Will Victoria be the next KING of Sweden?

Is it true that all Swedish monarchs, regardless of gender, are known as King? Sweden has had 3 female rulers, where they called “King” in their lifetimes? Will Crown Princess Victoria become King Victoria? Would that make her husband Queen :confused: ?

Where did you hear that?

The last reigning queen of Sweden appears to be Ulrika Eleanora, who reigned for a year then abdicated in favor of her husband. It appears she was known as the Queen.

I expect that she’ll be called Queen of Sweden, rather than King.

If the previous female Swedish monarchs were called “king” perhaps it was because the concept of a female ruler seemed somewhat unnatural. Even Queen Elizabeth I of England used to refer to herself as a prince.

“I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.”
—Elizabeth I, 1588

I thought it was “a concrete elephant”.

Oh, and Victoria will be known as “queen”. I’ve never heard of any doubt on this subject. Now, if and when she gets herself a husband, what will he be called?

Article 2 of the 1979 Successionsordning does make it pretty clear that a future female head of state will be Queen. (Assuming, that is, there isn’t some linguistic subtlety that has become obscured in translation.)

But it is true that in earlier centuries the Swedish word ‘kung’ could be applied to monarchs of either sex and was used as such by, among others, Queen Christina.

Historically some female monarchs have ruled as king/emperor rather than as queen/empress. I can’t recall any specific examples at the moment, though I’m pretty sure it’s happened one or two times in the Ancient Egyptian royal family.

I’m fairly certain Daniel (should she marry him) will be called Prinsgemål. Prince-consort in English?

Saint Hedwig of Poland was coronated as a king, I believe.

Prince Consort is how we say it in English, yes. We’ve had two really famous ones in the last 200 years.

You’re thinking of Hatshepsut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

Irene of Byzantium styled herself “emperor” (basileus) rather than the consort’s title of “empress” (basilissa). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empress_Irene

Empress Wu of China ruled under the name “Emperor Shengshen.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Wu_Zetian

The Danish word for king is kong. Therefore all the Danish monarchs are King Kong.

:smiley:

Just one, IIRC. Prince Albert, who married Queen Victoria and after his death was long (and, some think, overdramatically) mourned by her. Who was the other?

Prince Philip.

I didn’t think he’d ever actually been granted the official style Prince Consort, even though he is, of course. He **was ** granted the generic style *Prince of the UK * in the 1950s some time.

I was thinking more of the quote where she lectured one of her advisors along the lines of “you should not presume to talk to princes in that way”, but yours is even better. :slight_smile:

Would he be made a duke (like the royal children) too?

Queen Elizabeth II also holds the (traditionally male) titles of Lord of Mann and Duke of Lancaster.

Minnie the Moocher’s Consort.