List o French consorts

Eugénie de Montijo, the last French consort

Marie Antoinette, queen consort of Louis XVI, wis killed the French Revolution.

This is a list of the women who have been queens consort or empresses consort o the French monarch. All monarchs o Fraunce were male, although some women have governed Fraunce as regents.

53 women were mairit tae French monarchs: 49 queens an three empresses. Ingeborg o Denmark and Anne o Brittany were each queen mair nor aince. Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy was queen de jure during the Republican and Imperial periods, but never wife o the de facto head o the French state.

From 1285 to 1328, the crowns o Navarre an Fraunce were unitit bi virtue o the mairiage o Joan I o Navarre tae Philip IV o Fraunce, an bi the succession of their three sons, Louis X, Philip V, an Charles IV. Thus, the wives o these three kings were queens consort o Navarre as well as o Fraunce. With the daith o Charles IV, however, Navarre passed out o the hands o the French kings until 1589, when Henry III o Navarre became Henry IV o Fraunce.

Upon Henry IV's succession, his wife, Margaret o Valois, who was already queen consort of Navarre, also became queen consort o Fraunce. Thereafter, until 1791, queens of France were also queens o Navarre. The crown of Navarre merged with the French crown in 1620, but the French kings continued to call themselves Keeng o Navarre until 1791. The teetle o King o Navarre wis reassumed with the Restoration o 1814–15, but dropped with the Revolution of 1830; the Bonaparte an Orléans consorts did not use it.

Regents

Many French consorts acted as regents for their husbands or their children during the children's minorities. These were:

Catherine de' Medici served as regent for her husband and sons

• Anne o Kiev, 1060–66, during the minority of her son, Philip I
• Adèle o Champagne, 1190–92, while her son was participating in the Third Crusade
• Blanche o Castile:
  • 1226–1234: During the minority of her son Louis IX
  • 1248–1252: During the absence of her son Louis IX on crusade.
• Joan the Lame, who often governed for her husband Philip VI whilst he wis fighting.
• Isabeau o Bavarie (inconsistently atween 1393–1420), during the insanity o her husband Charles VI, during which she vied for power with her husband's uncles and brithers.
• Catherine de' Medici:
  • 1552: While her husband Henry II left the kinrick for the campaign of Metz
  • 1560–1563: During the minority o her second son, Charles IX
  • 1574: During the absence o her third son, Henry III, in Poland
• Marie de' Medici, 1610–1614, during the minority o her son, Louis XIII
• Anne o Austrick, 1643–1651, during the minority o her son Louis XIV
• Empress Eugenie, three times for her husband, Napoleon III, during his absence.

Madame de Maintenon

Madame de Maintenon, mistress o Louis XIV, mairit the king in the winter o 1685–1686 privately bi François de Harlay de Champvallon, archbishop o Paris, in the presence, it is believed, o Père la Chaise, the king's confessor, the Marquis de Montchevreuil, the chevalier de Forbin, an Alexandre Bontemps. Owing tae the inequality o social status, she and the King did not mairy openly (which would have allowed her tae become queen). Nae written proof of the mairiage is extant, but that it took place is nevertheless certain. It is important tae remember that Madame de Maintenon wis niver queen o Fraunce, simply a ryal consort.

Carolingian dynasty

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse
	Ermentrude o Orléans	Odo, Coont o Orléans	823	842			869		Charles II the Bald
	Richilde o Provence	Bivin o Gorze	c. 845	870			5/6 October 877	2 Juin 910
	Adelaide o Paris	Adalard o Paris	c. 850-853	Februar 875	5/6 October 877		10 Aprile 879	10 November 901	Louis II the Stammerer
	Richardis	Erchanger, Coont o Nordgau	c. 840	862	12 December 884		13 Januar 888	18 September, 894-896	Charles the Fat
	Théodrate o Troyes		868	before 885	Februar 888		1 Januar 898	903	Odo I
	Frederonne		887	907			917		Charles III the Simple
	Eadgifu of England	Edward the Elder o England	902	7 October 919			922	after 955
	Béatrice de Vermandois	Herbert I, Coont o Vermandois	c. 880	895	922		923	after 931	Robert I
	Emma o Fraunce	Robert I o Fraunce	894	921	13 Julie 923		934		Rudolph
	Gerberga o Saxony	Henry the Fowler o Germany	c. 913	939			10 September 954	5 Mey 984	Louis IV
	Emma o Italy	Lothair II o Italy	c. 948	965			26 Mairch 986	?	Lothair
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse

