The Countesses and Duchesses of Anjou were the wives of the ruling counts of Anjou and later the nominal French counts and dukes of Anjou.
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| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelais d'Amboise | perhaps a Count Foulque brother-in-law of Adalard, Archbishop of Tours and Raino, Bishop of Angers (Amboise) |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Ingelger | |
| Roscilla de Loches | Warnerius, seigneur de Loches | ? | before 5 July 905 | ? | ? | Fulk I | ||
| Gerberge | ? | ? | 937 | 942 husband's ascension |
before 952 | Fulk II | ||
| ? of Blois | Theobald the Ancient, Viscount of Blois (Blois) |
? | 954 | 960 husband's death |
? | |||
| Adele of Meaux | Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux (Carolingian-Vermandois) |
? | 965 | 974/982 | Geoffrey I | |||
| Adelaise de Chalon | ? | 925 | March 979 | 21 July 987 husband's death |
? | |||
| Elisabeth de Vendôme | Bouchard I, Count of Vendôme (Bouchardides) |
958 | 989 | 1000 | Fulk III | |||
| Hildegard de Metz | ? | 964 | after 1000 | 21 June 1040 husband's death |
1 April 1046 | |||
| Agnes of Burgundy | Otto-William, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea) |
995 | 1 January 1032 | 21 June 1040 husband's ascension |
1049/52 divorce |
1068 | Geoffrey II | |
| Grécie of Langeais | ? (Langeais) |
? | before 15 August 1052 | ? divorce |
? | |||
| Adele Le Teutonne | probably Odo II, Count of Blois | ? | before 22 May 1060 | ? divorce |
after 1062 | |||
| Grécie of Langeais | ? (Langeais) |
? | ? | 14 November 1060 husband's death |
? | |||
| Julienne de Langeais | Hamelin, seigneur de Langeais (Langeais) |
? | before 1060 | 14 November 1060 husband's ascension |
after 7 August 1067 | Geoffrey III | ||
| Hildegarde of Beaugency | Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency (Beaugency) |
? | ? | 1068 husband's ascension |
before 1070 | Fulk IV | ||
| Ermengarde de Bourbon-Dampierre | Archambaud IV, seigneur de Bourbon (Bourbon-Dampierre) |
? | 1070 | before 1076 divorce |
? | |||
| Orengarde de Châtellailon | Isembard, seigneur de Châtel-Aillon (Châtellailon) |
? | 1076 | 1080 divorce |
? | |||
| Mantie de Brienne | Walter I, Count of Brienne (Brienne) |
? | around 1080 | 1087 divorce |
? | |||
| Bertrade de Montfort | Simon I, seigneur de Montfort (Montfort) |
1070 | 1089 | 1092 abducted |
14 February 1117 | |||
| Eremburga, Countess of Maine | Elias I, Count of Maine (Beaugency) |
1096 | 11 July 1110 | 15 January/12 October 1126 | Fulk V | |||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matilda of England | Henry I of England (Normandy) |
7 February 1101 | 17 June 1128 | before 2 June 1129 husband's ascension |
7 September 1151 husband's death |
10 September 1167 | Geoffrey V | |
| Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine | William X, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfid) |
1122 | 18 May 1152 | 6 July 1189 husband's death |
1 April 1204 | Henry I | ||
| Margaret of France | Louis VII of France (Capet) |
November 1157 | 2 November 1160 | June 1170 husband's accession |
11 June 1183 husband's death |
August/September 1197 | Henry II | |
| Berengaria of Navarre | Sancho VI of Navarre (Jiménez) |
between 1165 and 1170 | 12 May 1191 | 6 April 1199 husband's death |
23 December 1230 | Richard I | ||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice of Provence | Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona) |
1234 | 31 January 1246 | 1247 husband's ascension |
23 September 1267 | Charles I | ||
| Margaret of Burgundy | Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre (Burgundy) |
1250 | 18 November 1268 | 7 January 1285 husband's death |
4 September 1308 | |||
| Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) |
1257 | May/June 1270 | 7 January 1285 husband's ascension |
1290 husband's death |
25 March 1323 | Charles II | |
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan the Lame | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy) |
24 June 1293 | July 1313 | 1 April 1328 became Queen of France |
12 September 1348 | Philip I | ||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonne of Bohemia | John of Bohemia (Luxembourg) |
20 May 1315 | 6 August 1332 | 11 September 1349 | John II | |||
| Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne | William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne (Auvergne) |
8 May 1326 | 13 February 1349 | 22 August 1350 became Queen of France |
29 September 1360 | |||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | before October in 1360 elevated to duchess |
12 November 1404 | Louis I | ||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | before October in 1360 elevated from a countess |
20 September 1384 husband's death |
12 November 1404 | Louis I | |
| Yolande of Aragon | John I of Aragon (Barcelona) |
11 August 1384 | 2 December 1400 | 29 April 1417 husband's death |
14 November 1442 | Louis II | ||
| Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III | ||
| Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
c. 1400 | 24 October 1420 | 12 November 1434 husband's ascension |
28 February 1453 | René | ||
| Jeanne de Laval | Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval (Laval) |
10 November 1433 | 10 September 1454 | 10 July 1480 husband's death |
19 December 1498 | |||
| Jeanne de Lorraine | Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) |
1458 | 21 January 1474 | 10 July 1480 husband's ascension |
25 January 1480 | Charles IV | ||
Most dukes actually did marry but only after they ceased to be Dukes of Anjou because it was a tradition to award the son with the title of Duke of Orléans when they marry.
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy | Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (Savoy) |
2 September 1753 | 16 April 1771 | 1790 ceased to be duchess |
13 November 1810 | Louis VIII | ||