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Queen mother is defined as "a queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign".〔 "The widow of a king who is also the mother of the reigning monarch."〕〔Webster's Third New International Dictionary.〕 The term has been used in England since at least 1577〔 and Samuel Pepys refers to Charles II's mother Henrietta Maria as the "Queene Mother".〔 Further, she was described as the Queen Mother in early editions of the Book of Common Prayer and subsequent queen mothers were also so described in later editions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=The Society of Archbishop Justus Computer Service )〕 It is not clear whether earlier English queen mothers were ever referred to by that term, or only as "dowager queen". Elizabeth Woodville was sometimes called "queen dowager".〔Chambers Biographical Dictionary〕 ==Definition== A queen mother is therefore a person satisfying the following criteria: * She is the mother of the current monarch. * She has been queen consort. * The monarch, if a male, is married; if he is not, his mother retains her title of queen. (This is analogous to the mother of a peer, who is called a dowager if the peer is married but not otherwise.) Contrary to myth, queen mother does not mean ''mother of the Queen'' and applies irrespective of whether the monarch is male or female. A queen mother retains the style of Her Majesty that she enjoyed as queen, but there is no further coronation ceremony to reflect her changed status. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English queens dowager」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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