She continued to regard herself as queen regnant all her life.

"And it has always had a king, not a queen regnant!"

In Egyptian history, there was no word for a "queen regnant".

Since her father died without leaving a male successor, she was appointed Queen regnant.

The husband of a queen regnant does not usually share his wife's rank, title or sovereignty.

After her husband's death, she ascended to the throne herself as queen regnant.

This case is inherent for any monarch whose mother was a queen regnant.

The latter gave parliamentary authority to a queen regnant in England for the first time.

Her grandmother Melisende had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant earlier in the century.

She became Queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.