List of French royal consorts

This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the Third Republic was declared.

This article is about French royal consorts beginning with the 843 Treaty of Verdun. For royal consorts before 843, see List of Frankish queens.
"Queen of France" redirects here. For the ship, see USS Queen of France.

Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, was beheaded during the French Revolution.

Living wives of reigning monarchs technically became queen consorts, including Margaret of Burgundy and Blanche of Burgundy who were kept in prison during their whole queenships.

Carolingian dynasty
Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse
Ermentrude of OrléansOdo, Count of Orléans823842869Charles the Bald
Richilde of ProvenceBivin of Gorzec. 8458705/6 October 8772 June 910
Adelaide of ParisAdalard of Parisc. 850–853February 8755/6 October 87710 April 87910 November 901Louis the Stammerer
Théodrate of Troyesunknown868before 885February 8881 January 898903Odo
FrederunaDietrich of Ringelheim887907917Charles the Simple
Eadgifu of WessexEdward the Elder9027 October 919922after 955
Beatrice of VermandoisHerbert I, Count of Vermandoisc. 880895922923after 931Robert I
Emma of FranceRobert I of France89492113 July 923934Rudolph
Gerberga of SaxonyHenry I of Germanyc. 91393910 September 9545 May 984Louis IV
Emma of ItalyLothair II of Italyc. 94896526 March 986 ?Lothair
Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse

Capetian dynasty

Direct Capetians
Main article: House of Capet
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Adelaide of AquitaineWilliam III, Duke of Aquitainec. 9459703 July 98724 October 9961004Hugh
Rozala of ItalyBerengar II of Italyc. 937988/9899969967 February 1003Robert II
Bertha of BurgundyConrad I of Burgundyc. 95299610001035?
Constance of ProvenceWilliam I, Count of Provence986100320 July 103125 July 1034
Matilda of FrisiaLiudolf, Margrave of Frisiac. 102410341044Henry I
Anne of KievYaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kievc. 102419 May 10514 August 10601075
Bertha of HollandFloris I, Count of Hollandc. 1055107210921094Philip I
Bertrade de MontfortSimon I de Montfortc. 107015 May 109229 July 11081117
Adelaide of MaurienneHumbert II, Count of Savoy10923 August 11151 August 113718 November 1154Louis VI
Eleanor, Duchess of AquitaineWilliam X, Duke of Aquitaine112222 July 1137113725 December 113721 March 1152
annulment		1 April 1204Louis VII
Constance of CastileAlfonso VII of León and Castile1141115411541160
Adela of ChampagneTheobald II, Count of Champagnec. 11401164?18 September 11804 June 1206
Isabella of HainaultBaldwin V, Count of Hainaut5 April 1170118029 May 11801190Philip II
Ingeborg of DenmarkValdemar I of Denmark117515 August 119325 August 11935 November 1193
separated		29 July 1236
Agnes of MeraniaBerthold IV, Duke of Meraniaabout 1175June 1196 ?1200
repudiated		20 July 1201
Ingeborg of DenmarkValdemar I of Denmark117515 August 11931200
restored		14 July 1223
husband's death		29 July 1236
Blanche of CastileAlfonso VIII of Castile4 March 118822 May 120014 July 12236 August 12238 November 122626 November 1252Louis VIII
Margaret of ProvenceRamon Berenguer IV, Count of Provencec. 122127 May 1234 ?25 August 127021 December 1295Louis IX
Isabella of AragonJames I of Aragon124728 May 126225 August 1270Not crowned28 January 1271Philip III
Maria of BrabantHenry III, Duke of Brabant125421 August 127424 June 12755 October 128510 January 1322
Joan I of NavarreHenry I of Navarre14 January 1273[1]16 August 12845 October 12855 January 12864 April 1305Philip IV
Margaret of BurgundyRobert II, Duke of Burgundy129023 September 130529 November 1314uncrowned15 August 1315Louis X[2]
Clementia of HungaryCharles Martel of Anjou129319 August 131524 August 13155 June 131612 October 1328
Joan II, Countess of BurgundyOtto IV, Count of Burgundy1291130720 November 13169 January 13173 January 132221 January 1330Philip V of France
Blanche of Burgundyc. 129613083 January 1322uncrowned19 May 1322April 1326Charles IV[3]
Marie of LuxembourgHenry VII, Holy Roman Emperor130421 September 132215 May 132326 March 1324
Jeanne d'ÉvreuxLouis, Count of Évreux13105 July 132511 May 13261 February 1328 husband's death4 March 1371
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

House of Valois
Main article: House of Valois
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Joan the LameRobert II, Duke of Burgundy24 June 1293July 13131 April 132829 May 132812 September 1348Philip VI
Blanche of NavarrePhilip III of Navarre1330–133329 January 1350not crowned22 August 1350 husband's death5 October 1398
Joanna I of AuvergneWilliam XII, Count of Auvergne8 May 132613 February 134922 August 135026 September 135029 September 1360John II
Joanna of BourbonPeter I, Duke of Bourbon3 February 1338April 13508 April 136419 May 13646 February 1378Charles V
Isabeau of BavariaStephen III, Duke of Bavariac. 137017 July 138523 August 138921 October 1422
husband's death		24 September 1435Charles VI
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

