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
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
| Ealhswith of Mercia
| – | 868 | {{circa|886}} | – | 26 October 899 | 5 December 902 | New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey |
| Ælfflæd
| Æthelhelm (father) | – | 899 | 26 October 899 | – | Late 910s | – | – | rowspan=2 | Edward the Elder |
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| Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (father) | {{circa|903}} | colspan=2 | 919 | – | 17 July 924 | {{circa|966}} | – |
| Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
| – | – | colspan=2| – | – | colspan=2| 944 | rowspan=2| Edmund I the Magnificent |
| Æthelflæd of Damerham
| Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex (father) | – | colspan=2| 944 | – | 26 May 946 | between 962 (975) and 991 | – |
| Ælfgifu
| _ | – | colspan=2| 955 | – | 958 | September 959 | Eadwig |
| Ælfthryth of Devon
| – | colspan=2| 964/965 | 11 May 973 | 8 July 975 | 17 November 999–1001 | – |
| Ælfgifu of York
| – | colspan=2| | – | – | not later than 1002 | – | rowspan=2| Ethelred II the Unready |
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| Richard I, Duke of Normandy | {{circa|985}} | colspan=2| 1002 | – | 25 December 1013 | 6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
House of Denmark, 1013–1014
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Sigrid the Haughty | | | 996 | 25 December 1013 | – | 3 February 1014 | | |
House of Wessex (restored, first time), 1014–1016
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Emma of Normandy | Richard I, Duke of Normandy | {{circa|985}} | 1002 | 3 February 1014 | – | 23 April 1016 | 6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
| Ealdgyth
| – | {{circa|992}} | 1015 | 23 April 1016 | – | 30 November 1016 | | |
House of Denmark (restored), 1016–1042
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Emma of Normandy | Richard I, Duke of Normandy | {{circa|985}} | colspan="2"| July 1017 | – | 12 November 1035 | 6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
House of Wessex (restored, second time), 1042–1066
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Godwin, Earl of Wessex | 1029 | colspan="3"|23 January 1045 | 4 January 1066 | 19 December 1075 |
| Ealdgyth
| Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia | Unknown, | colspan="2"| January 1066 | Not crowned | 14 October 1066 | 1066 | Not known |
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.
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Baldwin V, Count of Flanders | c. 1031 | 1053 | 25 December 1066 | colspan="2"|2 November 1083 |
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| Malcolm III of Scotland | c. 1080 | colspan="2"|11 November 1100 | 11 (?) November 1100 | colspan="2"|1 May 1118 | rowspan="2"|Henry I |
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| Godfrey I, Count of Leuven | c. 1103 | colspan="2"|24 January 1121 | 30 January 1121 | 1 December 1135 | 23 April 1151 |
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| Fulk V of Anjou | 24 August 1113 | 1128 | 7 April 1141 | - | 1148 | 7 September 1151 | 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.
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!Picture !Name !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| Eustace III, Count of Boulogne | c. 1105 | 1125 | 22 December 1135 | 22 March 1136 | colspan="2"|3 May 1152 | Faversham Abbey (tomb since lost) | Stephen |
House of Plantagenet, 1154–1485
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 75px | William X, Duke of Aquitaine | c. 1122 | 18 May 1152 | 19 December 1154 | 19 December 1154 | 6 July 1189 | 1 April 1204 | Henry II |
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| | Louis VII of France | 1158 | 1162 | 1170 | 27 August 1172 | 11 June 1183 | 1197 |
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| 75px | Sancho VI of Navarre | Between 1165 and 1170 | colspan="3"|12 May 1191 | 6 April 1199 | 23 December 1230 |
| Isabella of Gloucester
| | William I, Earl of Gloucester | c. 1166 | 29 August 1189 | 27 May 1199 | Uncrowned | August 1200 | October 1217 | 24 June 1291 rowspan="2"|John |
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| 75px | Aymer of Angoulême | c. 1187 | colspan="2"|24 August 1200 | 8 October 1200 | 18 or 19 October 1216 | 31 May 1246 |
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| 75px | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence | c. 1223 | colspan="2"|14 January 1236 | 20 January 1236 | 16 November 1272 | 24 June 1291 |
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| 75px | Ferdinand III of Castile | 1241 | 1 November 1254 | 20 November 1272 | 19 August 1274 | colspan="2"|28 November 1290 | rowspan="2"|Edward I |
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| 75px | Philip III of France | c. 1279 |align="center" colspan="2"|8 September 1299 | Uncrowned | 7 July 1307 | 14 February 1318 |
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| 75px | Philip IV of France | 1285 | colspan="2"|20 May 1303 (by proxy) | 25 February 1308 | 20 January 1327 | 22 August 1358 |
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| 75px | William I, Count of Hainaut | 24 June 1314 | colspan="2"|24 January 1328 | 18 February 1330 | colspan="2"|15 August 1369 | rowspan="2" | Westminster Abbey |
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| 75px | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor | 11 May 1366 | colspan="2"| 20 January 1382 | 22 January 1382 | colspan="2"|7 June 1394 | rowspan="2"| Richard II |
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| 75px | Charles VI of France | 9 November 1387 | colspan="2"|12 March 1396 (by proxy) | 8 January 1397 | 30 September 1399 | 13 September 1409 | Abbey of St Laumer - later the Convent of the Celestines in Paris |
=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.
