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

In Peru, as already stated, a silver image of the moon, associated with the female sovereign, was the complement to the golden effigy of the sun, associated with the Inca.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia