[Ansteorra] Order of the Rose question

Elisabeth B. Zakes ezakes at austin.rr.com
Thu Jan 30 12:49:19 PST 2003


That's quite correct, and it became the fashion during the reign for
Baronial Courts to annouce Baroness and Baron. We loved it!

The scroll for the Order of the White Scarf, however, always puts the Queen
first, so it was unchanged during the reign.

Aethelyan Moondragon
Bryn Gwlad

> He was King.  After all, when a man wins Crown Tournament, his consort
becomes
> Queen.  It is exactly the opposite when a woman wins - her consort becomes
> King.  Granted, it has only happened once on the Kingdom level (although I
> understand there have been several Principality Princesses by right of
arms).
> In Ansteorra, King and Queen rule equally, regardless of who won the
> tournament.  I wasn't living in Ansteorra at the time, but I believe the
only
> difference it made was that they were annouced in court and on award
scrolls
> as "Rowan and Hector, Queen and King of Ansteorra" rather than the
reverse.  If
> anyone knows differently, please feel free to correct me!
>
> Margaret




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