Capetian dynasty

Direct Capetians

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Adelaide o Aquitaine	William III, Duke o Aquitaine	c. 945	970	3 July 987		24 October 996	1004	Hugh
	Rozala o Italy	Berengar II o Italy	c. 937	988/989	996		996	7 Februar 1003	Robert II
	Bertha o Burgundy	Conrad o Burgundy	c. 952	996			1000	1035?
	Constance o Arles	William I, Coont o Provence	986	1003			20 July 1031	25 Julie 1034
	Matilda of Frisia	Liudolf, Margrave o Frisia	c. 1024	1034			1044		Henry I
	Anne o Kiev	Yaroslav I, Grand Prince o Kiev	c. 1024	19 Mey 1051			4 August 1060	1075
	Bertha o Holland	Floris I, Count o Holland	c. 1055	1072			1092	1094	Philip I
	Bertrade de Montfort	Simon I de Montfort	c. 1070	15 May 1092			29 Julie 1108	1117
	Adélaide de Maurienne	Humbert II, Coont o Savoy	1092	3 August 1115			1 August 1137	18 November 1154	Louis VI
	Eleanor o Aquitaine	William X, Duke o Aquitaine	1122	22 July 1137	1137	25 December 1137	21 Mairch 1152 annulment	1 Aprile 1204	Louis VIIe
	Constance o Castile	Alfonso VII o León an Castile	1141	1154		1154	1160
	Adèle o Champagne	Theobald II, Coont o Champagne	c. 1140	1164		?	18 September 1180	4 Juin 1206
	Isabelle o Hainaut	Baldwin V, Count o Hainaut	5 Aprile 1170	1180		29 Mey 1180	1190		Philip II
	Ingeborg o Denmark	Valdemar I o Denmark	1175	15 August 1193		25 August 1193	5 November 1193 separated	29 Julie 1236
	Agnes o Merania	Berthold IV, Duke o Merania	about 1175	June 1196		?	1200 repudiated	20 Julie 1201
	Ingeborg o Denmark	Valdemar I o Denmark	1175	15 August 1193	1200 restored		14 Julie 1223 husband's daith	29 Julie 1236
	Blanche o Castile	Alfonso VIII o Castile	4 Mairch1188	22 Mey 1200	14 Julie 1223	6 August 1223	8 November 1226	26 November 1252	Louis VIII
	Marguerite o Provence	Ramon Berenguer IV, Count o Provence	c. 1221	27 May 1234		?	25 August 1270	21 December 1295	Louis IX
	Isabella o Aragon	James I o Aragon	1247	28 May 1262	25 August 1270	Not crowned	28 Januar 1271		Philip III
	Marie o Brabant	Henry III, Duke o Brabant	1254	21 August 1274		24 Juin 1275	5 October 1285	10 Januar 1321
	Joan I o Navarre	Henry I o Navarre	c. 14 Januar 1271	16 August 1284	5 October 1285	?	4 Aprile 1305		Philip IV
	Marguerite o Burgundy	Robert II, Duke o Burgundy	1290	23 September 1305	29 November 1314	uncrowned	15 August 1315		Louis X	Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Arms unknown.
	Clementia o Hungary	Charles Martel o Anjou	1293	19 August 1315		24 August 1315	5 Juin 1316	12 October 1328
	Jeanne II, Countess of Burgundy	Otto IV, Count of Burgundy	1291	1307	20 November 1316	9 Januar	3 Januar 1322	21 January 1330	Philip V of France
	Blanche of Burgundy		c. 1296	1308	3 Januar 1322	uncrowned	19 May 1322	Aprile 1326	Charles IV	Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Arms unknown.
	Marie de Luxembourg	Henry VII, Haly Roman Emperor	1304	21 September 1322		15 Mey 1323	26 Mairch 1324
	Jeanne d'Évreux	Louis, Count o Évreux	1310	5 Julie 1325		11 Mey 1326	1 Februar 1328 husband's daith	4 Mairch 1371
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Hoose o Valois

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
80px	Joan the Lame	Robert II, Duke o Burgundy	24 Juin 1293	July 1313	1 Februar/1 Aprile 1328	27 Mey 1328	12 September 1348		Philip VI
	Blanche o Navarre	Philip III o Navarre	1330–1333	29 January 1350		not crowned	22 August 1350 husband's daith	5 October 1398
	Jeanne Auvergne	William XII, Coont o Auvergne	8 Mey 1326	13 Februar 1349	22 August 1350	26 September 1350	29 September 1360		John II
	Jeanne de Bourbon	Peter I, Duke o Bourbon	3 Februar 1338	1350	8 April 1364	19 Mey 1364	4 Februar 1378		Charles V
	Isabeau o Bavarie	Stephen III, Duke o Bavarie	c. 1370	17 July 1385		1389	21 October 1422 husband's daith	24 September 1435	Charles VI
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Hoose o Lancaster

Some sources refer to Marguerite o Anjou as Queen o Fraunce, but her right tae enjoy that teetle is disputed. She wis briefly recognised only in Inglis-controlled territories of France.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Marguerite o Anjou	René I o Naples	23 Mairch 1430	23 April 1445		nae crowned as Queen o Fraunce	19 October 1453 defeat o the Inglis in the Hunder Years' War	25 August 1482	Henry VI o Ingland
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Capetian dynasty

