List of Norwegian royal consorts explained

This is a list of queens consort of Norway. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries, with some individual queens also shaping their own roles. Many have ruled the country side by side with their husband and some have become sole regents. The marriage of an heir or a king was most often affected by politics and alliances were often affirmed by marriages in the royal families. It was also not permitted for a long period for royalty to marry non-royalty. Thus the choice of wife would be narrow in one's own country and most of the queens in this list are not native to their husband's country.Due to unions with Denmark and Sweden the queens listed for 1380–1814 were also queens of Denmark and the queens listed for 1814–1905 were also queens of Sweden.

Fairhair dynasty

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Non-contemporary
Ragnhild the MightyEirik of Jutland-885888
Her death
-Harald I[1]

Non-contemporary
Gunnhild Gormsdóttir of Denmark
[2]
Gorm the Old of Denmark
(Knytlinga)
910 922931
husband's accession
934
husband's desposition
after 970Eric I

Knýtling dynasty

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Gunhild of Wenden
[legendary]
[3]
Burislav of Wendlandperhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I. Sweyn Forkbeard

Non-contemporary
Sigrid Storråda
[legendary]
Skagul TosteDen Store Danske Encyklopædi identifies the consort of Sweyn I as Gunhild, and considers the Sigrid the Haughty of the sagas to be based on her, but predominantly a work of "complete fiction". She subsequently married Sweyn II, who later divorced her on orders from the church, since both of them were grandchildren of the Slavic consort of Eric the Victorious of Sweden. Source: Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, CD-ROM edition, entries Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde.
(name unknown)
Mieszko I of Poland
(Piast)
perhaps identical to one or both of previous

Hardrada dynasty

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Elisaveta Yaroslavna of KievYaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev
(Rurikid)
c. 1025 Winter of 1043-4425 October 1047
husband's ascession
25 September 1066
husband's death
c. 1067Harald III
Ingerid Swensdatter of DenmarkSweyn II of Denmark
(Estridsen)
?c. 1067 c. 1093
husband's death
?Olaf III
Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden
[4]
Inge I of Sweden
(Stenkil)
1080sc. 1101 August 1103
husband's death
c. 1130Magnus III
Guttorm Toresson ??August 1103
husband's accession
29 August 1123
husband's death
?
Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev
Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev
(Rurikid)
c. 11051116 and 1120 26 March 1130
husband's death
after 1137Sigurd I
Canute Lavard
(Estridsen)
c. 1118c. 1132c. 1133

Gille dynasty

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Prince Ragnvald Ingesson of Sweden
(Stenkil)
1100–10c. 1134c. 1136
husband's death
after 1161
Nikolas Måse ??c. 1142
husband's accession
c. 1157

Hardrada (Skakke) dynasty

Sverre dynasty

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Margaret Eriksdotter of SwedenEric IX of Sweden
(Eric)
?c. 11899 March 1202
husband's death
c. 1209
Margrete SkulesdatterSkule Bårdsson c. 1208 25 May 122515 December 1263
husband's death
c. 1270
Rikissa Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
[5]
Birger Magnusson of Bjelbo
(Bjelbo)
c. 1237c. 12515 May 1257
husband's death
after 1288Haakon Haakonsson the Young
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of DenmarkEric IV of Denmark
(Estridsen)
c. 124411 September 126116 December 1263
husband's accession
9 May 1280
husband's death
c. 1287
Margaret of ScotlandAlexander III of Scotland
(Dunkeld)
28 February 1261c. 12819 April 1283
Isabel BruceRobert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
(Bruce)
c. 1272 c. 129315 July 1299
husband's death
1358
Euphemia of RügenGünther, Count of Arnstein c. 1270Spring of 129915 July 1299
husband's accession
c. 1312

House of Bjelbo

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse

Non-contemporary
Blanche of Namur
[6] [7]
John I, Marquis of Namur
(Dampierre)
13205 November 133515 August 1343
husband's desposition
1363

Non-contemporary
Margaret Valdemarsdatter of Denmark
Valdemar IV of Denmark
(Estridsen)
1353 9 April 136311 September 1380
husband's death
28 October 1412

