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Queen Mother: QUEEN, the wife of a king, or the female sovereign of a kingdom. In Great Britain, she is either a queen consort, the king's wife; a queen regnant, holding the crown in her own right; or a queen dowager, the widow of a deceased king. Under the constitutions of some countries in Europe and elsewhere a woman cannot ascend the throne as a queen regnant. The husband of a queen' regnant is termed prince consort.
1. The New Mosque (Yeni Cami), popularly known as the Queen Mother Mosque (Valide Cami), looms up close to the Istanbul end of the Galata Bridge. The forceful lady whom it honors was a 17th-century dowager who, like Justinian, did some temple plundering in Asia Minor to get the materials she desired. She was the mother of Mehmet IV. This building is not an outstanding work of architecture but its mounting mass of domes, in such a setting, is imposing.
QUEEN'S BENCH, Court of, the Court of King's Bench when the British monarch was a queen. See COURT, JUDICIAL—Anglican.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge, England, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI, and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth, queen of Edward IV, is administered by a president and 13 foundation fellows. Richard Andrew donated the site and Dokett, the first master, secured the endowment. A fixed proportion of the revenues of the college is paid to a scholarship fund. There are nine church livings in the gift of the college and one in that of the president. |
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