[Ansteorra] Royalty - Same Sex Consorts‏

[Patrick R]

Does that mean there was a crown won by single combat. Curious when was that? thanks 
Dante
--- On Sat, 10/29/11, Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Royalty - Same Sex Consorts‏
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 1:17 PM


On 10/29/2011 1:07 PM, Adam R Thompson wrote:

> Co-Kings and Co-Emperors each had their own families. That's much different than the consort being the same sex as the sovereign.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but our current model is really not historically documentable, either. The number of historical monarchs who have won their thrones by single combat and then appointed a woman to rule as a co-equal is quite small.

Cynric
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