The Man behind the Queen: Male Consorts in History

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: The Man behind the Queen....Pages 1-9
The Kings Consort of Navarre: 1284–1512....Pages 11-31
Ferdinand the Catholic: King and Consort....Pages 33-53
“He to Be Intituled Kinge”: King Philip of England and the Anglo-Spanish Court....Pages 55-80
Why Prince George of Denmark Did Not Become a King of England....Pages 81-91
From Ruler in the Shadows to Shadow King: Frederick I of Sweden....Pages 93-102
Count Ernst Johann Bühren and the Russian Court of Anna Ioannovna....Pages 103-123
Francis Stephen of Lorraine (Emperor Francis I, 1745–65), Consort of Maria Theresa, Ruler of the Austrian Monarchy from 1740....Pages 125-143
Prince Albert: The Creative Consort....Pages 145-155
Commemorating the Consort in Colonial Bombay....Pages 157-162
Ferdinand II of Portugal: A Conciliatory King in an Age of Turmoil....Pages 163-175
Gaston d’Orléans, Comte d’Eu: Prince Consort to Princess Isabel of Brazil....Pages 177-183
The Rise and Fall of Siddiq Hasan, Male Consort of Shah Jahan of Bhopal....Pages 185-204
Royalty, Rank, and Masculinity: Three Dutch Princes Consort in the Twentieth Century....Pages 205-222
Prince Philip: Sportsman and Youth Leader....Pages 223-239
The Prince Who Would Be King: Henrik of Denmark’s Struggle for Recognition....Pages 241-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-264