List of Serbian royal consorts

This is a list of consorts of Serbian monarchs during the history of Serbia.

Middle Ages

Princess- and Grand Princess consorts (–1217)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Ceased to be Princess Death Spouse
Kosara Samuel of Bulgaria
(Cometopuli)		 fl. 1010–16 1010–14 22 May 1016
husband's death		 Jovan Vladimir
Monomachina niece of Constantine IX Monomachos
(Monomachos)		 – – –1081
(husband's death)		 Mihailo I
Jaquinta of Bari Archiriz of Bari
(Normans)		 – – –1101
(husband's death)		 Konstantin Bodin
Anna Diogenissa Constantine Diogenes II
(Diogenes)		 c. 1074 – 1145 Before 1112 –1140
(husband's abdication)		 Uroš I
Anastasija Undetermined fl. 1196 – d. 22 June 1200 –1196
(husband's abdication)		 Stefan Nemanja
Eudokia Angelina Alexios III Angelos
(Angeloi)		 fl. 1186–1211 1186–91 after 1198 or 1201–02
(divorce)		 Stefan Nemanjić[1]

Nemanjić dynasty (1217–1365)
Image Name Ancestry Lifespan Marriage Term Spouse
Anna Dandolo Raniero Dandolo
(Dandolo)		  ?–1264 1216/1217 1217 – 24 September 1228 Stefan Nemanjić
Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina[2] Theodore Komnenos Doukas
(Angeloi)		 –1258 1219/20 24 September 1228 – 1233 Stefan Radoslav
Beloslava of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II
(Asen dynasty)		 – after 1285 1233 1233/4–1243 Stefan Vladislav
Helen of Anjou (Capetian) 1236–8 February 1314 1245/50 1236–autumn 1276 Stefan Uroš I
Catherine of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)		 1256 – after 1314 1268–71 1276–1282 Stefan Dragutin
Helena Doukaina Angelina John Doukas, sebastokratōr
(Angeloi)		 – after 1294 after 1272 1282–1283 Stefan Milutin
Elizabeth of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)		 1255–1313/26 1283 1283–1284
Ana Terter George I of Bulgaria
(Terter)		 1256 – after 1304 before 11 August 1284 1284–1299
Simonis Palaiologina[3] Andronikos II Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)		 1289/94–1340 1299 1299 – 29 October 1321
Teodora of Bulgaria Smilets of Bulgaria
(Smilets)		 – 20 December 1322 24 August 1296 29 October 1321 – 20 December 1322 Stefan Dečanski
Maria Palaiologina[4] John Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)		 1313/14–1355 1325/26 1326 – 8 September 1331
Helena of Bulgaria Sratsimir of Kran
(Shishman)		 –1374 19 April 1332 1332 – 16 April 1346 Stefan Dušan

Nemanjić dynasty (1346–71)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Helena of Bulgaria Sratsimir of Kran
(Shishman)		 - 19 April 1332 16 April 1346
became Empress		 20 December 1355
husband's death		 1374 Stefan Dušan
Anna of Wallachia Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia
(Basarab)		 - July 1360 4 December 1371
husband's death		 - Stefan Uroš V

Mrnjavčević family (1365–95)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Alena
[5]		 - - - August/September 1365
husband's coronation as co-King under Stefan Uroš V		 26 September 1371
husband's death		 - Vukašin of Serbia
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa
(Hlapen)		 - - 1366
husband's association as junior-King
26 September 1371
husband's accession		 -
repudiated		 - Marko Mrnjavčević
26 September 1371
husband's accession
Teodora Grgur - - - -
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa
(Hlapen)		 - -
remarried		 17 May 1395
husband's death		 -

Lazarević family (1371–1402)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Milica Nemanjić of Serbia Prince Vratislav Nemanjić
(Nemanjić)		 1300s 1353 2/4 December 1371
husband's accession		 28 June 1389
husband's death		 11 November 1405 Lazar Hrebeljanović

Lazarević dynasty (1402–27)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Helena Gattilusio Francesco II Gattilusio
(Gattilusio)		 - 1405 19 July 1427
husband's death		 - Stefan Lazarević

Branković dynasty (1427–59)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Irene Kantakouzene Theodore Kantakouzenos
(Kantakouzenoi)		 1400 26 December 1414 1427
husband's accession		 24 December 1456
husband's death		 2 May/3 May 1457 Đurađ Branković
Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia Thomas Palaiologos
(Palaiologos)		 1430 1446 24 December 1456
husband's accession		 20 January 1458
husband's death		 7 November 1473 Lazar II Branković

