List of English consorts
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- See also: List of English monarchs.
The English royal consorts were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England. Most of them are women, and held the title of Queen consort; some few are men, whose titles were not consistent, depending upon the circumstances of their spouses' reigns. The Kingdom of England merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. There have thus been no consorts of England since that date.
[edit] House of Mercia, 774-796
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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align="center" | align="center"|Cynethryth | – | – | – | – | 26 or 29 July 796 husband's death |
after 798 | Offa | |
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Wessex, 802-1016
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Redburga | – | – | 800 | – | – | – | 811 | Egbert | |
Osburga | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ethelwulf | |
Judith | Carolingian | October 844 | 1) 1 October 856; 2) 858 |
1) 13 January 858 husband's death 2) 860 marriage annulled |
870 | 1) Æthelwulf; 2) Ethelbald |
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Wulfrida | ? | 868 | – | ? | ? | Ethelred I | |||
Ealhswith | c.852 | 868 | 23 April 871 | – | 26 October 899 | 5 December 905 | Alfred the Great | ||
Ælfflæd | ? | c.899 | – | – | ? (after 924?) |
Edward the Elder | |||
Edgiva of Kent | ? | c.919 | – | 17 July 924 | 25 August 968 | ||||
Ælfgifu | – | – | – | – | 944? | Edmund I the Magnificent | |||
Æthelflæd of Damerham | – | 944 | – | 26 May 946 | between 962 (975) and 991 | ||||
Elgiva | Wessex | – | 955 | – | 958 marriage dissolved |
September 959 | Edwy | ||
Æthelflæd | – | – | c.960 | – | – | – | Edgar the Peaceable | ||
Elfrida | Wessex | c.945 | 964/965 | 11 May 973 | 8 July 975 | 17 November, 999-1001 | |||
Ælfgifu of York | – | – | 991 | – | – | – | Ethelred II the Unready | ||
Emma of Normandy | Normandy | c.985 | 1002 | – | 23 April 1016 | 6 March 1052 | |||
Edith of East Anglia | – | c.963 | 1015 | 23 April 1016 | – | 30 November 1016 | 1017 | Edmund II Ironside | |
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Denmark, 1016-1042
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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– | Emma of Normandy | Normandy | c.985 | July 1017 | 12 November 1035 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Canute the Great | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Wessex (restored) and House of Godwin, 1042-1066
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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– | Edith of Wessex | Godwin | 1029 | 1045 | Not crowned | 4 January 1066 husband's death |
19 December 1075 | Edward the Confessor | |
– | Aldgyth of Mercia | ? | January 1066 | Not crowned | 14 October 1066 husband's death |
? | Harold II Godwinson | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Normandy, 1066-1135
In 1066, the Duke of Normandy, William, killed King Harold II of England at the battle of Hastings, and overthrew the English elite. He established himself as King, his wife Matilda as Queen consort, and beneficed his faithful vassals from the continent. His dynasty would not, however, outlive his children, becoming defunct with the death of his youngest son, Henry I, in 1135.
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of Flanders | Flanders | c. 1031 | 1053 | 25 December 1066 husband's ascension |
11 May 1068 | 2 November 1083 | William I of England | ||
– | Matilda of Scotland | Dunkeld | c. 1080 | 11 November 1100 | 11 (?) November 1100 | 1 May 1118 | Henry I | ||
– | Adeliza of Louvain | Louvain | c. 1103 | 24 January 1121 | 30 January 1121 | 1 December 1135 husband's death |
23 April 1151 | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Blois, 1135-1154
In 1135, Stephen of Blois, the son of Henry I's sister Adela, seized the English throne, his cousin Empress Matilda of Anjou's claims being ignored by the Norman barons. His wife, Matilda of Boulogne, became his Queen consort, but her elder son died, and Stephen was forced to appoint the Empress's son as his successor.
