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Queen mother is a title or position reserved for a widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch. A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. Princess Mother redirects here for Princess Mother Srinagraidra of Thailand see Srinagarindra A Queen Dowager or Dowager Queen (compare [1] The term has been used in England since at least 1577. [2] The title arises in nations governed by a royal (inherited) monarchy, commonly in Europe, but also mentioned even in the Bible, as in 1 Kings 15:13. A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or

A queen as bride of the king has a royal position of great importance, but does not normally have any rights to succeed him to rule as monarch after the king's death.

The queen's eldest son would normally be crowned as successor upon the king's death, often leaving the new king's mother still alive, but no longer holding any official position. The new king, of course, might already be married, or marry subsequently, and would have his own queen.

Therefore, the title of "queen mother" identifies the widow of the deceased former king, and mother of the currently reigning king or queen. The title distinguishes the queen mother from the current queen, who is the wife of the currently reigning king. It also distinguishes such a person from a mother of the monarch who was not previously queen. For example, Victoria, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn was "the Queen's mother" when her daughter became queen but not "queen mother". See Princess Victoria for other Saxe-Coburg princesses named Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Another type of queen mother is produced when a queen regnant abdicates in favour of her heir presumptive. An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent Queen Juliana of the Netherlands is an example: after her abdication she was officially styled as Her Majesty Juliana, Queen Mother of the Netherlands, but she wished to be known as HRH Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. Juliana (Juliana Emma Louise Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau 30 April 1909 &ndash 20 March 2004) was Queen regnant of the

As the king's mother, the Queen Mother is typically supported throughout her remaining years and given honour as a beloved relative, but had no official position or power and was expected to carefully abstain from any involvement in governance or politics.

Recent British Queen mothers

The following queens became queen mothers, though not all chose to use that style.

Main article: English and British Queen mothers

Other Notable Queen Mothers in History

The title queen mother has been widely used. Queen mother is defined as "a Queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign" Other well-known queen mothers include:

Exceptional cases

Erroneous Usage of the Title

King Mother

Diana, Princess of Wales reportedly once suggested to journalist Andrew Morton (author of Diana: Her True Story) that when her son, Prince William of Wales became king, she would be known as King Mother. Andrew David Morton (born 1953 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) is a former British Fleet Street Tabloid Journalist, and a [3]. No such designation has ever officially existed, nor is there independent evidence that such terminology was ever considered. Queen mother means "queen who is mother to the current monarch", not "mother of the queen"; "King Mother" is a contradiction in terms.

However, of note, and possibly Diana's basis for the idea, is the style, held by Lady Margaret Beaufort during her son Henry VII's reign, My Lady The King's Mother. Lady Margaret Beaufort ( May 31, 1443 &ndash June 29, 1509) of the House of Lancaster was the mother of King Henry VII of

References

  1. ^ A queen mother is defined as "A Queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign" by both the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English
  2. ^ O. E. D.
  3. ^ Source: Andrew Morton, interviewed by Gay Byrne on the Late Late Show on RTÉ
This article is about the Irish television presenter See Gabriel Byrne for the Irish actor The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running Chat show and officially the flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company

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queen mother

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  1. A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.
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