Hoose o Valois

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Marie of Anjou	Louis II o Naples	14 October 1404	18 December 1422		?	22 Julie 1461 husband's daith	1463	Charles VII
	Charlotte o Savoy	Louis, Duke o Savoy	1443	14 February 1451	22 July 1461	?	30 August 1483 husband's daith	1 December 1483	Louis XI
	Anne o Brittany	Francis II, Duke o Brittany	25 Januar 1477	6 December 1491		8 Februar 1492	7 April 1498 husband's daith	9 Januar 1514	Charles VIII
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Hoose o Valois (Orléans branch)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Jeanne o Valois	Louis XI o Fraunce	23 Aprile 1464	8 September 1476	7 April 1498 husband's ascension	Not crowned	December 1498 annulment	4 February 1505	Louis XII
	Anne of Brittany	Francis II, Duke of Brittany	25 January 1477	8 Januar 1499		18 November 1504	9 January 1514
	Mary Tudor	Henry VII o Ingland	18 Mairch 1496	9 October 1514		5 November 1514	1 Januar 1515 husband's daith	25 Juin 1533
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Hoose o Valois (Angoulême branch)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Claude o Fraunce	Louis XII o Fraunce	14 October 1499	18 May 1514	1 Januar 1515 husband's ascension	10 Mey 1517	20 Julie 1524		Francis I
	Eleanor o Austrick	Philip I o Castile	15 November 1498	4 July 1530		5 March 1532	31 March 1547 husband's daith	25 Februar 1558
	Catherine de' Medici	Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke o Urbino	13 April 1519	28 October 1533	31 Mairch 1547 husband's ascension	10 Juin 1549	10 Julie 1559 husband's death	5 January 1589	Henry II
	Mary, Queen o Scots	James V o Scotland	8 December 1542	24 April 1558	10 Julie 1559 husband's ascension	Not crowned because already crowned Queen o Scotland	5 December 1560 husband's daith	8 Februar 1587	Francis II
	Elisabeth o Austrick	Maximilian II, Haly Roman Emperor	5 June 1554	26 November 1570		25 March 1571	30 May 1574 husband's death	22 January 1592	Charles IX
80px	Louise o Lorraine	Nicholas o Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur	30 Aprile 1553	13 Februar 1575		Not crowned	2 August 1589 husband's daith	29 Januar 1601	Henry III
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Bourbons o Fraunce

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Marguerite o Fraunce	Henry II o Fraunce	14 Mey 1553	18 August 1572	2 August 1589 husband's accession	Not crowned	1599 marriage annulled	27 March 1615	Henry IV
	Marie de' Medici	Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany	26 April 1573	5 October? 1600		13 Mey 1610	14 Mey 1610 husband's daith	3 July 1642
	Anne o Austrick	Philip III o Spain	22 September 1601	24 November 1615		Not crowned	14 May 1643 husband's death	20 Januar 1666	Louis XIII
	Maria Theresa o Austrick	Philip IV o Spain	10 September 1638	9 Juin 1660		Not crowned	30 Julie 1683		Louis XIV
	Marie Leszczyńska	Stanisław I o Poland	23 Juin 1703	4 September 1725		Not crowned	24 Juin 1768		Louis XV
	Marie Antoinette o Austrick	Francis I, Haly Roman Emperor	2 November 1755	19 Aprile 1770 (bi proxy) 16 Mey 1770	10 Mey 1774 husband's ascension	Not crowned	21 September 1792 husband's deposition	16 October 1793 executed	Louis XVI
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms

Bonaparte

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became empress	Coronation	Ceased to be empress	Death	Spouse	Arms
80px	Joséphine de Beauharnais	Joseph Gaspard Tascher	23 June 1763	9 March 1796	18 May 1804 husband's ascension	2 December 1804	10 Januar 1810 divorce	29 May 1814	Napoleon I
80px	Marie Louise o Austrick	Francis II, Haly Roman Emperor	12 December 1791	11 Mairch 1810 (bi proxy) 1 Aprile 1810		Not crowned	6 April 1814 husband's abdication	17 December 1847
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became empress	Coronation	Ceased to be empress	Death	Spouse	Arms

Capetian dynasty

Bourbons o Fraunce

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Marie Thérèse o Fraunce	Louis XVI o Fraunce	19 December 1778	June 1799	2 August 1830 for 20 minutes	niver crouned	2 August 1830 husband's abdication	19 October 1851	Louis XIX

Hoose o Orléans

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became queen	Coronation	Ceased to be queen	Death	Spouse	Arms
	Maria Amalia o Naples an Sicily	Ferdinand I o the Twa Sicilies	26 April 1782	25 November 1809	9 August 1830 husband's ascension	Not crowned	24 February 1848 husband's abdication	24 Mairch 1866	Louis-Philippe I

Hoose o Bonaparte

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became empress	Coronation	Ceased to be empress	Death	Spouse	Arms
80px	Eugénie de Montijo	Cipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero, Coont o Montijo	5 Mey 1826	30 Januar 1853		Not crowned	4 September 1870 husband's deposition	11 Julie 1920	Napoleon III

References

• Joy Law, Fleur de lys: The kings and queens of France. ISBN 978-0-07-036695-4
• Rene de La Croix, duc de Castries, The Lives of the Kings & Queens of France. ISBN 0-394-50734-7
• Elsie Thornton-Cook, Royal Line of France: The Story of the Kings and Queens of France. ISBN 978-0-8369-0939-5