What is the minimum age to become king or queen?
November 16, 2011 - 5:31 am
Let’s imagine there is a king and a queen, and they have a son that is two years old, and this two-year-old son is first in line to become king.
If the queen and the king die, would this child really become king at such a young age?
How would it work in this case?
There’s no minimum age as such but in the UK the rule is that the child will have a regent who carries out the role of a monarch until the child is 18. A regent will also be appointed if the monarch is incapacitated in any way (e.g. The future George IV was appointed Prince Regent when his father went mad).
November 16th, 2011 at 10:49 am
In such a specific case, the country would usually be put into the control of a person called a Regent. This person would undertake all the responsibilities of the royalty while the young king grew up to be a man and ready to take over the country (lets face it, a moody kid is NOT what any country wants on their throne).
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November 16th, 2011 at 11:20 am
You can make him King; but have someone RESPONSIBLE to guard him. I mean, he’s just two! And people can harm two year olds. And the minimum age to be crowned King or Queen in when they’re still in the womb. Well.. that’s what I think.
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November 16th, 2011 at 11:45 am
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November 16th, 2011 at 11:54 am
A new-born who is the heir to the throne can be King or Queen. Turner’s bit about the appointment of a Regent is absolutely right.
Remember that in the UK the wife of a King gets the honorary title of Queen but the King is the sovereign. If the King dies, sovereignty passes to the immediate heir, not to the Queen.
The husband of a reigning Queen is not a King. He’ll get a title or two but is referred to as Prince. If a reigning Queen dies, sovereignty passes to the immediate heir, not to the Queen’s husband.
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November 16th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
There’s no minimum age as such but in the UK the rule is that the child will have a regent who carries out the role of a monarch until the child is 18. A regent will also be appointed if the monarch is incapacitated in any way (e.g. The future George IV was appointed Prince Regent when his father went mad).
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November 16th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Conception.
There have been queens, not known to be carrying, yet, that have been kept in palaces after being widowed, to make sure they might be carrying the child of the monarch.
The youngest I know of is Alfonso XIII of Spain, who was, effectively, king from about six months before he was born.
Anyone not of age (I’m pretty sure it was 16, at that time, it was 16 in the time of Louis XIV – king at age 3 – today, it’s 18) would have a regent to make major decisions and oversee the education and care of the king/queen.
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November 16th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
No lower age limit. However any King or Queen under the age of 18 has a regent(close relative) or a regency council (collection close relatives and peers) rule for them.
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November 16th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
There is no minimum.
There was a case (in Spain?) where the king died, and the Queen was pregnant. As soon as the child was born, it was the monarch.
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November 16th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
You could technically be king or queen as soon as you were born….if your father was a king and died while your mother was pregnant.
But you probably wouldn’t be allowed to have any authority, despite your title, until you reached an age that was considered "adult" by the country you are king or queen of.
Obviously, if you are king or queen of some primitive tribal country, you might be able to make decisions on your own a lot earlier in life than if you were king or queen of somewhere like the UK or Denmark.
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