After all, they had to have known about differences in succession laws -- and in particular, aware that their neighbors in the Iberian peninsula allowed daughters of kings (in the absence of sons) to inherit the thrones in their own rights.
What, then, of the Italian vocabulary? I ask because Italy has also been bound by the Salic law: by this logic, the term REGINA is defined only as the wife of a king. But then, given that the French term can be expanded in its usage, could the same be said of the Italian term? Would the famous Spanish queen be called La Regina Isabella di Castiglia?
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