- Queen Mother
Queen Mother is a title reserved for a widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that union is the reigning monarch. The term has been used in England since at least 1577. - Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (ca. 1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, were part of the complex beginning of the considerable political and religious upheaval which was the English Reformation, with Anne herself actively promoting the cause of Church reform. - Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette, and later becoming Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre, was the Queen consort of France, as the wife of Louis XVI. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. She was a direct descendant of powerful European royalty, including Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille, to whom she can trace her ancestry back through both her parents. - Queen Of Prussia
The Queen of Prussia was the consort of the ruler of the Kingdom of Prussia, from its establishment in 1701 to its abolition in 1918. As all rulers of Prussia had to be male, there was never a Queen regnant of Prussia. Until 1806, the Queen of Prussia was also Electress of Brandenburg; after 1871, she was also German Empress. Until 1772, her title was "Queen in Prussia" (see King in Prussia). - Catherine Of Aragon
Katherine of Aragon, "Castilian" Infanta Catalina de Aragón y Castilla, also known popularly after her time as Catherine of Aragon, was the first wife and Queen Consort of Henry VIII of England. Henry tried to have their twenty-four year marriage annulled in part because all their male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I) surviving as heiress presumptive, … - Eleanor Of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess of Poitou (1122 – April 1 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the High Middle Ages. She was Queen consort of both France and England in turn and the mother of both King Richard I and King John. She is well known for her involvement in the Second Crusade. - Catherine Of Braganza
Catherine of Braganza (25 November 1638 - 31 December 1705) was a Portuguese Infanta and the queen consort of Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. - Elizabeth Of York
Elizabeth of York, born Elizabeth, Princess of England (February 11, 1466 - February 11, 1503) was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England, whom she married in 1486, the mother of King Henry VIII, and the sister of King Edward V. - Mary Tudor
Mary I (18 February, 1516 - 17 November, 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July1553 (de facto) or 19 July 1553 (de jure) until her death on 17 November, 1558. Mary, the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, after the uncrowned Jane Grey and before Elizabeth I, is remembered for briefly returning England to Roman Catholicism. - Anne Of Cleves
Anne of Cleves (22 September 1515 - 16 July 1557) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as "Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother", to avoid confusion with her daughter, Elizabeth II. Before her husband ascended the throne, from 1923 to 1936 she was known as the Duchess of York. She was the last Queen of Ireland and Empress of India. - Anne Of Denmark
Anne of Denmark was queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England. The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark, Anne married James in 1589 at the age of fourteen and bore him three children who survived infancy, including the future Charles I of England. She demonstrated an independent streak and a willingness to use factional Scottish politics in her conflicts with James over the custody of Prince Henry and his treatment of her friend Beatrix Ruthven. - Mary Of Teck
Mary of Teck was the Queen Consort of George V. Queen Mary was also the Empress of India. Before her accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales. In her own right she held the title of a Princess of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg with the style "Her Serene Highness". To her family, she was informally known as "May", after her birth month. - Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr, also known as Katherine or Katharine Parr(e), was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII of England. She was queen consort of England during 1543–1547, then dowager queen of England. She was the most married English queen, with four husbands. - Edward I of England
Edward I, popularly known as Longshanks, also as "Edward the Lawgiver" because of his legal reforms, and as "Hammer of the Scots", achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who tried to do the same to Scotland. He reigned from 1272 to 1307, ascending the throne of England on 21 November 1272 after the death of his father, King Henry III of England. His mother was queen consort Eleanor of Provence. - Eleanor Of Castile
Eleanor of Castile (after 1363-27 February 1416) was an infanta of Castile and the Queen consort of Navarre. She was the daughter of King Henry II of Castile and his wife, Juana Manuel of Castile, from a cadet branch of the Castilian royal house. She married King Charles III of Navarre. Of eight children, only two survived their father: Blanche I of Navarre, wife of Juan II of Aragon, and Isabella de Navarre, wife of Jean IV d'Armagnac. - Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville or Wydville (c. 1437 - 7/8 June 1492) was the Queen consort of King Edward IV of England from 1464 until his death in 1483. - Eleanor Of Castile
Eleanor of Castile (1241 - 28 November, 1290) was the first Queen consort of Edward I of England. - Mary Of Modena
Mary of Modena (5 October 1658 - 7 May 1718) was the queen consort of King James II of England and VII of Scotland. Daughter of Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena and Laura Martinozzi (niece of Jules Cardinal Mazarin), she was born in Modena and christened Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este. She had a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, and thought briefly of becoming an abbess in an order of nuns founded by her mother. - Anne Of Austria
Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 - January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Navarre and regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. During her relatively brief regency (1643-1651) Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister. - Isabella Of France
Isabella of France (c.1295 - August 22, 1358), known as the "She-Wolf of France",(this sobriquet has been appropriated - now, all but transferred to Isabella - from Shakespeare's "Henry VI", where it is used to refer to Henry's Queen, Margaret of Anjou) was the Queen consort of Edward II of England. She was a member of the House of Capet. Isabella was born in Paris sometime between 1288 and 1296, the daughter of King Philip IV of France and Queen Jeanne of Navarre, … - Eleanor Of Provence
