female sovereign
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Crowds lined the streets across the city to bid farewell to Queen Margarethe - who was the world's only remaining female sovereign.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2024
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Margrethe had become the world's only remaining female sovereign.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2023
She became the first female sovereign of Denmark in 1972 at the age of 32 after the death of her father, King Frederick IX.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
However, the barons of the day wouldn’t accept a female sovereign, clearing the way for Stephen of Blois, Henry I’s nephew, to take the throne.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
A female sovereign supplied to Columbus the means of discovering this country.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
