List of English consorts.html



See also: List of English monarchs.

Marriage of Henry V to Catherine of Valois

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.

House of Mercia, 774-796

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	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

House of Wessex, 802-1016

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	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
	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

House of Denmark, 1016-1042

House of Wessex (restored) and House of Godwin, 1042-1066

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
	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

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
	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

House of Plantagenet, 1154-1485

Direct Line, 1154-1399

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	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

House of Lancaster, 1399-1461, 1470-1471

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	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 1430	23 April 1445		30 May 1445	21 May 1471 husband's death1	25 August 1482	Henry VI
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of York, 1461-1470, 1471-1485

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Elizabeth Woodville	Woodville	c. 1437	1 May 14642		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

House of Tudor, 1485-1603

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Coronation	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	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
	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
	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

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
	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.

Notes

1. ^ 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
2. ^ Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was not made public for several months