List of Castilian royal consorts explained

See also: List of Castilian monarchs. This is a list of the queens consort and kings consort of the Kingdom of Castile, and later, Crown of Castile.

It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian royal consorts and the list of Leonese royal consorts.

Countesses

Banu Mamaduna

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Sancha Sánchez of PamplonaSancho I of Pamplona
(Jiménez)
align="center"-May 932 – August 935c. 947
husband's reinstatement
aft. 4 December 959Fernán González
Urraca Garces of PamplonaGarcía Sánchez I of Pamplona
(Jiménez)
align="center"-bef. 5 May 964bef. 1 March 970
husband's death
bef. 1008
Ava of RibagorzaRaymond II, Count of Ribagorza
(Pallars-Ribagorza)
align="center"-align="center"-970 or afteralign="center"-align="center"-García Fernández
Urraca GómezGómez Díaz, Count of Saldaña
(Banu Gómez)
align="center"-c. 995c. 9951017
husband's death
1039Sancho García
Sancha of LeónAlfonso V of León
(Astur-Leonese)
1013November–December 10324 September 1037
became queen
27 November 1067Ferdinand I

Queens and Kings

House of Jiménez

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Sancha of León
[1] [2] [3]
Alfonso V of León
(Astur-Leonese)
1013November–December 10324 September 1037
husband's ascession as king
24 June 1065
husband's death
27 November 1067Ferdinand I
Alberta
[4]
align="center"-align="center"-late 1070/before 26 March 10717 October 1072
husband's death
align="center"-Sancho II
Agnes of Aquitaine
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids)
10591069 or late 1073/early 10747 October 1072
husband's ascension
or
late 1073/early 1074
marriage
after 22 May 1077
divorce or death
1077 or 1093 or after 1109Alfonso VI
Constance of Burgundy
Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)
1045December 1079 or 8 May 108025 July/25 October 1093
Bertha
align="center"-align="center"-December 1094 or April 10951099–1100
Isabel
[5]
align="center"-align="center"-1100, before 14 May1107, after 14 May
Beatrice
align="center"-align="center"-April/May 11081 July 1109
husband's death
align="center"-

House of Ivrea

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame consortCeased to be consortDeathSpouse
Berengaria of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
(Barcelona)
1116November 112815/31 January 1149Alfonso VII
Richeza of Poland
Władysław II the Exile
(Piast)
1130/1140October/December 115221 August 1157
husband's death
16 June 1185
Blanche of Navarre
Queen of Nájera
or
junior Queen of Castile
García Ramírez of Navarre
(Jiménez)
113730 January 115112 August 1156Sancho III
Eleanor of England
[6]
Henry II of England
(Plantagenet)
13 October 1162September 11775 October 1214
husband's death
31 October 1214Alfonso VIII
Mafalda of Portugal
Sancho I of Portugal
(Burgundy)
1194/7 1215, before 29 August1216
marriage dissolved
1 May 1256Henry I
Elisabeth of Swabia
Philip of Swabia
(Hohenstaufen)
March/May 1205November 12195 November 1235Ferdinand III
Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
Simon of Dammartin
(Dammartin)
12201237, before 20 November30 May 1252
husband's death
16 March 1279
Violant of Aragon
James I of Aragon
(Barcelona)
123626 December 124630 May 1252
husband's ascession
4 April 1284
husband's death
1301Alfonso X
María of Molina
Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina
(Anscarids)
1264/1265July 1281/12824 April 1284
husband's ascession
25 April 1295
husband's death
1 July 1321Sancho IV
Constance of Portugal
Denis of Portugal
(Burgundy)
3 January 129023 January 13027 September 1312
husband's death
18 November 1313Ferdinand IV
Constance of Peñafiel
Juan Manuel of Castile, Prince of Villena
(Anscarids)
1315–132328 November 13251327/1328
marriage annulled
13 November 1345Alfonso XI
Maria of Portugal
Afonso IV of Portugal
(Burgundy)
9 February 131324 June/September 132826/27 March 1350
husband's death
18 January 1357
Blanche of Bourbon
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon)
end 13393 July 135314 May/31 July 1361Peter

House of Trastámara

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Juana Manuel of Castile
Juan Manuel of Castile, Prince of Villena
(Anscarids)
133927 July 135023 March 1369
husband's ascession
29 May 1379
husband's death
27 March 1381Henry II
Eleanor of Aragon
Peter IV of Aragon
(Barcelona)
20 January 135818 June 137529 May 1379
husband's ascession
13 August 1382John I
Beatrice of Portugal
Ferdinand I of Portugal
(Burgundy)
9 December 137217 May 13839 October 1390
husband's death
8 March 1408
Catherine of Lancaster
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
(Lancaster)
31 March 137317 September 13889 October 1390
husband's ascession
25 December 1406
husband's death
2 June 1418Henry III
Maria of Aragon
Ferdinand I of Aragon
(Trastamara)
13961418 or 4 August 142018 February 1445John II
Isabella of Portugal
Infante John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz
(Aviz)
142822 July 144720 July 1454
husband's death
15 August 1496
Joan of Portugal
Edward of Portugal
(Aviz)
20 March 143921 May 14551468
marriage annulled
12 December 1475Henry IV
Ferdinand of Aragon
John II of Aragon
(Trastamara)
10 March 145219 October 146911 December 147415 January 1475
became King jure uxoris
23 January 1516Isabella I
Philip IV of Burgundy
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
22 July 147820 October 149626 November 150412 July 1506
became King jure uxoris
25 September 1506Joanna I

House of Habsburg

At 1556, the union of the Spanish kingdoms is generally called Spain and Mary I of England (second wife of Philip II) is listed as the first Queen consort of Spain.

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Notes and References

  1. also Hispanic Empress consort
  2. also Queen consort of Leon
  3. also Queen consort of Galicia
  4. also Queen consort of Portugal
  5. Either she was of French origins (perhaps Burgundian), she was Zaida of Seville, or there were two successive queens named Isabel, first, French, second Zaida.
  6. also Queen consort of Toledo
  7. Also Queen consort of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Upper Navarre, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia and Corsica; Countess of Barcelona.