Katherine Queen of England, after the death of K. H, 5 married Owen Tudor knight, descended from the royal stem of the pririces of Wales, by whom she had two sons and a claughter ; during their marriage she sued without her husband by the name of Queen of Eriglarid (She was the daughter of (Charles, King of France.)
Resolved by all the judges, that though a Queen marries a private man, she remains Queen, and a person exempt to sue, or be sued as a feme sole ; and that she is a person capable to purchuse land without her husband, with a power to dispose of it.
A private statute was made the 6 H. 6 that it shoukl not be lawful for a Queen Dowager to marry any persori without the King’s licence.
[1220] EngR 82, (1220-1623) Jenk 69, (1220) 145 ER 70 (A)
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 20 October 2021; Ref: scu.460994