Whoever is married to a monarch is called a consort.
Consort is a term that describes someone who accompanies one or several subjects in the same reality . The concept, which finds its origin in the Latin consors , is also used to refer to the husband of a woman and vice versa: to the wife of a man with respect to him .
The notion, as many of you know, is frequently associated with the monarchy , to thus identify the partner of each monarch . The treatment of the consort varies according to gender and the rules that govern the kingdom in question. Typically, the consort of a king is valued with the title of queen, although in the opposite case (that is, when the consort is the queen's husband) he is usually treated differently.
In the United Kingdom , for example, the king's consort is regarded as queen and is therefore addressed as Majesty . The queen's consort, on the other hand, becomes a prince and is treated as a Royal Highness.
Queen consort of Spain
In Spain , the consort of the King is the queen consort (Majesty). Consort of the Queen is a constitutional title that endorses the title of Prince and treating him then as Royal Highness.
In 2010, for example, Sofia of Greece was the queen consort in Spain as she was the wife of the then King Juan Carlos I. As has been seen over the years, she did not interfere at all in what It is the institutional and constitutional function that her husband had. Despite this, the aforementioned queen has developed her own functions and actions that have been carried out as a perfect complement to those that he had been carrying out.
The wife of the king of Spain is the queen consort.
Monarch's Couple
It can be said, beyond the differences in each case, that a consort is the woman or man married to a monarch . Often, the consort has no official political power, although he is able to act as regent and care for the kingdom until his children grow up and can access the throne.
Due to minority or because the son has been disqualified by the Cortes Generales from being able to exercise his authority are the two reasons that can lead to the establishment of the figure of the aforementioned regent in Spain. This position is always carried out in the name of the king and is carried out through what is known as a constitutional mandate.
Specifically, it is established that when appointing the regent an established order will be followed: father, widowed consort or mother, widowed queen consort. However, in the event that none of these three figures existed to serve as such, the aforementioned position would fall into the hands of the oldest relative who is closest in the line of succession to the throne .
In the same way, it is also established in the Spanish Constitution of 1978 that the queen consort or the consort of the monarch can also act as guardians of the minor king. To do so, said assignment must have occurred either through the king's will, legitimately or by designation of the aforementioned Cortes.
Consort in law
In the field of law , consorts are individuals who litigate together and form the same party within the framework of the lawsuit .
This means that the spouse attends the trial with at least one other subject to litigate with the same character as plaintiff or defendant.