List of Angevin consorts explained

See also: List of Angevin monarchs. 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.

Countess of Anjou

First creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Adelais d'Amboiseperhaps a Count Foulque brother-in-law of Adalard, Archbishop of Tours and Raino, Bishop of Angers
(Amboise)
?????Ingelger
Roscilla de LochesWarnerius, seigneur de Loches87402 Mar 897 ??05 Jul 929 Fulk I
Gerberge??937942
husband's ascension
before 952Fulk II
? of BloisTheobald the Ancient, Viscount of Blois
(Blois)
?954960
husband's death
?
?
Adele of MeauxRobert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux
(Carolingian-Vermandois)
?965974/982Geoffrey I
Adelaise de Chalon?925March 97921 July 987
husband's death
?
Elisabeth de VendômeBouchard I, Count of Vendôme
(Bouchardides)
9589891000Fulk III
Hildegard de Metz?964after 100021 June 1040
husband's death
1 April 1046
Agnes of BurgundyOtto-William, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
9951 January 103221 June 1040
husband's ascension
1049/52
divorce
1068Geoffrey II
Grécie of Langeais?
(Langeais)
?before 15 August 1052?
divorce
?
Adele Le Teutonneprobably Odo II, Count of Blois?before 22 May 1060?
divorce
after 1062
Grécie of Langeais?
(Langeais)
??14 November 1060
husband's death
?
Julienne de LangeaisHamelin, seigneur de Langeais
(Langeais)
?before 106014 November 1060
husband's ascension
after 7 August 1067Geoffrey III
Hildegarde of BeaugencyLancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency
(Beaugency)
??1068
husband's ascension
before 1070Fulk IV
Ermengarde de Bourbon-DampierreArchambaud IV, seigneur de Bourbon
(Bourbon-Dampierre)
?1070before 1076
divorce
?
Orengarde de ChâtelaillonIsembard, seigneur de Châtel-Aillon
(Châtelaillon)
?10761080
divorce
?
Mantie de BrienneWalter I, Count of Brienne
(Brienne)
?around 10801087
divorce
?
Bertrade de MontfortSimon I, seigneur de Montfort
(Montfort)
107010891092
abducted
14 February 1117
Eremburga, Countess of MaineElias I, Count of Maine
(Beaugency)
109611 July 111015 January/12 October 1126Fulk V
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Matilda of EnglandHenry I of England
(Normandy)
7 February 110117 June 1128before 2 June 1129
husband's ascension
7 September 1151
husband's death
10 September 1167Geoffrey V
Eleanor, Duchess of AquitaineWilliam X, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfid)
112218 May 11526 July 1189
husband's death
1 April 1204Henry I
Margaret of FranceLouis VII of France
(Capet)
November 11572 November 1160June 1170
husband's accession
11 June 1183
husband's death
August/September 1197Henry II
Berengaria of NavarreSancho VI of Navarre
(Jiménez)
between 1165 and 117012 May 11916 April 1199
husband's death
23 December 1230Richard I

Second creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Beatrice of ProvenceRaymond Berenguer IV of Provence
(Barcelona)
123431 January 12461247
husband's ascension
23 September 1267Charles I
Margaret of BurgundyEudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre
(Burgundy)
125018 November 12687 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308
Maria of HungaryStephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257May/June 12707 January 1285
husband's ascension
1290
husband's death
25 March 1323Charles II

Fourth creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame CountessCeased to be CountessDeathSpouse
Bonne of BohemiaJohn of Bohemia
(Luxembourg)
20 May 13156 August 133211 September 1349John II
Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne and BoulogneWilliam XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
(Auvergne)
8 May 132613 February 135022 August 1350
became Queen of France
29 September 1360

Fifth creation

Duchess of Anjou

First creation

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Marie of Blois-ChâtillonCharles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany
(Châtillon)
1343/59 July 1360before October in 1360
elevated from a countess
20 September 1384
husband's death
12 November 1404Louis I
Yolande of AragonJohn I of Aragon
(Barcelona)
11 August 13842 December 140029 April 1417
husband's death
14 November 1442Louis II
Margaret of SavoyAmadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
1410s or 7 August 14201424/31 August 143212 November 1434
husband's death
30 September 1479Louis III
Isabella, Duchess of LorraineCharles II, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
c. 140024 October 142012 November 1434
husband's ascension
28 February 1453René
Jeanne de LavalGuy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval
(Laval)
10 November 143310 September 145410 July 1480
husband's death
19 December 1498
Jeanne de LorraineFrederick II of Vaudémont
(Lorraine)
145821 January 147410 July 1480
husband's ascension
25 January 1480Charles IV

Second creation

None

Third creation

None

Fourth creation

None

Fifth creation

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.

See also