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> > I need some help to settle a dispute.
> > How mnay Queens of England have there been ?
The question is ill-defined: it depends on what you mean. Therefore
the dispute is likely to go unsettled, because different disputants
are likely to be assuming different definitions.
> > And how many have been ruling Queens ? i.e. Did Lady Jane Grey qualify ?
Well, you need to tell us.
> > I look forward to ant help offered
> Matilda (1141) 7 months uncrowned
Which summarizes some rather complicated history, civil war and all that.
Those on the opposing side might say that she didn't count.
> Jane Grey (1553) 9 days uncrowned
See above.
> Mary I (1553-1558)
> Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
> Mary II (1689-1694) jointly with William III
> Anne (1702-1714)
> Victoria (1837-1903)
> Elizabeth II (1952- )
Elizabeth's title isn't Queen of England, it's Queen of the United
Kingdom (and a lot more words, but that's the short form). Does that
count? You tell us. Similar issues arise with Victoria, although
I don't know what title she used.
And then, there are three kinds of queens in royalty. The above
list is only queens regnant, except maybe Mary II. The wife of a
king is a queen consort, and if widowed, becomes a queen dowager;
if the latter is the mother of a later monarch, "queen mother" is
also used. There have been *lots* more "Queens of England" in
these senses. (Elizabeth II is not the second, but the fifth Queen
Elizabeth of England or the UK, if all types are counted; it's just
that only the queens regnant get numbered.) Do they all count?
Do they only count up to when the UK was formed, or when the title
changed (if that's different)? You need to tell us.
--
Mark Brader | "...having compressed some 300 million years into
Toronto | two paragraphs, I have left out some details."
msb@vex.net | -- Roger Gary
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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