List of Danish royal consorts
This list of Danish consorts includes each queen consort (wife of a reigning king) and each prince consort (husband of a reigning queen). Due to unions (personal and real), the queens of 1380–1814 (effectively from 1406) were also queens of Norway, and the queens of 1389–1521 (effectively from 1406) were also (though with interruptions) queens of Sweden.
House of Knýtling[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Thyra Danebod | Thyra may have been the daughter of one of the regional Danish chiefs, probably from southern Jutland and some sagas claims that Thyra was a daughter of a duke named Klak-Harald. According to the Gesta Danorum Thyra was the daughter of Aethelred, King of England.[1] Presumably Ethelred of Wessex is intended: if Ethelred the Unready, then this is anachronistic. | 9?? husband's accession |
(940)-(958) ? | Gorm | |||
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Tove of the Obotrites [2] |
Mstivoj | - | January 963 | ? | Harald I | ||
Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden [legendary] |
Olof (II) Björnsson (Munsö) |
- | 98? | 985/6 husband's death |
- | |||
Gunhild of Wenden [legendary] [2][3] |
Burislav of Wendland | perhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I. | Sweyn I | |||||
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Sigrid Storråda [legendary] [2][3][4] |
Skagul Toste | Den Store Danske Encyklopædi identifies the consort of Sweyn I as Gunhild, and considers the Sigrid the Haughty of the sagas to be based on her, but predominantly a work of "complete fiction". Source: Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, CD-ROM edition, entries Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde. | |||||
(name unknown) [2][3][4] |
Mieszko I of Poland (Piast) |
perhaps identical to one or both of previous | ||||||
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Emma of Normandy [2][4] |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (Normandy) |
985 | July 1017 | 12 November 1035 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Canute II |
House of Estridsen[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Gyda Anundsdotter of Sweden | Anund Jacob of Sweden (Munsö) |
- | 1047/48 | 1048/49 | Sweyn II | |||
Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir [3] |
Sveinn Hákonarson | - | 1050 | 1051/52 marriage annulled |
1060 | |||
Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter | jarl | - | 1076 | 17 April 1080 husband's death |
- | Harald III | ||
Adela of Flanders | Robert I, Count of Flanders (Flanders) |
1064 | 17 April 1080 | 10 July 1086 husband's murder |
April 1115 | Canute IV | ||
Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of Norway [3][5] |
Harald III of Norway (Hardrada) |
1046 | 1070 | 10 July 1086 husband's accession |
18 August 1095 husband's death |
1120 | Olaf I | |
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Boedil Thurgotsdatter | 1056 | before 1086 | 18 August 1095 husband's accession |
10 July 1103 husband's death |
late 1103 | Eric I | |
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Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden [2] |
Inge I of Sweden (Stenkil) |
1080s | 1105 | 4 November 1130 | Niels | ||
Ulvhild Håkansdotter [3] |
() |
1095 | 1130 | 25 June 1134 husband's murder |
1148 | |||
Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev [2] |
Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) |
1105 | 1131 | 4 June 1134 husband's accession |
18 July 1137 husband's murder |
after 1137 | Eric II | |
Lutgard of Salzwedel | () |
1110 | 1144 | 8 August 1146 husband's abdication |
29/30 January 1152 | Eric III | ||
Adela of Meissen | Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (Wettin) |
- | 1152 | 23 October 1157 husband's murder |
23 October 1181 | Sweyn III | ||
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Helena Sverkersdotter of Sweden | Sverker I of Sweden (Sverker) |
1130s | 1156 | 9 August 1157 husband's murder |
after 1157 | Canute V | |
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Sophia of Minsk [6] |
(Rurikids) |
1138/41 | 1157 | 12 May 1182 husband's death |
5 May 1198 | Valdemar I | |
Gertrude of Bavaria [7] |
Henry the Lion (Welf) |
1152/55 | February 1177 | 12 May 1182 husband's accession |
1 June 1197 | Canute VI | ||
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Dagmar of Bohemia [6][7] |
Ottokar I of Bohemia (Přemysl) |
1186 | 1205 | 24 May 1212/13 | Valdemar II | ||
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Berengaria of Portugal [6][7] |
Sancho I of Portugal (Burgundy) |
1191/14 December 1194 | 18/24 May 1214 | 27 March/1 April 1221 | |||
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Eleanor of Portugal [6][7] |
Afonso II of Portugal (Burgundy) |
1211 | 24 June 1229 as junior-queen consort |
