If a duke marries a queen, does that make him queen?

Question

Also, I would like to know if a regular person could become king if a queen married him.

Answer 1

It could be. It happened with the queen of jerusalem. She was heir to the throne and a duke of some place in France married her and ruled for about 7 or so years.

But that's not always the case.

Answer 2

no if he marries a Queen he will only be called as the Royal Consort of the Queen like Prince Philip he marries Queen Elizabeth II he is just called as consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

Answer 3

Noone has actually answered this question correctly so far.  Here is the real answer:-

No.  Prince philip, aka the Duke of Edinburgh, is the Queen's husband and is therefore Prince Consort and not king.  (He was only made a duke after getting married.  The reason for this is because King is regarded, since medieval times, as a higher position than Queen.  So if he were made king he would outrank the rightful monarch, which would not be right.  So men married to the monarch are called Prince Consort.

For women it is different.  A woman married to the Monarch is known as Queen, although their official title is Queen Consort.  As they are called Queen they are not outranking the king and monarch.  Even when the King dies, they retain their title of Queen, but are called Queen Mother (the s*x of the new monarch is irrelevant - ie the 'Queen' part of the title refers to them and not the new monarch, while the 'Mother' part refers to their age more than anything).

So in short men become Prince consort, but ordinary women can become Queen.

Answer 4

NO! People he's still a DUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

regular person could have a title of HRH or Earl is most common depends on Parliament.

Answer 5

No, the Duke would remain a Duke

Answer 6

i think it only makes him prince

because i think queens were only supposed to marry men of high rank or men who were already princes

so there was a lot of close marriages...

Answer 7

It's a funny question, but I suppose no, he can't possibly become a queen, for he's a man and could only become a king which in turn is not necessarily possible - it depends on a sort of constitution certain kingdom applies...

Answer 8

Not unless the Queen bestows the title of King on him. The sitting queen has not done so because she wanted to remain head of state, not her husband.

A commoner cannot become King, though she may bestow a title on that person.

Answer 9

No, the husband of a Queen who is  a reigning monarch usually takes the title of Prince. He is considered to be a Prince Consort.

This is the way that it is done in most of the Europen Royal Houses. For instance Queen Elizabeth II's husband is Prince Phillip and Queen Margrethe of Denmark's husband is Prince Henrik. The late husand of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was also a Prince Consort, Prince Claus.

Answer 10

The Duke of Edinburgh was created Duke of Edinburgh the day before his wedding , so no. A male consort of a female monarch does not become King Consort (in the UK). When Scotland had a separate monarchy the Consort of a reigning Queen was King Consort (Henry Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of the Scots was known as King of the Scots).

Answer 11

I'm afraid not. Male chauvinism is alive and well in royal precedence. A man NEVER takes his wife's title, but a woman may choose her husband's or father's title, whichever is higher. A man would become Prince Consort if he marries a Queen (as Prince Phillip did--he's a prince in his own right, of Greece), but if he were a commoner, he could be made a Duke. That's how I understand it. (Compared to the Queen, everyone is a commoner, aren't they?)

Answer 12

i don't think so.. A King outranks a Queen, so her husband would be the Prince Consort.

Answer 13

When a Queen marries, her husband becomes King consort (symbolic title given in some monarchies to the husband of a queen regnant) or Prince Consort (is the husband of a Queen regnant, unless he himself also is a king in his own right). In the past, a King Consort could become co-sovereign and have equal powers as the Queen (this is also the main reason why Queen Elizabeth I never married because she did not want to share her powers with another man).

Spain, Portugal, England and Scotland have all had kings consort; however, since the rank of king normally outranks that of queen, in most monarchies the queen's husband is given the title of prince or prince consort instead. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom did not create her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh a Prince of the United Kingdom until 1957, five years after her accession. He has never been formally designated Prince Consort or King Consort.

However, although the spouse of a reigning Queen could only be given a title as King Consort or Prince Consort (both only symbolic titles with no actual power) their offspring including both heir/heiress to the throne will become a member of the royal house of their father.

Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover. She married her first cousin Prince Albert from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and her first son, King Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The current House of Windsor is also a branch from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, however, high anti-German feeling among the people during WWI prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the German crown and to change German-sounding titles and house names for English-sounding versions from Wettin to Windsor. The current official surname used for the House of Windsor is Mountbatten-Windsor (Mountbatten is Prince Philip’s surname).

Answer 14

yes, though it was not done as a royal is expected to wed another of high birth. a commoner was often taken as a mistress or a concubine and thats where most of the royal b******s came from.

Answer 15

Not in any European monarchy.  While the title of Queen Consort is well-established for the wife of a reigning King, the reverse is not true for the spouse of a reigning Queen.  Traditionally, the husband has been given the title of Prince.