List of Aquitanian royal consorts explained

The consorts of Aquitaine were the spouses of the Aquitanian monarchs. They were mostly Duchess but other held the titles Lady or Queen.

Early Frankish Duchesses

Merovingian dynasty, 629–632

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
Gisela of Gascony?Amand of Gasconyc. 610before 62918 October 629
husband's accession
8 April 632
husband's death
ca. 632Charibert II
Fulberte???????
Kingdom passed to Neustria and Burgundy in 632; dukes were appointed to Aquitaine

Carolingian dynasty, 778–877

Duchess of Aquitaine

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (1st time), 852 - 893

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Bilichild of MaineRorgon II, Count of Maineca. 812c. 845 c. 852
husband's accession
c. 866
husband's death
after 866Ranulf I
Interregnum 866–887
Ermengard or Ada??c. 882???c. 935Ranulf II
Aremburga?ca. 87910 October 891c. 893
husband's desposition
c. 935Ebalus

House of Auvergne, 893 - 927

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Engelberga of ProvenceBoso of Provence
(Bosonids)
?before 898c. 893
husband's accession
c. 917 William I
Gerletta Rolfsdottir891???14 October 962William II

House of Rouergue, 932 - 955

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Garsindaperhaps García II of Gascony
(Gascony)
c. 900c. 932
husband's accession
c. 936
husband's desposition
c. 972Raymond I
Bertha of ArlesBoso, Margrave of Tuscany
(Bosonids)
c. 912c. 936 c. 936
husband's accession
c. 955
husband's desposition
18. August 965Raymond II

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (3rd time), 962 - 1189

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Gerloc/Adèle of NormandyRollo of Normandy
(Normandy)
?c. 935935 as claimant duchess
962 husband's accession
14 October 962William III
Emma of BloisTheobald I of Blois
(Blois)
c. 955c. 968995 husband retired to monastery1 August 1004 William IV
Adalemode of Limoges??c. 997c. 1006William V
Prisca of GasconyWilliam II, Duke of Gascony
(Gascony)
?c. 1011c. 1016/1018
Agnes of BurgundyOtto-William, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
c. 995 c. 1019 31 January 1030
husband's death
10 November 1068
Eustachie of Montreuil-Bellay?Berlay III??c. 1031 c. 1038March 1038William VI
Ermesinde??c. 1041 ??William VII
Garsende of PérigordAldabert II, Count of Périgord?c. 1044Autumn 1058
husband's accession
November 1058
divorce
?William VIII
Mathildeperhaps Audebert of La Marche?c. 1058/9May 1068
divorce
?
Hildegarde of BurgundyRobert I, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)
c. 1056c. 1068/925 September 1086
husband's death
1104
Ermengarde of AnjouFulk IV, Count of Anjou
(Anjou)
c. 1068 c. 1089c. 1091
marriage dissolved
1 June 1146William IX
Philippa of Toulouse William IV, Count of Toulouse
(Rouergue)
c. 1073c. 1094 c. 1116
retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault
28 November 1118
Aénor of ChâtelleraultAimery, Viscount I of Châttellerault(Châttellerault)c. 1103c. 112110 February 1126
husband's accession
March 1130 William X

House of Plantagenet, 1189 - 1449

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Berengaria of NavarreSancho VI of Navarre
(Jiménez)
between 1165 and 117012 May 11916 April 1199
husband's death
23 December 1230Richard I
<-- Deleted image removed: -->Isabella of AngoulêmeAymer, Count of Angoulême
(Taillefer)
c. 118724 August 120018 or 19 October 1216
husband's death
31 May 1246John I
Eleanor of ProvenceRamon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona)
c. 122314 January 123616 November 1272
husband's death
24 June 1291Henry II
Eleanor of CastileFerdinand III of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 12411 November 125416 November 1272
husband's accession
28 November 1290Edward I
Marguerite of FrancePhilip III of France
(Capet)
c. 12828 or 10 September 12997 July 1307
husband's death
14 February 1317
Isabella of FrancePhilip IV of France
(Capet)
between 1288 and 129625 January 130831 May 1325
son became duke
or
20 January 1327
husband's deposition
22 August 1358Edward II
Philippa of HainaultWilliam I, Count of Hainault
(Avesnes)
24 June 1311 24 January 1328c. 1337
became claimant French queen
15 August 1369Edward III

English Occupation

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged with the English claimed Crown of France, 1337–1360; so Philippa of Hainault, the Queen of Edward III was also the Duchess of Aquitaine

Princess of Aquitaine (royal title), 1362 - 1372

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1369–1390; so Anne of Bohemia, first queen of Richard II was also the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Duchess of Aquitaine (under England), 1390 - 1422

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Constance of CastilePeter of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 1354 21 September 1371c. 1390
created Duchess
24 March 1394John II
Katherine de RoetPayne de Roet 25 November 1350 13 January 1396 3 February 1399
husband's death
10 May 1403

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1413–1449; so the English queens: Joanna of Navarre, Catherine of Valois and Margaret of Anjou were also Duchesses of Aquitaine. After the loss of most of Aquitaine to the Valois, the French kings gain completed rights to title that they had taken back from Edward III in 1337.

The Duchy of Aquitaine was reclaimed by the Crown of France in 1337; but it wasn't until 1449 that the Valois kings were able to conquer it from the Plantaganets. The Kings of France granted the title of Duke of Guyenne to their heirs, the Dauphins. The title was used after the fall of the French monarchy by the member of the Bourbon family.

Duchess of Guyenne

House of Valois and Bourbon, since 1337

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PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Bonne of BohemiaJohn of Bohemia
(Luxembourg)
20 May 13156 August 1332c. 1349
title created
11 September 1349John II
Jeanne I of AuvergneWilliam XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
(Auvergne)
8 May 1326 13 February 134922 August 1350
became Queen of France
29 September 1360
Margaret of BurgundyJohn the Fearless
(Valois-Burgundy)
c. 1393 c. 1403 February 1442
her death
February 1442Louis, Dauphin of France
Vacant