List of English royal consorts
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The English royal consorts listed here were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England, excluding joint rulers William III and Mary II who reigned together in the 17th century.
Most of the consorts were women, and enjoyed titles and honours pertaining to a queen consort; some few were 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.
Athelstan, Edward the Martyr, Harold Harefoot(?), Harthacnut, William II, Edward V, Edward VI and Elizabeth I are all excluded from this list because they never married.
House of Wessex, 886–1013
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealhswith of Mercia | Æthelred Mucel | – | 868 | c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871) |
– | 26 October 899 | 5 December 902 | New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey | Alfred the Great | |
| Ælfflæd | Æthelhelm (father) | – | 899 | 26 October 899 | – | Late 910s Marriage dissolved |
– | – | Edward the Elder | |
| File:Picture of Queen Ediva in Canterbury Cathedral (detail).png | Eadgifu of Kent | Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (father) | c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 919 | – | 17 July 924 | c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | – | ||
| Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury | – | – | – | – | 944 | Shaftesbury Abbey | Edmund I the Magnificent | |||
| Æthelflæd of Damerham | Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex (father) | – | 944 | – | 26 May 946 | between 962 (975) and 991 | – | |||
| Ælfgifu | _ | – | 955 | – | 958 Marriage dissolved |
September 959 | Winchester Cathedral | Eadwig | ||
| Ælfthryth of Devon | Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon | – | 964/965 | 11 May 973 | 8 July 975 | 17 November 999–1001 | – | Edgar the Peaceful | ||
| Ælfgifu of York | Thored, Ealdorman of York | – | – | – | not later than 1002 | – | Ethelred II the Unready | |||
| File:EmmaNormanská.jpg | Emma of Normandy | Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1002 | – | 25 December 1013 husband's deposition |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | ||
House of Denmark, 1013–1014
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Sigrid and olaf.jpg | Sigrid the Haughty (Dubious authenticity) and/or Świętosława of Poland |
996 | 25 December 1013 | – | 3 February 1014 | Sweyn Forkbeard |
House of Wessex (restored, first time), 1014–1016
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:EmmaNormanská.jpg | Emma of Normandy (again) |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1002 | 3 February 1014 husband's restoration |
– | 23 April 1016 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | Ethelred II the Unready |
| Ealdgyth | – | c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1015 | 23 April 1016 | – | 30 November 1016 | Edmund II Ironside |
House of Denmark (restored), 1016–1042
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:EmmaNormanská.jpg | Emma of Normandy (again) |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | July 1017 | – | 12 November 1035 Husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | Canute the Great | |
House of Wessex (restored, second time), 1042–1066
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Edith z Wessexu.png | Edith of Wessex | Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir |
1029 | 23 January 1045 | 4 January 1066 Husband's death |
19 December 1075 | Westminster Abbey | Edward the Confessor | ||
| Ealdgyth | Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgifu |
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January 1066 | Not crowned | 14 October 1066 Husband's death |
1066 | Not known | Harold II Godwinson | ||
House of Normandy, 1066–1135, & 1141
In 1066, the Duke of Normandy, William, killed Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and overthrew the English elite, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. 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 | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Matilda-flanders sm.png | Matilda of Flanders | Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Adela of France |
c. 1031 | 1053 | 25 December 1066 Husband's accession |
11 May 1068 | 2 November 1083 | Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen | William I | |
| File:Matilda of Scotland Illumination.png | Matilda of Scotland | Malcolm III of Scotland Margaret of Wessex |
c. 1080 | 11 November 1100 | 11 (?) November 1100 | 1 May 1118 | Westminster Abbey | Henry I | ||
| File:Adeliza of Louvain.JPG | Adeliza of Louvain | Godfrey I, Count of Leuven Ida of Chiny |
c. 1103 | 24 January 1121 | 30 January 1121 | 1 December 1135 Husband's death |
23 April 1151 | Affligem Abbey | ||
| File:Geoffrey of Anjou Monument.jpg | Geoffrey V of Anjou | Fulk V of Anjou Ermengarde of Maine |
24 August 1113 | 1128 | 7 April 1141 Wife's accession (disputed) |
- | 1148 Wife's deposition |
7 September 1151 | Le Mans Cathedral | Matilda |
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's claims being ignored by the Norman barons. His wife, Matilda of Boulogne, became his Queen consort, but their son Eustace predeceased Stephen, and he was forced to appoint the Empress's son Henry as his successor.