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of Boulogne | Boulogne | c. 1105 | 1125 | 22 December 1135 husband's ascension |
22 March 1136 | 3 May 1152 | Stephen | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Plantagenet, 1154-1485
[edit] Direct Line, 1154-1399
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Eleanor of Aquitaine | Ramnulfid | c. 1122 | 18 May 1152 | 25 October 1154 husband's ascension |
19 December 1154 | 6 July 1189 husband's death |
1 April 1204 | Henry II | |
Berengaria of Navarre | Jiménez | between 1165 and 1170 | 12 May 1191 | Not crowned | 6 April 1199 husband's death |
23 December 1230 | Richard I | ||
Isabella of Angoulême | Taillfer | c. 1187 | 24 August 1200 | 8 October 1200 | 18 or 19 October 1216 husband's death |
31 May 1246 | John | ||
Eleanor of Provence | Barcelona | c. 1223 | 14 January 1236 | 20 January 1236 | 16 November 1272 husband's death |
24 June 1291 | Henry III | ||
Eleanor of Castile | Anscarid Burgundy (Castilian Branch) | 1241 | 1 November 1254 | 16 November 1272 husband's ascension |
19 August 1274 | 28 November 1290 | Edward I | ||
Marguerite of France | Capet | 1282 | 8 or 10 September 1299 | 1299? | 7 July 1307 husband's death |
14 February 1317 | |||
Isabella of France | Capet | between 1288 and 1296 | 25 January 1308 | 25 February 1308 | 20 January 1327 husband's deposition |
22 August 1358 | Edward II | ||
Philippa of Hainault | Avesnes | 24 June 1311 (?) | 24 January 1328 | 18 February 1330 | 15 August 1369 | Edward III | |||
Anne of Bohemia | Luxemburg | 11 May 1366 | 20th January 1383 (?) | 22 January 1383 (?) | 7 June 1394 | Richard II | |||
Isabella of Valois | Valois | 9 November 1387 | 31 October or 1 November 1396 | 8 January 1397 | 30 September 1399 husband's deposition |
13 September 1409 | |||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Lancaster, 1399-1461, 1470-1471
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Navarre | Évreux | c. 1370 | 7 February 1403 | 26 February 1403 | 20 March 1413 husband's death |
9 July 1437 | Henry IV | ||
Catherine of Valois | Valois | 27 October 1401 | 2 June 1420 | 23 February 1421 | 31 August 1422 husband's death |
3 January 1437 | Henry V | ||
Margaret of Anjou | Valois-Anjou | 23 March 1429 | 23 April 1445 | 30 May 1445 | 21 May 1471 husband's death[1] |
25 August 1482 | Henry VI | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of York, 1461-1470, 1471-1485
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Elizabeth Woodville | Woodville | c. 1437 | 1 May 1464[2] | 26 May 1465 | 9 April 1483 husband's death |
8 June 1492 | Edward IV | ||
Anne Neville | Neville | 11 June 1456 | 12 July 1472 | 26 June 1483 husband's ascension |
6 July 1483 | 16 March 1485 | Richard III | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Tudor, 1485-1603
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Elizabeth of York | York | 11 February 1466 | 18 January 1486 | 25 November 1487 | 11 February 1503 | Henry VII | |||
Catherine of Aragon | Trastámara | 16 December 1485 | 11 June 1509 | 24 June 1509 | 23 May 1533 marriage annulled |
7 January 1536 | Henry VIII | ||
Anne Boleyn | Boleyn | between 1501 and 1507 | 28 May 1533 | 1 June 1533 | 19 May 1536 executed |
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Jane Seymour | Seymour | between 1507 and 1509 | 30 May 1536 | Not crowned; proclaimed queen 4 June 1536 |
24 October 1537 | ||||
Anne of Cleves | Kleve | 22 September 1515 | 6 January 1540 | Not crowned | 9 July 1540 marriage annulled |
16 July 1557 | |||
Catherine Howard | Howard | between 1520 and 1525 | 28 July 1540 | Not crowned | 22 November 1541 deprived of title |
13 February 1542 executed |
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Catherine Parr | Parr | between 1512 and 1517 | 12 July 1543 | Not crowned | 28 January 1547 husband's death |
5 September 1548 | |||
– | Guilford Dudley (disputed) | Dudley | 1536 | 15 May 1553 | 10 July 1553 wife's ascension |
Not crowned | 19 July 1553 wife's deposition |
12 February 1554 | Jane |
Philip II of Spain | Habsburg | 21 May 1527 | 25 July 1554 | Not crowned | 17 November 1558 wife's death |
13 September 1598 | Mary I | ||
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
[edit] House of Stuart, 1603-1707
With the death of Elizabeth, the crown of England passed to her cousin and nearest heir, James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England. His dynasty would rule - interrupted by the Interregnum between 1649 and 1660 - until 1714. The Kingdom of England, however, was merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form a new Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain, after which there ceased to be monarchs and consorts of England.
Picture | Name | House | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Anne of Denmark | Oldenburg | 14 October 1574 | 23 November 1589 | 24 March 1603 husband's ascension |
25 July 1603 | 4 March 1619 | James I | ||
Henrietta Maria of France | Bourbon | 25 November 1609 | 11 May 1625 (by proxy) 13 June 1625 |
Not crowned | 30 January 1649 husband's death and deposition |
10 September 1669 | Charles I | ||
Catherine of Braganza | Braganza | 25 November 1638 | 21 May 1662 | Not crowned | 6 February 1685 husband's death |
30 November 1705 | Charles II | ||
Mary of Modena | Este | 5 October 1658 | 30 September 1673 (by proxy) | 6 February 1685 husband's ascension |
23 April 1685 | 12 February 1689 husband's deposition |
7 May 1718 | James II | |
Prince George of Denmark | Oldenburg | 2 April 1653 | 28 July 1683 | 8 March 1702 wife's ascension |
Not crowned | 1 May 1707 Merger of Kingdom of England with Kingdom of Scotland to form Kingdom of Great Britain. |
28 October 1708 | Anne |
For the continuation of this list, go to List of British consorts.