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	Encyclopedia: Queen regnant
		Queen Margaret I Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 â€“ October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland.
		Margaret I, Queen of Denmark (1375 â“ 1412), Queen of Norway (1388 â“ 1412), Regent of Sweden (1389 â“ 1412)
		Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587), queen regnant of Scotland and queen consort of France, was the daughter of James V of Scotland, wife of François II of France and the mother of James I of England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Queen-regnant (4359 words)

	Queen regnant - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		A queen regnant is a female monarch, who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have, without regard to gender.
		The husband of Mary II, Queen of England and Ireland, and Queen of Scots, was named king regnant co-sovereign with her, as William III of England, II of Scots, and I of Ireland - but this was the only occasion of co-sovereignty, at least officially.
		Queen Jane (reigned July 10 – July 19, 1553) – unlawfully succeeded her cousin, Edward VI (his nomination of Jane as heir to the realm had not been approved by Parliament, thus could not supercede his father's deed of succession); nevertheless, she was England's first queen regnant.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Queen_regnant (1202 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Styled herself "Lady of the English." (although Queen of the English was not unknown) She was named heir by her father Henry I of England upon securing the loyalty of nobles of the realm, but Count Stephen of Blois contradicted his promise after the king's death and made himself King of England instead of Maud/Matilda.
		Margaret I, Queen of Denmark (1375 – 1412), Queen of Norway (1388 – 1412), Regent of Sweden (1389 – 1412)
		Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Queen_regnant (1446 words)

	Women Leaders in Africa
		Theoretically an Ashanti Queen Mother was next to the king in the sense that she automatically took upon the king's responsibilities should a condition arise which made it later for the latter to administer.
		The Queen Regnant of Kongo (N'Dongo and Matamba or Ngola and Mbundu) (Angola and Congo)
		As Asantehemaa, or Queen mother, during the reigns of the kings Kwaku Dua I Panyin (1834-67), Kofi Kakari (1867-84), Mensa Bonsu Kumaa (1874-83) and Kwaku Dua II Kumaa (1884), she was a full member and co-President of the governing body and she took part in all important decisions.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Africa.htm (6927 words)

	Margrethe II of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) born 16 April 1940, is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark and is styled HM The Queen.
		In addition to her roles in her own country, the Queen is also the Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires), an infantry regiment of the British Army.
		It is often said that were she not the Queen, she could easily make a living as a professional artist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark (943 words)

	Facts about topic: (Queen regnant) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term queen regnant refers to a female monarch (Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with fl and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed).
		In contrast with a queen consort (The wife of a reigning king), who is merely the spouse of a reigning king (A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom) with no official power of her own, a queen regnant possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have, without regard to gender.
		Queens regnant are created when the order of succession (additional info and facts about order of succession) of the country allows for it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/queen_regnant.htm (794 words)

	Queen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Usually the husband of a queen regnant is not known as king.
		A queen mother is a queen dowager whose child, having succeeded his or her father, is now the monarch.
		A queen is the only female insect in a hive that is fertile and egg laying; for example, a queen bee or ant.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/queen (354 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
		The Queen, or her Governors-General in the realms outside of Britain, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by ministers.
		In practise, the Queen is merely a figurehead for the Church of England and does not proselytise, delegating authority to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
		Queen Elizabeth is a descendant of the German principal house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha), which inherited the British throne after Queen Victoria (of the House of Hanover) died in 1901.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom (4442 words)