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 - 26 June,1291) was Queen Consort of King Henry III of England. - Anne Neville
Anne Neville (June 11, 1456 - March 16, 1485) was Queen consort of King Richard III of England 1483-1485. - Alexandra Of Denmark
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 - 20 November 1925) was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign. Prior to that, she was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901 (the longest anyone has ever held that title). From 1910, until her death, she was the Queen Mother, being a queen and the mother of the reigning monarch, George V of the United Kingdom, … - Philippa Of Hainault
Philippa of Hainault (c. 1314 - August 15 1369) was the Queen consort of Edward III of England. Philippa was born in Valenciennes (then in Flanders, now France) and was the daughter of William III, Count of Hainaut and Jeanne of Valois, the granddaughter of Philip III of France. Some sources describe Philippa as being of African descent. - Mary Of Guise
Marie de Guise (in English, "Mary of Guise") (November 22, 1515 - June 11 1560) was the Queen Consort of James V of Scotland and the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was Regent, or Governor, of Scotland 1554-1560. The eldest daughter of Claude, Duke of Guise, head of the French House of Guise, and his wife Antoinette of Bourbon, Marie was born at Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine. On August 4 1534, at the age of 18, she was married to Louis of Orleans, Duke of Longueville, … - Charlotte Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Queen Charlotte was the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820). She is the grandmother of Queen Victoria, and the great-great-great-great grandmother of the current Queen of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II. Queen Charlotte was a patroness of the arts, known to Johann Christian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among others. She was also an amateur botanist who helped establish Kew Gardens. George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children, … - Isabella Of Castile
Isabella I (April 22 1451 - November 26 1504) was Queen regnant of Castile and Leon. She and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, laid the foundation for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Carlos I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor). The Castilian version of her name was Isabel, which traces etymologically to Hebrew "Elisth" or 'Elizabeth'. In Germanic countries, she is usually known by the Italian form of her name, 'Isabella'. - Matilda Of Flanders
Matilda of Flanders was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England and the wife of William I the Conqueror. She was the daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders, and Adèle (1000-1078/9), daughter of Robert II of France. Accustomed to speaking her mind and getting her way, the 4'2"-tall (Britain's smallest queen) Matilda (or "Maud") told the representative of William, Duke of Normandy (later king of England as William the Conqueror), who had come asking for her hand, … - Maria Theresa Of Austria
Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, Archduchess of Austria, was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Maria Theresa was the oldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction to allow her to succeed to the Habsburg monarchy, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Opposition to her acceding to the throne led to the War of the Austrian Succession in 1740. - Maria Theresa Of Austria
Archduchess Maria Theresa (Isabella) of Austria (31 July, 1816, Vienna - 8 August, 1867, Albano) was the second Queen consort of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. - Wives Of Henry VIII
The six wives (queens consort) of Henry VIII of England were, in order: Catherine of Aragon (annulled), Anne Boleyn (beheaded), Jane Seymour (died, childbirth fever), Anne of Cleves (annulled), Catherine Howard (beheaded), and Catherine Parr (survived him). Of the six queens, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour each gave Henry one child who survived infancy - two daughters and one son, and all three of them would eventually succeed in the throne as Edward VI, … - Marguerite de Valois
Marguerite de Valois (May 14, 1553 - May 27, 1615), "Queen Margot" ("La reine Margot") was Queen of France and Navarre. - Caroline Of Brunswick
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 to her death. - Margaret Of Austria
Margaret of Austria (December 25, 1584-October 3, 1611), Queen of Spain and Portugal, was the daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria, and the sister of the Emperor Ferdinand II. She married Philip III of Spain on 18 April 1599. Margaret was a great patroness of the arts. She was very influential in palace life. She was the mother of: * Anne of Austria (1601 - 1666), who became Queen of France; wife of King Louis XIII of France. - Catherine De' Medici
Catherine de' Medici was born in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici, the daughter of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, countess of Boulogne. She was queen consort of France from 1547 to 1559 as the wife of King Henry II of France. In 1533, Catherine was married at the age of fourteen to Henry, the second son of King Francis I of France, to further the interests of her uncle, Pope Clement VII. - Henrietta Maria Of France
Henrietta Maria was Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (13 June 1625 – 30 January 1649) through her marriage to Charles I. The U.S. state of Maryland (in Latin, "Terra Mariae") was so named in her honour by Cæcilius Calvert, son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore<sup></sup>. Cape Henrietta Maria, at the western meeting of James Bay and Hudson Bay in Northern Ontario, is also named for her. - Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda (February 1101 - September 10, 1167; Saxon form Maud or Maude), also called Matilda, Countess of Anjou or Matilda, Lady of the English, was the daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England. She was married to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and then to Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, by whom she became the mother of Henry II of England. - Adelaide Of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia; later Queen Adelaide; 13 August 1792-2 December 1849) was the Queen Consort of William IV. Prior to becoming Queen, she was known as "Her Royal Highness" The Duchess of Clarence. - Marie De' Medici
Marie de' Medici, born as Maria de' Medici, was queen consort of France under the French name Marie de Médicis. She was the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the Bourbon branch of the kings of France. Later she was the regent for her son King Louis XIII of France.
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