List of English royal consorts explained

The English royal consorts listed here were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England, excluding the joint rulers, Mary I and Philip who reigned together in the 16th century, and 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.

House of Wessex, 886–1013

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Ealhswith of Mercia	Æthelred Mucel	-	868	(Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871)	-	26 October 899	5 December 902	New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey	Alfred the Great
Ælfflæd	Æthelhelm (father)	-	899	26 October 899	-	Late 910s Marriage dissolved	-	-	Edward the Elder
Eadgifu of Kent	Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (father)		919		-	17 July 924		-	Edward the Elder
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury	-	-	-		-	944		Shaftesbury Abbey	Edmund I the Magnificent
Æthelflæd of Damerham	Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex (father)	-	944		-	26 May 946	between 962 (975) and 991	-	Edmund I the Magnificent
Ælfgifu	_	-	955		-	958 Marriage dissolved	September 959	Winchester Cathedral	Eadwig
Ælfthryth of Devon	Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon	-	964/965		11 May 973	8 July 975	17 November 999–1001	-	Edgar the Peaceful
	Thored, Ealdorman of York	-			-	-	not later than 1002	-	Ethelred II the Unready
Emma of Normandy	Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor		1002		-	25 December 1013 husband's deposition	6 March 1052	Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral	Ethelred II the Unready

House of Wessex (restored, first time), 1014–1016

Picture	Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
	Emma of Normandy (again)	Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor		1002	3 February 1014 husband's restoration	-	23 April 1016 husband's death	6 March 1052	Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral	Ethelred II the Unready
	Ealdgyth	-		1015	23 April 1016	-	30 November 1016			Edmund II Ironside

House of Wessex (restored, second time), 1042–1066

Picture	Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
	Edith of Wessex	Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir	1029	23 January 1045			4 January 1066 Husband's death	19 December 1075	Westminster Abbey	Edward the Confessor
	Ealdgyth	Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgifu	Unknown, fl.	January 1066		Not crowned	14 October 1066 Husband's death	1066	Not known	Harold II Godwinson

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.

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Matilda of Flanders	Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Adela of France	c. 1031	1053	25 December 1066 Husband's accession	11 May 1068	2 November 1083		Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen	William the Conqueror
Matilda of Scotland	Malcolm III of Scotland Margaret of Wessex	c. 1080	11 November 1100		11 (?) November 1100	1 May 1118		Westminster Abbey	Henry I
Adeliza of Louvain	Godfrey I, Count of Leuven Ida of Chiny	c. 1103	24 January 1121		30 January 1121	1 December 1135 Husband's death	23 April 1151	Affligem Abbey	Henry I
Geoffrey V of Anjou	Fulk V of Anjou Ermengarde of Maine	24 August 1113	1128	7 April 1141 Wife's accession (disputed)	-	1148 Wife's deposition	7 September 1151	Le Mans Cathedral	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.

House of Plantagenet, 1154–1485

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Eleanor of Aquitaine	William X, Duke of Aquitaine Aenor de Châtellerault	c. 1122	18 May 1152	19 December 1154 Husband's accession	19 December 1154	6 July 1189 Husband's death	1 April 1204	Fontevraud Abbey	Henry II
Margaret of France	Louis VII of France Constance of Castile	1158	1162	1170 Husband's accession	27 August 1172	11 June 1183 Husband's death	1197	Cathedral of Tyre	Henry the Young King
Berengaria of Navarre	Sancho VI of Navarre Sancha of Castile	Between 1165 and 1170	12 May 1191			6 April 1199 Husband's death	23 December 1230	L'Épau Abbey	Richard I
Isabella of Angoulême	Aymer of Angoulême Alice of Courtenay	c. 1187	24 August 1200		8 October 1200	18 or 19 October 1216 Husband's death	31 May 1246	Fontevraud Abbey	John
Eleanor of Provence	Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence Beatrice of Savoy	c. 1223	14 January 1236		20 January 1236	16 November 1272 Husband's death	24 June 1291	Amesbury Abbey	Henry III
Eleanor of Castile	Ferdinand III of Castile Joan, Countess of Ponthieu	1241	1 November 1254	20 November 1272 Husband's accession	19 August 1274	28 November 1290		Westminster Abbey	Edward I
Margaret of France	Philip III of France Marie of Brabant	1282	8 September 1299		Uncrowned	7 July 1307 Husband's death	14 February 1317	Christ Church Greyfriars	Edward I
Isabella of France	Philip IV of France Joan I of Navarre	1285	20 May 1303 (by proxy) 24 January 1308		25 February 1308	20 January 1327 Husband's deposition	22 August 1358	Christ Church Greyfriars	Edward II
Philippa of Hainault	William I, Count of Hainaut Joan of Valois	24 June 1314	24 January 1328		18 February 1330	15 August 1369		Westminster Abbey	Edward III
Anne of Bohemia	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Elizabeth of Pomerania	11 May 1366	20 January 1382		22 January 1382	7 June 1394		Westminster Abbey	Richard II
Isabella of Valois	Charles VI of France Isabeau of Bavaria	9 November 1387	12 March 1396 (by proxy) 31 October 1396		8 January 1397	30 September 1399 Husband's deposition	13 September 1409	Abbey of St Laumer - later the Convent of the Celestines in Paris	Richard II

