No, her son Baldwin V was king. Guy was Baldwin V’s stepfather. Baldwin V died in childhood which made Sibylla the Queen, and her husband was temporarily the King-Consort or Prince-Consort or whatever the appropriate term was for a Queen’s husband at the time.
But in this particular time and place, the Queen’s husband typically became King at coronation and assumed the role of monarch in her place. This is what everyone expected to happen. All the vassals hated Guy and wanted her to pick someone else.
I don’t get it. If she was married before, wasn’t this guy Guy a king already?
No, her son Baldwin V was king. Guy was Baldwin V’s stepfather. Baldwin V died in childhood which made Sibylla the Queen, and her husband was temporarily the King-Consort or Prince-Consort or whatever the appropriate term was for a Queen’s husband at the time.
But in this particular time and place, the Queen’s husband typically became King at coronation and assumed the role of monarch in her place. This is what everyone expected to happen. All the vassals hated Guy and wanted her to pick someone else.