

Antioche

Denmark

Netherlands

Portugal

The United Kingdom

  • In the United Kingdom, the husband of the queen does not receive any title automatically, but the queen can grant some to him. If it receives the title of prince, one says “Prince Consort commonly”. This title was created specifically for the prince Albert of Saxony-Cobourg and Gotha in 1857 by his wife, the queen Victoria.

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