House of Lancaster, 1399–1461, 1470–1471

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Joan of Navarre	Charles II of Navarre Joan of Valois	c. 1370	7 February 1403	26 February 1403	20 March 1413 Husband's death	10 June 1437	Canterbury Cathedral	Henry IV
Catherine of Valois	Charles VI of France Isabeau of Bavaria	27 October 1401	2 June 1420	23 February 1421	31 August 1422 Husband's death	3 January 1437	Westminster Abbey	Henry V
Margaret of Anjou	René of Anjou Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine	23 March 1430	24 May 1444 (by proxy) 22 April 1445	30 May 1445	11 April 1471 Husband's deposition^[1]	25 August 1482	Angers Cathedral	Henry VI

House of York, 1461–1470, 1471–1485

Picture	Name	Arms	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
	Elizabeth Woodville		Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Jacquetta of Luxembourg	c. 1437	1 May 1464^[2]		26 May 1465	9 April 1483 Husband's death	8 June 1492	St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle	Edward IV
	Anne Neville		Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick	11 June 1456	12 July 1472	26 June 1483 Husband's accession	6 July 1483	16 March 1485		Westminster Abbey	Richard III

House of Tudor, 1485–1603

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Elizabeth of York	Edward IV of England Elizabeth Woodville	11 February 1466	25 December 1483 (by proxy) 18 January 1486	25 November 1487	11 February 1503		Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey	Henry VII
Catherine of Aragon	Ferdinand II of Aragon Isabella I of Castile	16 December 1485	11 June 1509	24 June 1509	23 May 1533 Marriage annulled^[3] or 7 January 1536 Death^[4]	7 January 1536	Peterborough Cathedral	Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn	Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire Lady Elizabeth Howard	Between 1501 and 1507	14 November 1532 (secret wedding) 25 January 1533 (actual wedding) 28 May 1533 (marriage declared legal)	1 June 1533	17 May 1536 Marriage annulled	19 May 1536 Executed	Church of St Peter ad Vincula
Jane Seymour	Sir John Seymour Margery Wentworth	c.1509	20 May 1536	Uncrowned; Proclaimed Queen 4 June 1536	24 October 1537		St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Anne of Cleves	John III, Duke of Cleves Maria of Jülich-Berg	28 June or 22 September 1515	4 October 1539 (by proxy) 6 January 1540	Uncrowned	12 July 1540 Marriage annulled	16 July 1557	Westminster Abbey
Catherine Howard	Lord Edmund Howard Joyce Culpeper	c.1524	28 July 1540	Uncrowned	13 February 1542 Executed ^[5]		Church of St Peter ad Vincula
Catherine Parr	Sir Thomas Parr Maud Green	August 1512	12 July 1543	Uncrowned	28 January 1547 Husband's death	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.

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.

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Coronation	Ceased to be consort	Death	Resting place	Spouse
Anne of Denmark	Frederick II of Denmark Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow	12 December 1574	20 August 1589 (by proxy) 23 November 1589	24 March 1603 Husband's accession	25 July 1603	4 March 1619		Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey	James I
Henrietta Maria of France	Henry IV of France Marie de' Medici	25 November 1609	11 May 1625 (by proxy) 13 June 1625		Uncrowned	30 January 1649 Husband's death	10 September 1669	Basilica of St Denis	Charles I
Catherine of Braganza	John IV of Portugal Luisa de Guzmán	25 November 1638	23 April 1662 (by proxy) 21 May 1662		Uncrowned	6 February 1685 Husband's death	30 November 1705	Monastery of São Vicente de Fora	Charles II
Mary of Modena	Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena Laura Martinozzi	5 October 1658	30 September 1673 (by proxy)	6 February 1685 Husband's accession	23 April 1685	11 December 1688 Husband's deposition	7 May 1718	Convent of the Visitations, Chaillot	James II
Prince George of Denmark		2 April 1653	28 July 1683	8 March 1702 Wife's accession	Uncrowned	1 May 1707 Act of Union 1707; continued as British royal consort	28 October 1708	Westminster Abbey	Anne

Continuation of the list (British consorts)

This list continues at List of British royal consorts

Notes and References

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
Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was not made public for several months.
As recognized by Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
As recognized by Spain and the Roman Catholic Church.
She was no longer able to use the title in a public capacity after she was forbidden from doing so in November 23, 1541, although she still remained married to the king until her execution.