My contribution is a chapter on Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark and his struggle for recognition of the role he has tried to carve out through his more than four decades as the first ever male consort of a Danish monarch. But this is only the last chapter of a book that covers a number of male consorts in Navarre, Spain, England/Britain, Sweden, Russia, Austria, Portugal, Brazil, India, the Netherlands and Denmark from the end of the thirteenth century till today.
The table of contents:
Introduction: The Man Behind the Queen; Charles Beem and Miles Taylor
1. The King Consorts of Navarre, 1284-1512; Elena Crislyn Woodacre
2. Ferdinand the Catholic: King and Consort; David Abufalia
3. "He to be Entitled Kinge": King Philip and the Anglo-Spanish Court; Sarah Duncan
4. Why Prince George of Denmark Did Not Become a King of England; Charles Beem
5. From Ruler in the Shadows to Shadow King: Frederick I of Sweden; Fabian Persson
6. Count Ernst Johann Bühren and the Russian Court of Anna Ioannova; Michael Bitter
7. Francis Stephen: Duke, Regent and Emperor; Derek Beales
8. Prince Albert; The Creative Consort; Karina Urbach
9. Commemorating the Consort in Colonial Bombay; Simin Patel
10. Ferdinand II of Portugal: A Conciliator King in a Turmoil Kingdom; Daniel Alves
11. Gaston d'Orléans, Comte d'Eu: Prince Consort to Princess Isabel of Brazil; Roderick Barman
12. The Rise and Fall of Siddiq Hasan, Male Consort of Shah Jahan of Bhopal; Caroline Keen
13. Royalty, Rank, and Masculinity: Three Dutch Princes Consort in the Twentieth Century; Maria Grever and Jeroen Van Zanten
14. Prince Philip: Sportsman and Youth Leader; Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
15. The Prince Who Would Be King: Henrik of Denmark's Struggle for Recognition; Trond Norén Isaksen
This looks fascinating. I look forward to reading it. I also want to compliment you on your excellent article in Majesty about Crown Prince Rupprecht. His life and career are such a rich subject, any chance you might write a biography of him?
ReplyDeleteThank you for that, but I am afraid I cannot see myself spending a couple of years in German archives to write such a book. But I am glad to say that it is also not really necessary, as there is an excellent biography of him by Dieter J. Weiß, published in 2007.
DeleteDo you know if the biography to which you refer has been translated into English?
ReplyDeleteI am afraid not - there is no market that would make translation of such books possible.
DeleteAlas, true. So annoying when the realities of the publishing industry get in the way of my reading pleasure! And German is a bit down the list of languages I want to learn. I'll just have to look forward to finding a copy of The Man Behind the Queen.
ReplyDeleteI do sympathise - and sadly it seems fewer and fewer non-fiction books get translated into English compared with a few decades ago.
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