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Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

Timeline of Events

1518

4.18.1518

Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

1533

6.1.1533

Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.

1867

9.2.1867

Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as ''Lady Haruko''. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.