queenship
noun
queen·ship
ˈkwēn-ˌship 
1
: the rank, dignity, or state of being a queen
2
: a regal quality like that of a queen
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With William’s birth, the foremost responsibility of medieval queenship was fulfilled: There would be a male heir.
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David Routt, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
Upon her father’s death, her awareness of being a young woman surrounded by older, more experienced men shaped the slightly quiescent, obedient style of her early queenship.
—Sarah Gristwood, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
Drawing on this research, Maureen Quilligan gives us a feminist history of early modern queenship in When Women Ruled the World.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022
This forced society in Outremer to adapt to the concept of queenship and swallow the bitter pill of female rule.
—Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
But her path to queenship, her brief reign and her untimely death all show the politics underpinning succession in the Tudor years.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
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David Routt, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
Upon her father’s death, her awareness of being a young woman surrounded by older, more experienced men shaped the slightly quiescent, obedient style of her early queenship.
—Sarah Gristwood, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
Drawing on this research, Maureen Quilligan gives us a feminist history of early modern queenship in When Women Ruled the World.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022
This forced society in Outremer to adapt to the concept of queenship and swallow the bitter pill of female rule.
—Katherine Pangonis, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
But her path to queenship, her brief reign and her untimely death all show the politics underpinning succession in the Tudor years.
—Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
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“Queenship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queenship. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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