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 75px | Charles II of Navarre | c. 1370 | colspan="2"|7 February 1403 | 26 February 1403 | 20 March 1413 | 10 June 1437 | Henry IV |
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| 75px | Charles VI of France | 27 October 1401 |align="center" colspan="2"|2 June 1420 | 23 February 1421 | 31 August 1422 | 3 January 1437 | Henry V |
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| 75px | René of Anjou | 23 March 1430 | colspan="2"|24 May 1444 (by proxy) | 30 May 1445 | 11 April 1471 | 25 August 1482 | Henry VI |
=House of York, 1461–1470, 1471–1485=
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 75px | Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers | c. 1437 | colspan="2"|1 May 1464Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was not made public for several months. | 26 May 1465 | 9 April 1483 | 8 June 1492 |
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| 75px | Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick | 11 June 1456 | 12 July 1472 | 26 June 1483 | 6 July 1483 | colspan="2"|16 March 1485 |
House of Tudor, 1485–1603
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 75px | Edward IV of England | 11 February 1466 | colspan="2"|25 December 1483 (by proxy) | 25 November 1487 | colspan="2"|11 February 1503 |
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| 85px | Ferdinand II of Aragon | 16 December 1485 | colspan="2"|11 June 1509 | 23 May 1533 | 7 January 1536 | rowspan="6"|Henry VIII |
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| 85px | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire | Between 1501 and 1507 | colspan="2"|
| 17 May 1536 | 19 May 1536 Executed |
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| 85px | Sir John Seymour | c.1509 | colspan="2"|20 May 1536 | Uncrowned; | colspan="2"|24 October 1537 |
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| 85px | John III, Duke of Cleves | 28 June or 22 September 1515 | colspan="2"|4 October 1539 (by proxy) | Uncrowned | 12 July 1540 | 16 July 1557 |
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| 85px | Lord Edmund Howard | c.1524 | colspan="2"|28 July 1540 | Uncrowned | colspan="2"| 13 February 1542 |
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| 85px | August 1512 | colspan="2"|12 July 1543 | Uncrowned | 28 January 1547 | 7 September 1548 | St. Mary's Chapel, Sudeley Castle |
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.
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 75px | John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland | {{Circa|1535}} | 25 May 1553 | 10 July 1553 | Uncrowned | 19 July 1553 | 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.
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!Picture !Name !Arms !Parents !Birth !Marriage !Became consort !Coronation !Ceased to be consort !Death !Resting place !Spouse |
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| 85px | Frederick II of Denmark | 12 December 1574 | 20 August 1589 (by proxy) | 24 March 1603 | colspan="2"|4 March 1619 | Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey | James I |
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| 85px | Henry IV of France | 25 November 1609 | colspan="2"|11 May 1625 (by proxy) | Uncrowned | 30 January 1649 | 10 September 1669 |
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| 85px | John IV of Portugal | 25 November 1638 | colspan="2"|23 April 1662 (by proxy) | Uncrowned | 6 February 1685 | 30 November 1705 |
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| 85px | Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena | 5 October 1658 | 30 September 1673 (by proxy) | 6 February 1685 | 23 April 1685 | 11 December 1688 | 7 May 1718 | Convent of the Visitations, Chaillot | James II |
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| 75px | Frederick III of Denmark | 2 April 1653 | 28 July 1683 | 8 March 1702 | Uncrowned | 1 May 1707 | 28 October 1708 | Anne |
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
Notes
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