Cultural transfer and the eighteenth-century queen consort by Watanabe-O'Kelly, H

“…Were these foreign-born queens consort able to graft elements that they had brought with them onto the culture they found when they arrived in their new country and so create a new cultural synthesis? …”

Early modern queens consort and dowager and diplomatic gifts by Sowerby, TA

“…Queens consort and dowager queens played an integral role in maintaining amicable relations between rulers in the early modern period. …”

THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE / by Gregory, Philippa, author 407912

Subjects: “…Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557…”

THE WHITE QUEEN / by Gregory, Philippa, author 407912

Subjects: “…Elizabeth Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437-1492…”

Les Polonais à la cour de Marie Leszczyńska by Katarzyna Kuras

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The Strange Cult of Queen Dagmar by Tracey R. Sands

Subjects: “…Dagmar (queen consort of Denmark 1205–1212)…”
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THE CONSTANT PRINCESS / by Gregory, Philippa 407912, author

Subjects: “…Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536…”

Queen Alexandra's Christmas gift book : photographs from my camera to be sold for charity by Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, author 564792

Representations of the princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792): the portraiture, patronage and politics of a royal favourite at the court of Marie-Antoinette by Grant, S

Subjects: “…Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793…”

Surrounding the Future Queen of the Crown of Aragon: Violant of Bar’s Household as Duchess of Girona (1384–1386) by Lledó Ruiz Domingo

“…This period is fundamental as it will allow us to understand her entourage after the fiasco of the General Parliaments of Monzón (1382-1384) until the previous months to ascend to the throne as Queen Consort of Aragon. The paper presents the sources available, the events of the General Parliaments, the composition of Violant’s household, and an approximation of its maintenance cost. …”
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Engendering the Spanish Monarchy: Modernizing or Abolishing? by Ruth Rubio Marín

“…The article discusses continuities and ruptures in the gendered patterns of behaviour and symbolic representation expected from and enshrined in the current king and queen consort, who have felt pressure to modernize an institution that is increasingly challenged. …”
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Converting a Saul into a Paul in St. Cecily: or, The Converted Twins (1666): Pro-Catholic Polemics on the Early Restoration English Stage by Filip Krajník

“…The play itself, dedicated to the Catholic Queen consort Catherine of Braganza, clearly partakes in the then current religious polemics, fighting anti-Catholic stereotypes that were ingrained in English society. …”
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The Royal Studies Journal Article Prize Winner 2021: The Queen's House before Queen's House: Margaret of Anjou and Greenwich Palace, 1447-1453 by Rachel Marie Delman

“…Almost two hundred years before Inigo Jones completed the Queen’s House for Henrietta Maria at Greenwich, another French-born queen consort of England had established the first queenly household there. …”
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Sensory Experiences and the Construction of Space in the Early Reign of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples-Sicily by Jonathan Singerton

“…The rotation of courtly and private life between different environs of the Neapolitan capital region created frequent spatial change in the life of Maria Carolina between 1768 and 1799 – the period from her arrival as queen consort in Naples to the moment of her first flight from revolutionary outbreak. …”
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MARIE GIGAULT DE BELLEFONDS, AMBASSADRESS OF FRANCE. GENDER, POWER AND DIPLOMACY AT THE COURT OF CHARLES II OF SPAIN, 1679-1681 by Ezequiel Borgognoni

“…In this article, I will analyse the political activity of marquise Marie Gigault de Bellefonds, ambassadress of France at the Madrid court between 1679 and 1681, by reflecting on the different diplomatic strategies implemented by her and her husband in order to gain the favour of the monarchs, particularly of the queen consort Marie-Louise of Orleans. The study of Louis XIV of France’s instructions to his ambassador and the perusal of the letters that the ambassadress sent to her friends in Paris evidence the importance of collaborative work in the marriages among diplomats in seventeenth-century court society. …”
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Maria Luisa Gabriela de Saboya as the Woman of the Apocalypse: Ceremony, Oratory, and Millenarianism in New Spain, 1701-1714 by Frances L. Ramos

“…Organizers of public commemorations held in early eighteenth-century New Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession characterized Philip V as a defender of the faith and queen consort Maria Luisa Gabriela de Saboya and crown prince Luis I as agents of providence. …”
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The Queen of Navarre and a queen from Navarre: Comparing the experience of queenship of Leonor de Trastámara and Joan of Navarre by Elena Woodacre

“…This article offers an intensive comparison of two queen consorts, Leonor de Trastámara, consort of Carlos III of Navarre (r. 1387-1425) and her sister-in-law, Joan of Navarre, consort of Henry IV of England (r. 1399-1413). …”
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The Dates of Birth of Henry VIII’s English Wives by Conor Byrne

“…This article offers a re-assessment of the dates of birth of these four English queens consort by drawing on a wide range of primary evidence, including chronicles, religious treatises, wills, ambassadors’ reports, letters, and portraiture, analysed within the context of sixteenth-century attitudes to marriage, the life cycle, and sexuality. …”
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Hot Waters, Cold Waters, and Green Spaces by Susannah Lyon-Whaley

“…Seventeenth-century Stuart queens consort were frequent visitors to English spas; primarily Wellingborough, Tunbridge Wells, and Bath. …”
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Reconstructing the Thirteenth-Century Castilian Queen's Household through the Repartimientos by Paula Del Val Vales

“…This approach demonstrates that the examination of well-known sources through the lens of queenship provides important new insights into the personnel and households of thirteenth-century queens consort. This article argues that, during the thirteenth century, the queen’s household constituted a space of connection which linked together people from diverse origins, kingdoms, and backgrounds; and provided the queen with a sphere of influence, through which she could exercise her largesse and patronage. …”
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