Q – Asian Queenship

Queen Consort	Wife of the reigning King. Also see. Haseki
Queen Dowager	The widow of a King.
Queen’s Gold	A tax on fines paid to the king that was a significant source of income for the queen.
Queen Lieutenant	A wife of the reigning king, who rules on his behalf at home or over a designated land in his absence.
Queen Mother	The mother of the ruling monarch.
Queen Regent	An adult guardian of a child monarch who rules instead of the child until they come of age.
Queen Regnant	A female monarch who reigns over a kingdom in her own right, equivalent to that of a King.
Queenship Studies	An academic field that examines the lives of royal women and the role and mechanism of queenship.