List of Finnish consorts

The Consorts of Finland were the spouses of the Finnish Monarchs. They used the titles Grand Duchess of Finland, briefly Queen of the Finns, and later Queen consort of Finland:

Contents

Duchess of Finland

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Christina Torgilsdotter Torkel Knutsson - 1302, after 2 December 9 December 1305
divorce
- Valdemar
Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway Eric II of Norway
(Fairhair)
1297 29 September 1312 16 February 1318
husband's death
1353-7
Ingeborg Ulvsdotter of Tofta Ulf Abjörnsson
(Sparre)
- - 1353
husband inherit title
1356 - Benedict
Catherine Jagellon Sigismund I the Old
(Jagellon)
1 November 1526 4 October 1562 1563
husband imprisoned and stripped of title
16 September 1583 John

Grand Duchess of Finland

House of Vasa

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Catherine Jagellon Sigismund I the Old
(Jagellon)
1 November 1526 4 October 1562 1580s
husband adopted title
16 September 1583 Juhana III
Gunilla Bielke Johan Axelsson Bielke
(Bielke)
25 June 1568 15 February 1585 17 November 1592
husband's death
19 July 1597
Anna of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
16 August 1573 31 May 1592 17 November 1592
husband inherit title
10 February 1598 Sigismund
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp
Queen of Finns
Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
(Holstein-Gottorp)
13 April 1573 8 July 1592 22 March 1604
husband inherit title
1607
husband adopted title of King of Finns
30 October 1611
husband's death
8 December 1625 Kaarle IX
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
11 November 1599 25 November 1620 6 November 1632
husband's death
28 March 1655 Kustaa II Aadolf

House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
(Holstein-Gottorp)
23 October 1636 24 October 1654 13 February 1660
husband's death
24 November 1715 Kaarle X Kustaa
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark Frederick III of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
11 September 1656 6 May 1680 26 July 1693 Kaarle XI
Title fell into disuse

House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
Louise of Baden Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Zähringen)
24 January 1779 28 September 1793 29 March 1809
husband gain title
1 December 1825
husband's death
16 May 1826 Aleksanteri I
Charlotte of Prussia Frederick William III of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
13 July 1798 13 July 1817 1 December 1825
husband's ascension
2 March 1855
husband's death
1 November 1860 Nikolai I
Marie of Hesse and by Rhine Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
8 August 1824 16 April 1841 2 March 1855
husband's ascension
8 June 1880 Aleksanteri II
Dagmar of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
26 November 1847 9 November 1866 13 March 1881
husband's ascession
1 November 1894
husband's death
13 October 1928 Aleksanteri III
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
6 June 1872 13 July 1817 1 November 1894
husband's ascession
15 March 1917
Russian monarchy abolished
17 July 1918 Nikolai II

Kingdom of Finland

Queen consort-Elect

House of Hesse-Kassel

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse
Margaret of Prussia Frederick III, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
22 April 1872 25 January 1893 9 October 1918
husband's election
14 December 1918
husband renounced throne
22 January 1954 Väinö I

Possible/Titular Queen consort

House of Hesse-Kassel

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Titular Ceased to be Titular Death Spouse
Margaret of Prussia Frederick III, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
22 April 1872 25 January 1893 14 December 1918
husband renounced throne
28 May 1940
husband's death
22 January 1954 Väinö I
Marie Alexandra of Baden Prince Maximilian of Baden
(Zähringen)
1 August 1902 17 September 1924 28 May 1940
husband's accession
29 January 1944 Crown Prince Wolfgang

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ The claim to the Finnish throne is no longer acknowlegded by the Hessian royal family. But monarchist has considered Prince Philipp of Hesse, who, nonetheless, sees the idea of his pretension as ridiculous and refrains from making any claim to the Finnish throne.