Editing Prince consort (section)

==King consort<!--'King consort' or 'emperor consort' redirect here-->==
A '''king consort'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> or '''emperor consort'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA---> is a rarely used title to describe the husband of a [[queen regnant]]. Examples include:
*[[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (reigned 1542–1567) was first [[Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Francis, Dauphin of France|married to Francis]], [[Dauphin of France]] (later [[Francis II of France]]), who became king consort of Scotland upon their marriage.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0021|author=Anonymous|title=Discours du grand et magnifique triumphe faict au mariage du tresnoble & magnifique Prince Francois de Valois Roy Dauphin, filz aisné du tres-chrestien Roy de France Henry II du nom & de treshaulte & vertueuse Princesse madame Marie d'Estreuart Roine d'Escosse|year=1558|location=Paris|publisher=Annet Briere|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYVCAAAAcAAJ|author=Teulet, Alexandre|title=Relations politiques de la France et de l'Espagne avec l'Écosse au XVIe siècle|volume=1|year=1862|pages=302–311|publisher=Renouard|location=Paris|language=fr}}</ref> [[Wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry, Lord Darnley|She then married]] [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], the eldest son of the Earl and Countess of [[Earl of Lennox|Lennox]] in July 1565. Darnley was a great-grandson of [[Henry VII of England]] and Mary's first cousin, and he was considered to have a strong claim to the Scottish throne. On the evening before their marriage, Mary proclaimed Darnley "King of Scots", a title that she could not legally grant him without the consent of Parliament, but which was never formally challenged. However, this title did not grant him any automatic right of rule or of succession to the throne should Mary die. For that to happen, it was necessary that Mary grant him the [[Crown Matrimonial]] of Scotland, which never happened.
*[[Mary I of England]] (reigned 1553–1558) married Prince Philip (later [[Philip II of Spain]]) in 1554. Under the terms of [[Queen Mary's Marriage Act]], Philip was to be styled "King of England", all official documents (including [[Acts of Parliament]]) were to be dated with both their names, and Parliament was to be called under the joint authority of the couple, for the duration of the marriage only. This created a [[coregency]] by ''[[jure uxoris]]''.
*When the reigning [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]] (reigned 1833–1868) married [[Francis, Duke of Cádiz]], he became king consort of Spain. Like his wife, he retained the style and title of king even after her abdication in favour of their son, [[Alfonso XII]].
*[[Queen Victoria]] (reigned 1837–1901) wanted to make her husband [[Albert, Prince Consort|Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] "king consort"  but the British government refused to introduce a bill allowing it, as Albert was a foreigner.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Stanley Weintraub |last=Weintraub |first=Stanley | year=1997 |title=Albert: Uncrowned King |location=London |publisher=John Murray |isbn=978-0-7195-5756-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/albertuncrownedk0000wein |page=88}}</ref> She instead gave him the title of ''prince consort'' in 1857.