13 May 1231 | Valdemar the Young | ||
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Jutta of Saxony [7] |
Albert I, Duke of Saxony (Ascania) |
1223 | 17 November 1239 | 17 November 1239 as junior-queen consort 28 March 1241 husband's accession as sole king |
10 August 1250 husband's death |
before 2 February 1267 | Eric IV |
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Mechtild of Holstein [6][7] |
Adolf IV, Count of Holstein (Schaumburg) |
1220/25 | 25 April 1237 | 1 November 1250 husband's accession |
29 June 1252 husband's death |
1288 | Abel |
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Margaret Sambirsdatter [7] |
Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania (Sobiesław) |
1230 | 1248 | 25 December 1252 husband's accession |
29 May 1259 husband's death |
1 December 1282 | Christopher I |
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Agnes of Brandenburg [7] |
John I, Margrave of Brandenburg (Ascania) |
1257 | 11 November 1273 | 22 November 1286 husband's murder |
29 September 1304 | Eric V | |
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Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden [7] |
Magnus III of Sweden (Bjelbo) |
1277 | June 1296 | 5 April/15 August 1319 | Eric VI | ||
Euphemia of Pomerania [7] |
Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania (Pomerania) |
1285 | 1300 | 25 January 1320 husband's accession |
26 July 1330 | Christopher II | ||
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Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg [7] |
Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (Schauenburg) |
1300 | 1330 as junior-queen consort |
1331 divorce |
before 1340 | Eric Christoffersen of Denmark | |
Interregnum (1332–1340) | ||||||||
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Helvig of Schleswig [8][9][7] |
Eric II, Duke of Schleswig (Abelslægten) |
- | before 4 June 1340 | 1355 enter convent 1374 death |
Valdemar IV |
House of Pomerania[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Philippa of England [2][3][7][8][9] |
Henry IV of England (Lancaster) |
4 June 1394 | 26 October 1406 | 7 January 1430 | Eric VII |
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Dorothea of Brandenburg [2][3][8][10][7][9] |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
1430/31 | 12 September 1445 | 6 January 1448 husband's death |
10 November 1495 | Christopher III |
House of Oldenburg[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Dorothea of Brandenburg [2][3][6][11][12][13][7][8][9] |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
1430/31 | 28 October 1449 | 21 May 1481 husband's death |
10 November 1495 | Christian I | |
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Christina of Saxony [2][3][7][8][9][12] |
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (Wettin) |
25 December 1461 | 6 September 1478 | 21 May 1481 husband's ascession |
20 February 1513 husband' death |
8 December 1521 | John |
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Isabella of Austria [2][3][7][8][9][12] |
Philip I of Castile (Habsburg) |
18 July 1501 | 12 August 1515 | 20 January 1523 husband's deposition |
19 January 1526 | Christian II | |
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Sophie of Pomerania [2][7][8][9][12] |
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (Pomerania) |
1498 | 9 October 1518 | 13 April 1523 husband's ascession |
10 April 1533 husband's death |
13 May 1568 | Frederick I |
Interregnum (1533–1534) | ||||||||
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Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [2][7][8][9][12] |
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania) |
9 July 1511 | 29 October 1525 | 4 July 1534 husband's ascession |
1 January 1559 husband's death |
7 October 1571 | Christian III |
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Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow [2][7][8][9][12] |
Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Güstrow) |
4 September 1557 | 20 July 1572 | 4 April 1588 husband's death |
14 October 1631 | Frederick II | |
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Anne Catherine of Brandenburg [2][7][8][9][12] |
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) |
26 June 1575 | 27 November 1597 | 8 April 1612 | Christian IV | ||
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Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg [2][7][8][9][12] |
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Brunswick-Lüneburg) |
24 March 1628 | 1 October 1643 | 28 February 1648 husband's ascession |
9 February 1670 husband's death |
20 February 1685 | Frederick III |
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Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel [2][7][8][9][12] |
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) |
