Mary of England many years before he became king. In fact he insisted on
Parliament authorizing his assumption of the throne precisely so he could
not be derided as a king who owed his throne to his wife's apron strings.
It was never marriage that made the queen of England's husband king. Philip
II of Spain had to wait to be made king by Parliament, not by Mary Tudor.
Queen Victoria wanted Prince Albert to become King Consort and considered
accomplishing this by letters patent, but the Chancellor of the day told her
this was constitutionally impossible. Successive Prime Ministers refused to
lay the matter before Parliament, arguing the precedent of Queen Anne's
husband who was only Prince George, duke of Cumberland. In the end Victoria
had to settle for making Albert Prince Consort herself, by letters patent,
in 1857--17 years after his marriage.
Regards
John P.
From: "Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson.uk.net
Reply-To: "Chris Dickinson" <chris@dickinson.uk.net
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: consorts
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:43:04 +0000 (UTC)
Betty Owen wrote:
snip
I know Victoria's husband was Prince conscort... I am assuming when you
are
Queen that the highest you can become as a husband would be a prince.
snip
William III
Chris