{"id":1059,"date":"2012-09-17T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2012-09-01T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T18:30:39","slug":"queen-regnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2012\/09\/queen-regnant.html","title":{"rendered":"Queen Regnant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QUEEN REGNANT<\/p>\n<p>PRONUNCIATION:<\/p>\n<p>(kween REG-nuhnt)<\/p>\n<p>MEANING:<\/p>\n<p>noun: A queen reigning in her own right, as opposed to one having a royal title by marriage. Also known as queen regent.<\/p>\n<p>ETYMOLOGY:<\/p>\n<p>From Latin <em>regnare<\/em> (reign). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge.<\/p>\n<p>The wife of a ruling king is known as a <strong>Queen Consort<\/strong>. The husband of a queen regnant would be a king consort, though usually he is called a prince.<\/p>\n<p>A queen ruling during the youth, disability, or absence of a monarch is known as a <strong>Queen Regent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen Regnants<\/strong> are we. We are the Queens of Our Selves. Self-knowing, Self-determining, Self-empowered, Self-ruling, Self-satisfied, Self- loving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>My command stands firm like the mountains and <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>the sun disk shines and spreads rays over the<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>titulary of my august person, and my falcon rises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>high above the kingly banner unto all eternity. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -Hatshepsut, Egyptian Queen\/Pharaoh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1503-1482 BC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong> *****<\/p>\n<p>Donna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. 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