27 April 1650 | 25 June 1667 | 9 February 1670 husband's ascession |
25 August 1699 husband's death |
27 March 1714 | Christian V |
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow [2][7][8][9][12] |
Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Güstrow) |
28 August 1667 | 5 December 1695 | 25 August 1699 husband's ascession |
15 March 1721 | Frederick IV | |
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Anne Sophie Reventlow [2][7][8][9][12] |
Conrad, Count Reventlow (Reventlow) |
16 April 1693 | 4 April 1721 | 12 October 1730 husband's death |
7 January 1743 | ||
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Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach [2][7][8][9][12] |
Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
28 November 1700 | 7 August 1721 | 12 October 1730 husband's ascession |
6 August 1746 husband's death |
27 May 1770 | Christian VI |
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Louise of Great Britain [2][7][8][9][12] |
George II of Great Britain (Hanover) |
7 December 1724 | 11 December 1743 | 6 August 1746 husband's ascession |
19 December 1751 | Frederick V | |
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Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [2][7][8][9][12] |
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Brunswick-Bevern) |
4 September 1729 | 8 July 1752 | 13 January 1766 husband's death |
10 October 1796 | ||
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Caroline Matilda of Great Britain [2][7][8][9][12] |
Frederick, Prince of Wales (Hanover) |
11 July 1751 | 8 November 1766 | April 1772 divorce |
10 May 1775 | Christian VII | |
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Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel [2][8][12][14][7][9] |
Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Kassel) |
28 October 1767 | 31 July 1790 | 13 March 1808 husband's ascession |
3 December 1839 husband's death |
21 March/22 March 1852 | Frederick VI |
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Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg [8][12][7][9][14] |
Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) |
28 June 1796 | 22 May 1815 | 3 December 1839 husband's ascession |
20 January 1848 husband's death |
9 March 1881 | Christian VIII |
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Louise of Hesse-Kassel [7][8][9][14] |
Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel (Hesse) |
7 September 1817 | 26 May 1842 | 15 November 1863 husband's accession |
29 September 1898 | Christian IX | |
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Louise of Sweden [7][8][9] |
Charles XV of Sweden (Bernadotte) |
31 October 1851 | 28 July 1869 | 29 January 1906 husband's accession |
14 May 1912 husband's death |
20 March 1926 | Frederick VIII |
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Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin [7][8][9][15] |
Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Mecklenburg) |
24 December 1879 | 26 April 1898 | 14 May 1912 husband's accession |
20 April 1947 husband's death |
28 December 1952 | Christian X |
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Ingrid of Sweden [7][8][9] |
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (Bernadotte) |
28 March 1910 | 24 May 1935 | 20 April 1947 husband's accession |
14 January 1972 husband's death |
7 November 2000 | Frederick IX |
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Henri de Laborde de Monpezat | (Monpezat) |
11 June 1934 | 10 June 1967 | 14 January 1972 wife's accession[16] |
13 February 2018 | Margrethe II |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum Book IX
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Also Queen consort of Norway.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Also Queen consort of Sweden.
- ^ a b c Also Queen consort of England
- ^ Also Countess consort of Schleswig
- ^ a b c d e f Also Duchess consort of Schleswig.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Also Queen consort of the Wends.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Also Queen consort of the Goths.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Also Queen consort of the Geats.
- ^ 1st time.
- ^ Also .
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ 2nd time.
- ^ a b c Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.
- ^ Also Queen consort of Iceland
- ^ Was granted an official position of Prince Consort in 2005.
See also[]
- List of Danish monarchs
- List of consorts of Schleswig-Holstein
- List of consorts of Oldenburg
- List of Norwegian consorts
- List of Finnish consorts
- List of Swedish consorts
Categories:
- Danish royal consorts
- Lists of royal consorts
- Lists of Danish women
- Lists of Danish people by occupation
- Lists of queens