	Queen Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The queen mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) queen of the United Kingdom: daughter of Claud Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; of George VI of the United Kingdom ; mother of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
		Elizabeth of Castile (or Isabella of Castile) (1451-1504) queen of Castile and Leon (Spain) and queen of Aragon: daughter of John II of Castile ; wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon ; mother of Joanna of Castile and of Catherine of Aragon ; patron of Christopher Columbus
		Elzbieta of Poland (1305-1380) queen regnant of and queen consort of Hungary: daughter of Ladislaus I of Poland ; wife of Charles II of Hungary
	www.freeglossary.com /Queen_Elizabeth (1004 words)

	ipedia.com: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 15 other Commonwealth countries.
		In the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth holds her throne by virtue of the Act of Settlement 1701, being the senior Protestant descendant of Electress Sophia of Hanover who is not married to a Roman Catholic.
		Queen Elizabeth was born at 21 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London, the London home of her maternal grandparents, the 14th Earl of Strathmore and his wife Lady Cecilia, Countess of Strathmore and Glamis.
	www.ipedia.com /elizabeth_ii_of_the_united_kingdom.html (4051 words)

	Women in power Year 1-500
		23 Queen Regnant Candace of The Meroe (Sudan)
		Succeeded husband, Aspurgos, the widower of Queen Dynamis as ruler of the Kingdom in the Crimean by the Black Sea.
		71-90 Queen Regnant Gamilat of Nabataea of the Nabataean Kingdom (Jordan)
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower01.htm (6609 words)

	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Gurupedia
		In the fifteen countries of the Commonwealth of which the Queen is head of state (known as the Commonwealth Realms), she holds the position of head of state by virtue of being designated as such in the Constitutions or laws of each of these countries.
		At the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 2002: from left: HM the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, HRH Prince William of Wales, HRH the Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Henry of Wales, HRH the Duke of York
		Queen Alexandra, she is descended from the Danish royal house, one of the oldest in Europe.
	www.gurupedia.com /q/qu/queen_elizabeth_ii.htm (3961 words)

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		Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, IPA: ['maʀg̥ɐɛd̥e 'ɑləksanɐinə 'θourhɪltʏr̥ 'iŋrið]) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark.
		In addition to her roles in her own country, the Queen is also the Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires), an infantry regiment of the British Army, following a tradition in her family.
		It is often said that were she not the Queen, she could easily make a living as a professional artist.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Margrethe_II_of_Denmark (1301 words)

	Queen Scott - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Queen Scott (Scott Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor Cabral Dillon Coates Harring Thomas Walter Smithe Gerald Cunningham Ponsemby-Snottingham Smythe Rickersy Boorman Suckmeoffyouslut Phillip Charles Bob Oscar Wilde Sockpuppet, born 65 April 1978 B.P (Before Potatoe)), styled His Majesty The Queen, is the Queen regnant of the North End of New Jersey and Southern New York.
		Queen Scott's father died of a massive erection when he got it caught in the door, ultimately bleeding to death.
		As the new king was childless, the young Queen Scott became heiress-presumptive to the throne.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Queen_Scott (792 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Edward VII. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The future Edward VII was born on the morning of 9th November, 1841, at Buckingham Palace, the first born son and second child of Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Racing was consistently a cause of friction between the Queen and her son, which the Queen did not approve of.
		Queen Alexandra lived on for a further 15 years, reaching the age of eighty, she died in the reign of her son, on 20th November, 1925, at Sandringham House.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /saxe_coburg_gotha.htm (1288 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Margrethe II of Denmark
		Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark.
		However, in 1952 Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom and this caused questioning into why a woman could not become Queen of Denmark.
		She openly grants television interviews, and is fond of casual public appearances.The Queen is also an accomplished and critically-acclaimed painter, and has held many art shows over the years.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark (789 words)

	Marriage & Succession
		Without an heir of the Queen’s body, the future would be uncertain, and many feared that the rival claims of Henry VII’s distant relatives, would plunge the country into a bitter civil war should Elizabeth die without a legitimate child to succeed her.
		The marriage of a Queen regnant was a complicated affair, and could be disastrous for the country, as the case of Queen Mary had illustrated.
		The relationship between the Queen and her Horse Master had long been the subject of speculation amongst her people and in Europe, and malicious gossip had circulated the idea that Dudley was going to murder his wife so that he could marry Elizabeth.
	www.elizabethi.org /us/marriage (1898 words)

