Queen regnant
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| - | While the [[Victorian Era]] is a name for the period from 1837 to 1901 in the [[United Kingdom]], '''American Victorianism''' was an offshoot of this period and lifestyle that occurred in the [[United States]], chiefly in heavily populated regions such as [[New England]] and the [[Deep South]] from roughly 1875 to 1910 after the Civil War. The name was derived from the reign of [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Victoria of United Kingdom|Victoria]], which reflected the heavy British cultural influence on the nation during the time. As [[United States|American]] business people of the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] created sprawling industrial towns and cities in the Northeast, the growing upper class of the [[Gilded Age]] mimicked the high society of [[United Kingdom|their former mother country]] in [[Victorian fashion|dress]], [[Victorian morality|morality]], and [[Victorianism|mannerisms]]. The period included various activities—the [[Second Industrial Revolution]], the [[Women's suffrage movement]], and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] political domination. | + | |
| + | A '''queen regnant''' (plural "queens regnant") is a female [[monarch]] who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a "[[queen consort]]", who is the wife of a reigning king. | ||
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| + | Queens regnant possess and exercise sovereign powers. The husbands of queens regnant do not usually share their wives' rank, title or sovereignty. Queens consort share their husbands' rank and titles, but do not share the sovereignty of their husbands. | ||
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| + | A "[[queen dowager]]" is the widow of a king who reigned in his own right, and a "[[queen mother]]" is a queen dowager who is also the mother of a reigning sovereign. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Monarch]] | ||
| + | * [[Order of succession]] | ||
| + | * [[Regent]] | ||
| + | * [[Queen consort]] | ||
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A queen regnant (plural "queens regnant") is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a "queen consort", who is the wife of a reigning king.
Queens regnant possess and exercise sovereign powers. The husbands of queens regnant do not usually share their wives' rank, title or sovereignty. Queens consort share their husbands' rank and titles, but do not share the sovereignty of their husbands.
A "queen dowager" is the widow of a king who reigned in his own right, and a "queen mother" is a queen dowager who is also the mother of a reigning sovereign.
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