Draft:Queenship studies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queenship studies is the study of exercise of power and agency of royal women, and in respect of monarchs, either queens regnant or queens consort.
Submission declined on 1 March 2026 by SocDoneLeft (talk).
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
|  |
Comment: 1. Half of the article's text is an uncited quote from Game of Queens. At least provide a citation. 2. This might not survive WP:AFD, since none of the sources are cited to substantively describe Queenship studies as a field. Most of the sources cited are just results from studies about queens and do not describe of Queenship studies as a field. Example: "In the Tudor and Stuart eras in the British Isles, five women ruled." Please expand the article to contain descriptive content about the field. SocDoneLeft (talk) 17:32, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
History
Studies have been made of Queenship in Scotland.[1] Early English queens in particular, faced difficulties of confidence when it came to matters of succession to the throne.[2]
Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. Large swathes of the continent were under the firm hand of a dozen reigning women as queens, regents, mothers, wives, or counselors. From Isabella of Castile, her daughter Katherine of Aragon, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor; from England and France to the Netherlands, and across the Holy Roman Empire, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century"--
Game of Queens (2016), Sarah Gristwood.
In the Tudor and Stuart eras in the British Isles, five women ruled.[3]
Ladies in waiting power has also been studied as part of court studies.[4]
In 2025 a study of the 11th century English Queenship of Matilda of Flanders was published.[5]
- provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
- are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
- are independent: not connected to the subject, such as interviews, press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.
Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.