Does a Prince's mother rule along with him until he is married if his father dies?

Question

When a king dies and an of age prince ascends the throne, does his mother (the current queen) rule with him until he gets married and the other girl becomes queen. My friend and I have a bet and I say that she doesn't and he says that she does. Anybody know who's right.

Answer 1

I did not look any of this up, but doesn't it seem logical that if the King dies, his wife the Queen would still be Queen if t heir son the Crown Prince became King.  Then the new King's mother would remain Queen until the new King married, and then she would become the King mother.

Answer 2

In the English speaking or Euro world, there aren't many examples of an adult King with his mother as formal Queen, but like many another bachelor he may ask Mum to be his hostess in social things.

The nearest example of this is the English king Edward III who was 15 or so when he ascended the throne due to the abdication of his father, subsequently murdered, and his mother Isabella ruled for young Edward with her paramour Roger Mortimer, until Edward rounded up a few mates and sneaked into Nottingham castle and arrested Isabella and Roger and executed the latter. You can still see the way he got into the castle at the old pub under the walls! And Edward was not only married, but a father, when he did this.

Answer 3

the queen would become Queen dowager.................the prince would become king such as Edward after the death of his father henry VIII..........his mother was dead.............then upon his death his sisters ruled first mary then elizabeth however with a young "king" many royal courteers would attempt to curry favour to become the power behind the throne much more so than with an adult .......................

Answer 4

There is a common misconception that a Kings wife is a Queen, and rules along side him.

Actually, we are talking about Monarchy, though, not Biarchy.

Thus, if a man is King, his wife is Queen Consort, not Queen herself, and does not hold any actual power. Thus, upon her husbands death, even though she retains the title of Queen Consort, she doesn't actually rule as Queen.

Her son, the Prince, would become King.

When her son, now the King, took a wife, this wife would also be Queen Consort, but would not take the title away from the Queen consort of the previous King.

And, her sons wife would have no actual power to reign.

The same is true of the reverse where a woman ascends the throne.

There is only ever one that sits upon the throne at a time in a Monarchy, though, and they are addressed either as the King, or the Queen, and they alone hold the crown.

Answer 5

That far back the only way a Queen could reign was in the absence of a male heir, as in the cases of Bloody Mary and Elizabeth the Great, and, due to the patriarchal nature of the law, she would relinquish all power as soon as she married, which was why Elizabeth never married.  A Queen Mother only held power until her son came of age, although that changed later, since Victoria ruled in her own right, and not through marriage, she held power until her death and it was only then that her oldest son, then a man of 50 assumed the throne.

Answer 6

I think it depends on when and where the Monarchy takes place.

I think back in Ancient Turkey (I don't know if they had another name for it back then), if a King dies and the Prince is of age and ascends the throne that the Queen still holds power until he marries, but even then, I think the Queen is still the most powerful woman until she dies. I'm not so sure of any other places though -_-;;;

I apologize if my answer wasn't any help.

Answer 7

If the monarch is a minor, the country is ruled someone appointed regent until the new prince becomes of age.

Normally, that would be age 18, but there have been exceptions where 16 was considered "of age"

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England and Ireland, on 28 January 1547, and was crowned on 20 February, at nine years of age. His mother (Jane Seymour) was dead. He would have been reached his majority at age 16, but he died 3 months early. The earlier age was considered important because of the political sensitivities at the time. Edward's entire rule was mediated through a council of regency, as he never reached maturity.

I never heard of waiting until marriage. Queen Victoria succeeded at a young 18, after her majority but before she married. She refused to allow her mother to have any formal position.

Answer 8

If the Prince is of age then no, he rules as King and his mother is the Dowager Queen (The term QueenMother was expressly invented for Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother as her mother-in-law, Queen Mary, was still alive when George VI died and Queen Mary had the title of Dowager Queen).

If he's not of age he has a Regent this may or may not be his mother. The Regent would be appointed by Parliament.

Answer 9

No. A queen consort does not reign.And a widowed queen consort does not reign either.The prince,if he is of age,reigns on his own.An underage prince would have regents appointed to do his job until he attains the age of majority.His mother could be appointed to that job.

Queens do not reign unless they are heirs to the throne.A wife of a King is not in charge of the country;he is.She is a Consort and does things that will help him and the country look good.She may have some political expertise and give advice,but she can not rule.