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"Why should I believe that this once belonged to the Queen of Spain?"
"Do I look like the kind of man who would lie about a thing like that?"
"Yes."
"Fair enough! But do I also look like the kind of man who personally stole it from the Queen of Spain?"
"Yes. I'll give you 20 pieces of silver for it."
―Tavern keeper and Jack Sparrow, talking about the Queen of Spain's beads[src]

A queen was the female ruler of a monarchy. The male equivalent was the king.

The word "queen" would otherwise be used for a woman as the finest or most outstanding in a particular group, eminent in rank, power, or attractions. Following the second meeting of the Brethren Court,[1] the method of summoning the Court was in the form of a song Hoist the Colours that told the story of Davy Jones and Calypso and relayed the First Court; starting with "the king and his men stole the queen from her bed," the song also relayed the First Brethren Court,[2] notably sung by a pirate cabin boy to summon the Fourth Court.[3] The voodoo priestess Tia Dalma was once described as a voodoo queen.[4] Morveren, a mermaid of Isla Sirena, was described as a mermaid queen.[5] On separate occasions, Laura Smith and Esmeralda were known as pirate queens.[6][7]

List of known Queens

Behind the scenes

Queens would first be mentioned in The Accidental Pirate!, a Pirates of the Caribbean comic published for Disney Adventures in 2003.[8] Although the title of "queen" had become associated with several characters, such as the voodoo queen Tia Dalma in the At World's End video game in 2007[4] and the mermaid queen Morveren in the Jack Sparrow book series by Rob Kidd in 2008,[5] the first appearance of a queen was through Queen Tiyy of Kerma in the novel The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin, published in 2011.[10]

The lyrics for "Hoist the Colors" were written by Pirates screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, with the assistance of director Gore Verbinski. Sung in the beginning of At World's End, the song was referenced in a couple of ways, every one of the verses told the story of Davy Jones and Calypso; starting with "the king and his men stole the queen from her bed," the song also relayed the First Brethren Court.[2][3]

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for At World's End, in the aftermath of the battle prior to the one day between Elizabeth Swann, the Pirate King of the fourth Brethren Court, and Will Turner, Davy Jones' replacement as the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman following Jones' death, Jack Sparrow's last words to Elizabeth were, "Every king needs a queen."[11] The line never made it into the final cut of the film,[3] but was retained in the Special Edition of the junior novelization.[12]

Prior to the release of On Stranger Tides in 2011, news articles and internet rumors online persisted that actress Gemma Ward played "Tamara, queen of the mermaids" in the film.[13] However, while Tamara was confirmed to be the name of Ward's character, none of the cast and crew nor any material relating to the film defined a mermaid queen.[14]

In Terry Rossio's 2012 screenplay for Dead Men Tell No Tales, one of the main villains was Queen Inez of Spain. Also, a girl named Cora June (in reality the villainous Sea Widow in disguise) claimed that Jack Sparrow once engaged in a passionate affair with the Queen of Portugal and thus brought about the end of the Dutch-Portuguese War.[15]

Real-world details

In real-world history, a queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and military powers, unless on occasion acting as regent. A queen regnant is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king. She reigns in her own right over a realm known as a kingdom. A queen regnant possesses and exercises sovereign powers, whereas a queen consort or queen regent shares her spouse's or child's rank and titles but does not share the sovereignty of her spouse or child. The husband of a queen regnant traditionally does not share the queen regnant's rank, title, or sovereignty. Though this information has yet to be detailed in any Pirates of the Caribbean media.

Appearances

External links

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Pirates' Guidelines
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Box Office Mojo: Interview: Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio on 'At World's End'
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jack Sparrow: Bold New Horizons, p. 20
  6. ↑ Jack Sparrow: City of Gold, p. 40
  7. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Three: Doña Pirata
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Accidental Pirate!
  9. ↑ The Sidekick!
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Price of Freedom, Prologue: Zerzura: The Lost City
  11. ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
  12. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (Special Edition)
  13. ↑ Gemma Ward dives into Pirates of the Caribbean 4 blockbuster | Perth Now - Archived
  14. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  15. ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES by Terry Rossio