HRH Prince Henrik, Denmark died today.

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Henrik was Prince consort = Husband to the queen.

In Denmark, the current regent is a queen. Thus, her husband is "Prince Consort".

HRH Prince Henrik died today aged 83 after a period of disease and ailing health.

Just for information.

Hans
 
Norman Alexander said:
I gather he wanted to be buried apart from her because he was never titled "king" when they married. True or false?
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It has always struck me as a little odd that if you marry the King, you become the Queen, but if you marry the Queen you become the Prince Consort or whatever title they are using nowadays. It's like it's understood that if there is a King and a Queen that the King is in charge.
 
Norman Alexander said:
I gather he wanted to be buried apart from her because he was never titled "king" when they married. True or false?
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Correct.

I wonder if any modern European monarch (you know what I mean) has been less liked.
 
Brainster said:
It has always struck me as a little odd that if you marry the King, you become the Queen, but if you marry the Queen you become the Prince Consort or whatever title they are using nowadays. It's like it's understood that if there is a King and a Queen that the King is in charge.
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This is the situation in Denmark, not universally.
 
MRC_Hans said:
Henrik was Prince consort = Husband to the queen.

In Denmark, the current regent is a queen. Thus, her husband is "Prince Consort".
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The philosopher Patrice O'Neal broke this down, though he applies it to dating in America. If you're a King, any woman you marry, it doesn't matter how dumb or ugly, becomes the QUEEN. She gets elevated to the highest social rung in your society. However, if you're a man and you marry the Queen... then you're just the mutha-****a who married the Queen.
 
gerdbonk said:
What happens when a King marries a King?
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Hmm. Hedwig of Poland was crowned king ("król") as they did not have a feminine variant or an equivalent of "queen". When Wladyslaw II, Grand Duke of Lithuania, married her, he also became (co-)king, and continued to rule after her death. Thus were laid the foundations for what would eventually become the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
 
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Norman Alexander said:
I gather he wanted to be buried apart from her because he was never titled "king" when they married. True or false?
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That is correct. A little strange to suddenly realize that nearly fifty years after marrying a heir to a crovn. However, he did seem to loose the grip somewhat during the latest years, and he was actually diagnosed with dementia last year. So perhaps the lung infection that killed him was a blessing in disguise.

Hans
 
MikeG said:
This is the situation in Denmark, not universally.
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In Britain as well, isn't it? Philip and Albert are/were both prince-consorts, not kings. William and Mary were the exception, they were both co-monarchs in their own right.
 
MikeG said:
Correct.

I wonder if any modern European monarch (you know what I mean) has been less liked.
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I don't know about that. Henrik had his fans. His style was flamboyant and independent .... French, in short.

I think many Danes were annoyed he never bothered to learn the language very well. And his bickering about his position was seen as illoyal to the (very popular) queen.

I don't think he was really much disliked, just not taken that seriously. But then, most Danes have a very relaxed view on royalty.

Hans
 
Brainster said:
It has always struck me as a little odd that if you marry the King, you become the Queen, but if you marry the Queen you become the Prince Consort or whatever title they are using nowadays. It's like it's understood that if there is a King and a Queen that the King is in charge.
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There is a distinction between Queen Regnant, a queen who is the actual monarch, and Queen Consort, a queen who is married to the king and doesn't actually rule. By the same token it's possible to be King Regnant or King Consort. However, there's a clear imbalance in that the title of King Consort is so rarely used, with Prince Consort being a more common title, that "King" is normally assumed to be equivalent to "King Regnant." But it's not entirely unknown.

Dave
 
Norman Alexander said:
I gather he wanted to be buried apart from her because he was never titled "king" when they married. True or false?
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It seems as if he's going to be all over the place:

Prins Henriks aske skal spredes i havet og nedsættes i Frederiksborg Slotshave (Berlingske, Feb. 14, 2018)
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I was on a plane to Las Palmas this Saturday, Feb. 10. On board were also Folketingets formand (the chairman of the Danish Parliament). After we landed and people started turning on their cell phones, she got up and told the other passengers that Prince Henrik had died between take-off in Kastrup and landing in Las Palmas!
I guess she was just ahead of her time – for once. :)
 
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