House of Lancaster

Some sources refer to Margaret of Anjou as Queen of France,[4] but her right to enjoy that title is disputed. She was briefly recognized only in English-controlled territories of France. (See also: Dual monarchy of England and France)

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Margaret of AnjouRené of Naples23 March 143023 April 1445not crowned as Queen of France19 October 1453
defeat of the English in the Hundred Years' War		25 August 1482Henry VI of England
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

Capetian dynasty

House of Valois
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Marie of AnjouLouis II of Naples14 October 140418 December 1422 ?22 July 1461
husband's death		1463Charles VII
Charlotte of SavoyLouis, Duke of Savoy144314 February 145122 July 1461 ?30 August 1483
husband's death		1 December 1483Louis XI
Anne of BrittanyFrancis II, Duke of Brittany25 January 14776 December 14918 February 14927 April 1498
husband's death		9 January 1514Charles VIII
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

House of Valois-Orléans
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Joan of ValoisLouis XI of France23 April 14648 September 14767 April 1498
husband's ascension		Not crowned17 December 1498
annulment		4 February 1505Louis XII
Anne of BrittanyFrancis II, Duke of Brittany25 January 14778 January 149918 November 15049 January 1514
Mary TudorHenry VII of England18 March 149613 August 1514 (by proxy)
9 October 1514		5 November 15141 January 1515
husband's death		25 June 1533
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

House of Valois-Angoulême
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Claude of FranceLouis XII of France14 October 149918 May 15141 January 1515
husband's ascension		10 May 151720 July 1524Francis I
Eleanor of AustriaPhilip I of Castile15 November 14984 July 15305 March 153231 March 1547
husband's death		25 February 1558
Catherine de' MediciLorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino13 April 151928 October 153331 March 1547
husband's ascension		10 June 154910 July 1559
husband's death		5 January 1589Henry II
Mary, Queen of ScotsJames V of Scotland8 December 154224 April 155810 July 1559
husband's ascension		Not crowned as queen of France5 December 1560
husband's death		8 February 1587 (executed by Elizabeth I)Francis II
Elisabeth of AustriaMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor5 June 155426 November 157025 March 157130 May 1574
husband's death		22 January 1592Charles IX
Louise of LorraineNicholas, Duke of Mercœur30 April 155313 February 1575Not crowned2 August 1589
husband's death		29 January 1601Henry III
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms

House of Bourbon
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Margaret of ValoisHenry II of France14 May 155318 August 15722 August 1589
husband's accession		Not crowned17 December 1599
marriage annulled		27 March 1615Henry IV
Marie de' MediciFrancesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany26 April 157517 December 160013 May 161014 May 1610
husband's death		3 July 1642
Anne of AustriaPhilip III of Spain22 September 160118 October 1615 (by proxy)
24 November 1615		Not crowned14 May 1643
husband's death		20 January 1666Louis XIII
Maria Theresa of SpainPhilip IV of Spain10 September 16383 June 1660 (by proxy)
9 June 1660		Not crowned30 July 1683Louis XIV
Marie LeszczyńskaStanisław Leszczyński23 June 17034 September 1725Not crowned24 June 1768Louis XV
Marie AntoinetteFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor2 November 175519 April 1770 (by proxy)
16 May 1770		10 May 1774
husband's ascension		Not crowned21 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

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who secretly married Louis XIV in 1683, was never publicly acknowledged as his wife.

Bonaparte dynasty
Main article: House of Bonaparte
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became empress Coronation Ceased to be empress Death Spouse Arms
Joséphine de BeauharnaisJoseph-Gaspard de Tascher de La Pagerie23 June 17639 March 179618 May 1804
husband's ascension		2 December 180410 January 1810
divorce		29 May 1814Napoleon I
Marie Louise of AustriaFrancis II, Holy Roman Emperor12 December 179111 March 1810 (by proxy)
1 April 1810		Not crowned6 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

House of Bourbon
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Marie Thérèse of FranceLouis XVI of France19 December 177810 June 17992 August 1830 for 20 minutesNot crowned2 August 1830
husband's abdication		19 October 1851Louis XIX

House of Orléans
Main article: House of Orléans
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Arms
Maria Amalia of Naples and SicilyFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies26 April 178225 November 18099 August 1830
husband's ascension		Not crowned24 February 1848
husband's abdication		24 March 1866Louis-Philippe

Bonaparte dynasty
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became empress Coronation Ceased to be empress Death Spouse Arms
Eugénie de MontijoCipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero, Count of Montijo5 May 182630 January 1853Not crowned4 September 1870
husband's deposition		11 July 1920Napoleon III

See also

References
  1. "Joan I | Facts & Biography". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown
  3. Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown
  4. Mary Ann Hookham: "The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France ", 1872

Further reading
  • 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
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