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:MatildaofBoulogne.jpg | Matilda of Boulogne | Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Mary of Scotland |
c. 1105 | 1125 | 22 December 1135 Husband's accession |
22 March 1136 | 3 May 1152 | Faversham Abbey (tomb since lost) | Stephen | |
House of Plantagenet, 1154–1485
House of Lancaster, 1399–1461, 1470–1471
Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry IV, died in 1394, 5 years before he became king. Therefore, she is not regarded as a consort.
| Picture | Name | Arms | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Joana Canterbury.jpg | Joan of Navarre | File:Arms of Joan of Navarre.svg | Charles II of Navarre Joan of Valois |
c. 1370 | 7 February 1403 | 26 February 1403 | 20 March 1413 Husband's death |
10 June 1437 | Canterbury Cathedral | Henry IV | |
| File:Catherinevalois.png | Catherine of Valois | File:Arms of Catherine of Valois.svg | Charles VI of France Isabeau of Bavaria |
27 October 1401 | 2 June 1420 | 23 February 1421 | 31 August 1422 Husband's death |
3 January 1437 | Westminster Abbey | Henry V | |
| File:MargaretAnjou.jpg | Margaret of Anjou | File:Arms of Margaret of Anjou.svg | René of Anjou Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine |
23 March 1430 | 24 May 1444 (by proxy) 22 April 1445 |
30 May 1445 | 11 April 1471 Husband's deposition[1] |
25 August 1482 | Angers Cathedral | Henry VI | |
House of York, 1461–1470, 1471–1485
| Picture | Name | Arms | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:ElizabethWoodville.JPG | Elizabeth Woodville | File:Arms of Elizabeth Woodville.svg | Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Jacquetta of Luxembourg |
c. 1437 | 1 May 1464[2] | 26 May 1465 | 9 April 1483 Husband's death |
8 June 1492 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | Edward IV | |
| File:Anne Neville portrait.jpg | Anne Neville | File:Arms of Anne Neville.svg | Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick |
11 June 1456 | 12 July 1472 | 26 June 1483 Husband's accession |
6 July 1483 | 16 March 1485 | Westminster Abbey | Richard III | |
House of Tudor, 1485–1603
The husband of Queen Mary I was Philip II of Spain, who became king of England in right of his wife. Therefore he is not regarded as a consort.
Disputed consort
Since Lady Jane Grey was briefly queen de facto, her husband, Guildford Dudley, is included here. They were both executed for treason.
| Picture | Name | Arms | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Guildford Dudley.jpg | Lord Guildford Dudley | File:Arms of Dudley Family.svg | John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland Jane Guildford |
c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 25 May 1553 | 10 July 1553 Wife's accession (disputed) |
Uncrowned | 19 July 1553 Wife's deposition |
12 February 1554 | Church of St Peter ad Vincula | Jane |
House of Stuart, 1603–1707
With the death of Elizabeth I, the crown of England passed to her cousin and nearest heir, James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England as well. 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.
James II's first wife, Anne Hyde, died in 1671, 17 years before his accession to the throne. Therefore, she is not regarded as a consort.
Continuation of the list (British consorts)
This list continues at List of British royal consorts
See also
- List of English monarchs
- List of English royal mistresses
- List of royal consorts of Wessex
- List of Scottish royal consorts
- List of Irish royal consorts
- List of Aquitanian royal consorts
- Duchess of Normandy
- List of Angevin consorts
Notes
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- ↑ Henry VI was deposed 4 March 1461, restored 3 October 1470, and deposed again 11 April 1471. Throughout this time Margaret of Anjou was considered by the Lancastrians to be de jure Queen of England
- ↑ Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was not made public for several months.
- ↑ As recognized by Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
- ↑ As recognized by Spain and the Roman Catholic Church.
- ↑ She was no longer able to use the title in a public capacity after she was forbidden from doing so in November 23, 1541, although she still remained married to the king until her execution.
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