The man behind the queen : male consorts in history / edited by Charles Beem and Miles Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beem, Charles.

Taylor, Miles.

Series:

Queenship and power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Family relationships--Europe--History.

Queens.

Royal couples--Europe--History.

Royal couples.

Power (Social sciences).

History.

Man-woman relationships.

Monarchy.

Princes.

Europe--Kings and rulers.

Europe.

Kings and rulers.

Princes--Europe--History.

Monarchy--Europe--History.

Sex role--Europe--History.

Sex role.

Man-woman relationships--Europe--History.

Power (Social sciences)--Europe--History.

Europe--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 264 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"From the fourteenth-century king consorts of Navarre to the modern European prince consorts of the twentieth century, the male consort has been a peculiar yet recurrent historical figure. In this impressively broad collection of essays on male partners of female monarchical rulers, leading historians of monarchy analyze how consorts have obtained and wielded power, how gender affected their perceived role, what sort of influence they were able to wield and attract politically and at court, how they defined themselves in the male gendered spheres of the arts or war, and more generally, the extent to which they contributed to the changing ideal and reality of royal families and dynasties over the centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Man Behind the Queen / Charles Beem and Miles Taylor

1. The King Consorts of Navarre, 1284-1512 / Elena Crislyn Woodacre

2. Ferdinand the Catholic : King and Consort / David Abufalia

3. "He to be Entitled Kinge" : King Philip and the Anglo-Spanish Court / Sarah Duncan

4. Why Prince George of Denmark Did Not Become a King of England / Charles Beem

5. From Ruler in the Shadows to Shadow King : Frederick I of Sweden / Fabian Persson

6. Count Ernst Johann Bühren and the Russian Court of Anna Ioannova / Michael Bitter

7. Francis Stephen : Duke, Regent and Emperor / Derek Beales

8. Prince Albert : The Creative Consort / Karina Urbach

9. Commemorating the Consort in Colonial Bombay / Simin Patel

10. Ferdinand II of Portugal : A Conciliator King in a Turmoil Kingdom / Daniel Alves

11. Gaston d'Orleans, Comte d'Eu : Prince Consort to Princess Isabel of Brazil / Roderick Barman

12. The Rise and Fall of Siddiq Hasan, Male Consort of Shah Jahan of Bhopal / Caroline Keen

13. Royalty, Rank, and Masculinity : Three Dutch Princes Consort in the Twentieth Century / Maria Grever and Jeroen Van Zanten

14. Prince Philip : Sportsman and Youth Leader / Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

15. The Prince Who Would Be King : Henrik of Denmark's Struggle for Recognition / Trond Norén Isaksen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137448347

1137448342

OCLC:

886489938

Publisher Number:

40024466901