	Queen
		Political queen regnant -- female monarch queen consort -- a wife of a male monarch (king).
		queen consort -- a wife of a male monarch (king).
		Queen is the name of a British rock band, famous for their song "Bohemian Rhapsody".
	www.termsdefined.net /qu/queen.html (433 words)

	Blackstone's Commentaries - Book the First : Chapter the Fourth : Of the King's Royal Family
		The queen regent, regnant, or fovereign, is fhe who holds the crown in her own right; as the firft (and perhaps the fecond) queen Mary, queen Elizabeth, and queen Anne; and fuch a one has the fame powers, prerogatives, rights, dignities, and duties, as if fhe had been a king.
		, was, to furnifh the queen's wardrobe with whalebone.
		THE hufband of a queen regnant, as prince George of Denmark was to queen Anne, is her fubject; and may be guilty of high treafon againft her: but, in the inftance of conjugal fidelity, he is not fubjected to the fame penal reftrictions.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/blackstone/bk1ch4.htm (1692 words)

	Queen Hatasu, and Her Expedition to the Land of Punt.
		QUEEN HATASU has been happily described as the Queen Elizabeth of Egyptian history; and she was undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary women in the annals of the ancient East.
		By some she is described as Queen Consort during the reign of Thothmes II., and as Queen-regent during the earlier years of the reign of Thothmes III.
		The Queen, with a naïveté peculiar to Egyptian art, is shown as in the act of sucking the milk of the Divine Cow, thus signifying that she was the very foster-child of the goddess.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/edwards/pharaohs/pharaohs-8.html (9202 words)

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		Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born April 21, 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 16 Commonwealth Realms.
		On January 2, 2003 the Queen, following advice from her Government, rejected a claim from Jamaican Rastafarians for compensation for slavery following representations made by Rastafarians to the Queen on a visit to Jamaica in 2002.
		Queen Elizabeth is a central character in a series of murder mystery novels by the Canadian author Douglas Whiteway (writing under the penname C.
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	queen christina of sweden and other sweden related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Queen Christina of Sweden and her circle : the transformation of a seventeenth century philosophical libertine." New York: E.J. Brill.
		She was born in 1626 and became queen in 1632 when Sweden was actively engaged in the Thirty Years War.
		QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN from the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
	www.nethorde.com /sweden/queen-christina-of-sweden.html (236 words)

	Mary Queen of Scots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		“The indirect precedent,” for the Queen Regnant was to be found in “well-established concept of the monarch’s two-bodies.” This doctrine normally instigated in the case of senile or under-age Kings suggested that the monarch could be divided in to two entities: the individual mortal one and the political immortal one.
		If a ‘Queen Regnant’ were to marry a foreign prince or King, then such a union might engender the subjection of her native country to that of her husbands.
		Queen Elizabeth I: note the very richly embroidered dress, crown and sceptre, surrounded by symbols and mottoes highlighting her regal powers and her role as defender of the Protestant faith.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /users/history/studpages/maryqofs/james/womenwithpics1.htm (4514 words)

	Livid's Lividict - queen regnant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		{Queen gold}, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc. {Queen mother}, a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen.
		{Queen's metal} (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.
		{Queen pigeon} (Zool.), any one of several species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus {Goura}, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
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	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Art History Online Reference and Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth wearing the Imperial State Crown and holding the Sceptre with the Cross and the Orb at her Coronation (June 2, 1953).
		At the funeral of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 2002: from left: HM the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, HRH Prince William of Wales, HRH the Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Henry of Wales, HRH the Duke of York
		The Queen has developed friendships with many foreign leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Mary Robinson and George H. Bush, whose son, George W. Bush, she had as a guest at Buckingham Palace, as he was the first American president in more than 80 years to stay at Buckingham Palace.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom (4510 words)

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