House of Oldenburg

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Dorothea of Brandenburg
[12] [13]
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
(Hohenzollern)
1430–3128 October 144921 May 1481
husband's death
10 November 1495
Interregnum (1481–1483)
Christina of Saxony
Ernest, Elector of Saxony
(Wettin)
25 December 14616 September 14781483
husband's ascession
20 February 1513
husband' death
8 December 1521
Isabella of Austria
Philip I of Castile
(Habsburg)
18 July 150112 August 151520 January 1523
husband's desposition
19 January 1526
Sophie of Pomerania
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
(Pomerania)
14989 October 151820 January 1523
husband's ascession
10 April 1533
husband's death
13 May 1568Frederick I
Interregnum (1533–1537)
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
9 July 151129 October 1525 1537
husband's ascession
1 January 1559
husband's death
7 October 1571Christian III
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow)
4 September 155720 July 15724 April 1588
husband's death
14 October 1631Frederick II
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
26 June 1575 27 November 15978 April 1612Christian IV
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
24 March 1628 1 October 1643 28 February 1648
husband's ascession
9 February 1670
husband's death
20 February 1685Frederick III
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel)
27 April 1650 25 June 16679 February 1670
husband's ascession
25 August 1699
husband's death
27 March 1714Christian V
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow)
28 August 1667 5 December 169525 August 1699
husband's ascession
15 March 1721Frederick IV
Anne Sophie Reventlow
Conrad, Count Reventlow
(Reventlow)
16 April 1693 4 April 172112 October 1730
husband's death
7 January 1743
Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach
(Hohenzollern)
28 November 1700 7 August 172112 October 1730
husband's ascession
6 August 1746
husband's death
27 May 1770Christian VI
Louise of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
(Hanover)
7 December 1724 11 December 1743 6 August 1746
husband's ascession
19 December 1751Frederick V
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Brunswick-Bevern)
4 September 1729 8 July 175213 January 1766
husband's death
10 October 1796
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
Frederick, Prince of Wales
(Hanover)
11 July 17518 November 176610 May 1775Christian VII
Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
[14]
Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel)
28 October 1767 31 July 1790 13 March 1808
husband's ascession
14 January 1814
husband's desposition
22 March 1852 Frederick VI

House of Bernadotte

PictureCoat of ArmsName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Désirée Clary
François Clary8 November 1777 17 August 1798 5 February 1818
husband's ascession
8 March 1844
husband's death
17 December 1860Charles III John
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Eugène de Beauharnais
(Beauharnais)
14 March 1807 19 June 18238 March 1844
husband's ascession
8 July 1859
husband's death
7 June 1876Oscar I
Louise van Oranje-Nassau
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
(Orange-Nassau)
5 August 1828 19 June 1850 8 July 1859
husband's ascession
30 March 1871Charles IV
Sophia of Nassau
William, Duke of Nassau
(Nassau-Weilburg)
9 July 1836 6 June 185718 September 1872
husband's ascession
26 October 1905
husband's renounce claim after the Union dissolved
30 December 1913Oscar II

House of Glücksburg

PictureCoat of ArmsName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
[15] Maud of WalesEdward VII of the United Kingdom
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
26 November 1869 22 July 1896 18 November 1905
husband's ascession
20 November 1938Haakon VII
Sonja HaraldsenKarl August Haraldsen4 July 193729 August 196817 January 1991
husband's accession
Incumbent-Harald V

See also

Notes and References

  1. Harald I had many other wives but it isn't certain if they are his spouse or just concubines. They were: Åsa Håkonsdotter of Lade, Gyda Eriksdotter of Jutland, Svanhild Øysteinsdotter, Åshild Ringsdotter of Ringerike, Snæfrithr Svásadottir, and Tora Mosterstong, his maidservant.
  2. Also Queen consort of Jórvík
  3. Also Queen consort of England
  4. Also Queen consort of Mann and the Isles.
  5. Co queen.
  6. Also Queen consort of the Goths.
  7. Also Queen consort of the Geats.
  8. Also Queen consort of Denmark.
  9. Also Queen consort of the Wends.
  10. Also Queen consort of Sweden.
  11. 1st time.
  12. Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein.
  13. 2nd time.
  14. Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  15. Coat of arms as a British Princess