List o French consorts
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This is a list o the weemen wha haes been queens consort or empresses consort o the French monarch. Aw Frainch monarchs wis male, awthough some weemen haes governed Fraunce as regents.
53 weemen wis mairit tae French monarchs: 49 queens an three empresses. Ingeborg o Denmark and Anne o Brittany wis ilkane queen mair nor aince. Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy wis queen de jure durin the Republican and Imperial periods, but neiver wife o the de facto heid o the French state.
Frae 1285 to 1328, the Navarre an Fraunce crouns wis unitit bi virtue o the mairiage o Joan I o Navarre til Philip IV o Fraunce, an bi the succession o their three sons, Louis X, Philip V, an Charles IV. Thus, the guidwifes o thir three kings wis Navarre queens consort as weel as Fraunce queens consort. Wi Charles IV's daith, housomever, Navarre passed out o the French kings' haunds until 1589, whan Henry III o Navarre became Henry IV o Fraunce.
Upon Henry IV's succession, his guidwife, Margaret o Valois, wha wis awready queen consort o Navarre, forby became queen consort o Fraunce. Thereefter, until 1791, queens o Fraunce wis forby queens o Navarre. The croun o Navarre merged wi the French crown in 1620, but the French kings conteenad tae ca thairsels Keeng o Navarre until 1791. The teetle o King o Navarre wis reassumed wi the Restoration o 1814–15, but dropped with the Revolution o 1830; the Bonaparte an Orléans consorts didna uise it.
Regents[eedit | eedit soorce]
Mony French consorts actit as regents for their husbands or their children during the children's minorities. These were:

- 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse |
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Ermentrude o Orléans | Odo, Coont o Orléans | 823 | 842 | 869 | Charles II the Bald | |||
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Richilde o Provence | Bivin o Gorze | c. 845 | 870 | 5/6 October 877 | 2 Juin 910 | |||
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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 | |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Direct Capetians[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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Adelaide o Aquitaine | William III, Duke o Aquitaine | c. 945 | 970 | 3 July 987 | 24 October 996 | 1004 | Hugh | ||
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Rozala o Italy | Berengar II o Italy | c. 937 | 988/989 | 996 | 996 | 7 Februar 1003 | Robert II | ||
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Bertha o Burgundy | Conrad o Burgundy | c. 952 | 996 | 1000 | 1035? | ||||
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Constance o Arles | William I, Coont o Provence | 986 | 1003 | 20 July 1031 | 25 Julie 1034 | ||||
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Matilda of Frisia | Liudolf, Margrave o Frisia | c. 1024 | 1034 | 1044 | Henry I | ||||
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Anne o Kiev | Yaroslav I, Grand Prince o Kiev | c. 1024 | 19 Mey 1051 | 4 August 1060 | 1075 | ||||
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Bertha o Holland | Floris I, Count o Holland | c. 1055 | 1072 | 1092 | 1094 | Philip I | |||
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Bertrade de Montfort | Simon I de Montfort | c. 1070 | 15 May 1092 | 29 Julie 1108 | 1117 | ||||
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Adélaide de Maurienne | Humbert II, Coont o Savoy | 1092 | 3 August 1115 | 1 August 1137 | 18 November 1154 | Louis VI | |||
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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 | |
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Constance o Castile | Alfonso VII o León an Castile | 1141 | 1154 | 1154 | 1160 | ||||
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Adèle o Champagne | Theobald II, Coont o Champagne | c. 1140 | 1164 | ? | 18 September 1180 | 4 Juin 1206 | |||
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Isabelle o Hainaut | Baldwin V, Count o Hainaut | 5 Aprile 1170 | 1180 | 29 Mey 1180 | 1190 | Philip II | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Ingeborg o Denmark | Valdemar I o Denmark | 1175 | 15 August 1193 | 25 August 1193 | 5 November 1193 separated |
29 Julie 1236 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Agnes o Merania | Berthold IV, Duke o Merania | about 1175 | June 1196 | ? | 1200 repudiated |
20 Julie 1201 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Ingeborg o Denmark | Valdemar I o Denmark | 1175 | 15 August 1193 | 1200 restored |
14 Julie 1223 husband's daith |
29 Julie 1236 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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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 | ![]() ![]() |
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Marguerite o Provence | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count o Provence | c. 1221 | 27 May 1234 | ? | 25 August 1270 | 21 December 1295 | Louis IX | ![]() ![]() | |
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Isabella o Aragon | James I o Aragon | 1247 | 28 May 1262 | 25 August 1270 | Not crowned | 28 Januar 1271 | Philip III | ![]() ![]() | |
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Marie o Brabant | Henry III, Duke o Brabant | 1254 | 21 August 1274 | 24 Juin 1275 | 5 October 1285 | 10 Januar 1321 | ![]() | ||
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Joan I o Navarre | Henry I o Navarre | c. 14 Januar 1271 | 16 August 1284 | 5 October 1285 | ? | 4 Aprile 1305 | Philip IV | ![]() | |
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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. | |
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Clementia o Hungary | Charles Martel o Anjou | 1293 | 19 August 1315 | 24 August 1315 | 5 Juin 1316 | 12 October 1328 | ![]() | ||
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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 | ![]() |
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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. | |
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Marie de Luxembourg | Henry VII, Haly Roman Emperor | 1304 | 21 September 1322 | 15 Mey 1323 | 26 Mairch 1324 | ![]() | |||
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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File:Jeanne of Burgundy2.JPG | 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 | ![]() | |
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Blanche o Navarre | Philip III o Navarre | 1330–1333 | 29 January 1350 | not crowned | 22 August 1350 husband's daith | 5 October 1398 | ![]() | ||
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Jeanne Auvergne | William XII, Coont o Auvergne | 8 Mey 1326 | 13 Februar 1349 | 22 August 1350 | 26 September 1350 | 29 September 1360 | John II | ![]() | |
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Jeanne de Bourbon | Peter I, Duke o Bourbon | 3 Februar 1338 | 1350 | 8 April 1364 | 19 Mey 1364 | 4 Februar 1378 | Charles V | ![]() | |
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 |
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Hoose o Valois[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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 | ![]() | |
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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)[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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 | ![]() |
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Anne of Brittany | Francis II, Duke of Brittany | 25 January 1477 | 8 Januar 1499 | 18 November 1504 | 9 January 1514 | ![]() | |||
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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)[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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 | ![]() | ||
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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 | ![]() | ||
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() | |
File:Louise Lorraine.jp | 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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 | ![]() | |||
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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 | ![]() | |
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Maria Theresa o Austrick | Philip IV o Spain | 10 September 1638 | 9 Juin 1660 | Not crowned | 30 Julie 1683 | Louis XIV | ![]() | ||
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Marie Leszczyńska | Stanisław I o Poland | 23 Juin 1703 | 4 September 1725 | Not crowned | 24 Juin 1768 | Louis XV | ![]() | ||
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became empress | Coronation | Ceased to be empress | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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File:Detail 12.JPG | 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 | ![]() |
File:Deatil dofp.JPG | 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Bourbons o Fraunce[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became queen | Coronation | Ceased to be queen | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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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[eedit | eedit soorce]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became empress | Coronation | Ceased to be empress | Death | Spouse | Arms |
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File:Eugénie edit.JPG | 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 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