Queen

The word Queen ultimately derives from an Indo-European root *gwena (woman) via Old English cw?n (woman, wife, queen). Cf. Old Norse kvenna (woman), Gothic qens (wife), Greek gyn? (woman), Russian zhena, Sanskrit jani. It may have many meanings:

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• A queen regnant is a female monarch
• A queen consort is the wife of a king. Usually the husband of a queen regnant is not known as king. In the United Kingdom, the term prince consort has been used.
• A queen dowager is a woman who was queen consort but whose husband has died or abdicated, someone else having become monarch.
• A queen mother is a queen dowager whose child, having succeeded his or her father, is now the monarch.
• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom http://www.royal.gov.uk
• Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark http://www.kongehuset.dk/english/

Queen related Images and Photos (experimental)

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