Kotromanić dynasty (1459)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Helena-Maria of Serbia Lazar II Branković
(Branković)		 1447 1 April 1459 20 June 1459
Ottoman conquest		 1498 Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia

Branković dynasty (1459–1504)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Angelina Arianiti George Arianiti
(Arianiti)		 - November 1460 9 October 1476
husband's death		 30 July 1520 Stefan Branković
Barbara Frankopan Sigismund Frankopan
(Frankopan)		 - 1482 16 April 1485
husband's death		 1508 Vuk Grgurević Branković
Isabella del Balzo Agilberto, Duke of Nardò
(del Balzo)		 - 1486 c. 1497
husband's retirement		 - Đorđe Branković
Jelena Jakšić Stefan Jakšić
(Jakšić)		 - - 10 December 1502
husband's death		 after 1529 Jovan Branković

Berislavić dynasty (1504–36)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Jelena Jakšić Stefan Jakšić
(Jakšić)		 - May 1504 1514
husband's death		 after 1529 Ivaniš Berislavić
Catherine Batthyány  ?
(Batthyány)		 - - 1536
husband's death		 after 1542 Stefan Berislavić

Bakić family (1537)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Theodora - - - 1537
husband's accession		 1537
husband's death		 after 1540 Pavle Bakić

Modern

Karađorđević dynasty (1804–13)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Jelena Jovanović Nikola Jovanović (Jovanović) 1765 or 1771 1785 15 February 1804 21 September 1813 9 February 1842 Karađorđe Petrović

Obrenović dynasty (1815–42)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Ljubica Vukomanović Radosav Vukomanović (Vukomanović) September 1788 1805 6 November 1817
husband's election		 25 June 1839
husband's abdication		 26 May 1843 Miloš Obrenović I

Karađorđević dynasty (1842–58)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Persida Nenadović Voivode Jevrem Nenadović (Nenadović) 15 February 1813 1 June 1830 14 September 1842
husband's election		 24 October 1858
husband's abdication		 29 March 1873 Alexander Karađorđević

Obrenović dynasty (1858–82)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely Count Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely
(Hunyady de Kéthely)		 26 August 1831 1 August 1853 26 September 1860
husband's accession		 10 June 1868
husband's assassination		 19 February 1919 Michael Obrenović III
Natalia Keshko Peter Keshko
(Keshko)		 15 May 1859 17 October 1875 6 March 1882
became queen of Serbia		 8 May 1941 Milan Obrenović IV

Queen consorts

Obrenović dynasty (1882–1903)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Natalia Keshko Peter Keshko
(Keshko)		 15 May 1859 17 October 1875 6 March 1882
became queen of Serbia		 24 October 1888
controversial divorce		 8 May 1941 Milan I
Draga Mašin Pantelija Lunjevica Milićević
(Lunjevica)		 23 September 1861 5 August 1900 11 June 1903 Alexander I

Queen consort of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Karađorđević dynasty (1918–29)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Maria of Romania Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)		 6 January 1900 8 June 1922 6 January 1929
became queen of Yugoslavia		 22 June 1961 Alexander I

Queen consorts of Yugoslavia

Karađorđević dynasty (1929–45)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Maria of Romania Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)		 6 January 1900 8 June 1922 6 January 1929
became queen of Yugoslavia		 9 October 1934
husband's death		 22 June 1961 Alexander I
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark Alexander of Greece
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)		 25 March 1921 20 March 1944 29 November 1945
kingdom abolished		 30 January 1993 Peter II

See also

References
  1. Laskaris 1926, pp. 7–37.
  2. Laskaris 1926, pp. 38–52.
  3. Laskaris 1926, pp. 53–82.
  4. Laskaris 1926, pp. 83–97.
  5. Sometimes called Helena

Sources
  • Ivić, Aleksa (1928). Родословне таблице српских династија и властеле. Novi Sad: Matica Srpska.
  • Laskaris, Mihailo (1926). Vizantiske princeze u srednjevekovnoj Srbiji [Byzantine princesses in medieval Serbia]. Belgrade: Knj. Franja Baha.
  • Nikolić, Dejan (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Resavska škola.
  • Purković, Miodrag (1996). Принцезе из куће Немањића. Belgrade.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2002). Rodoslovi srpskih dinastija. Platoneum. ISBN 9788683639021.
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