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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] consort-, consors [[partner]], sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, [[share]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
*1 : associate
*2 : a ship accompanying another
*3 : spouse
==Description==
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. Most of the time, however, queen consorts have no real [[power]].
Most queens in [[history]] were queens consort; the other kind, queens regnant (queens in their own right), who inherit the throne on the [[death]] of the previous monarch, are far fewer in [[numbers]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] consort-, consors [[partner]], sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, [[share]]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
*1 : associate
*2 : a ship accompanying another
*3 : spouse
==Description==
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. Most of the time, however, queen consorts have no real [[power]].
Most queens in [[history]] were queens consort; the other kind, queens regnant (queens in their own right), who inherit the throne on the [[death]] of the previous monarch, are far fewer in [[numbers]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
