List of Russian royal consorts
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The Russian consorts were the spouses of the Russian rulers. They used the titles Princess, Grand Princess, Tsarina or Empress.
Princess of Rus'[]
Princess of Novgorod[]
House of Rurik (862–882)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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- | Efanda of Norway (disputed) | - | - | - | - | - | - | Rurik |
- | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | Oleg of Novgorod |
Grand Princess of Kiev[]
House of Rurik (882–1169)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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- | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | Oleg of Novgorod |
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Olga | - | c.890 | c.903 | 914 | 945 | 969 | Igor I |
- | Malusha | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sviatoslav I |
- | a Greek nun | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yaropolk I |
- | Allogia | - | - | - | - | - | - | Vladimir I |
- | a Greek nun, widow of Yaropolk I | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Rogneda of Polotsk | Ragnvald | 962 | - | - | 988 | 1002 | |
- | Adela | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Malfrida | - | - | - | - | 1000 | - | |
- | Anna Porphyrogenita | Romanos II Byzantine Emperor (Macedonian dynasty) |
13 March 963 | 989 | 1011 | |||
- | a granddaughter of Otto the Great | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Unknown | Bolesław I Chrobry Duke of Poland (Piast) |
- | 1013 | 1018 | Sviatopolk I | ||
- | Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden | Olof Skötkonung King of Sweden (Munsö) |
1001 | 1019 | 1050 | Yaroslav I | ||
- | Gertrude of Poland | Mieszko II of Poland King of Poland (Piast) |
1025 | 1054 | 1073 | 1104 | Iziaslav I | |
- | Killikiya or Kelikia (Cecilia) | - | - | 1043-1047 | - | - | Sviatoslav II | |
- | Oda of Stade | Lothair Udo I Margrave of Nordmark (Udonids) |
- | 1065 | - | - | ||
- | Maria(?) | possibly Constantine IX Monomachos Byzantine Emperor (Macedonian dynasty) |
- | - | - | - | 1067 | Vsevolod I |
- | Anna Polovetskaya | Cuman khan | - | 1068 | 1093 | 1111 | ||
- | - | possibly Spytihněv II Duke of Bohemia (Přemyslid dynasty) |
- | - | - | - | - | Sviatopolk II |
- | Olena | Tugorkhan of the Kypchaks | - | 1094 | - | - | - | |
- | Gytha of Wessex | Harold Godwinson King of England (House of Godwin) |
c. 1053/1061 | - | - | - | 1098 or 1107 | Vladimir II |
- | Eufimia | Byzantine noblewoman | - | - | - | - | 1107 | |
- | Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden | Inge the Elder King of Sweden (Stenkil) |
- | 1090-1096 | She was his consort before he became Grand Prince of Kiev | 18 January 1122 | Mstislav I | |
- | Ljubava Saviditsch | Dmitry Saviditsch, a nobleman of Novgorod | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Helena, an Ossetian Princess |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Yaropolk II |
- | Maria Mstislavna of Kiev | Mstislav I of Kiev Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) |
- | 1116 | 1139 | - | 1179 | Vsevolod II |
- | Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | 1151 | Iziaslav II |
- | Rusudan | Demetrius I of Georgia King of Georgia (Bagrationi) |
- | 1154 | 1210 | |||
- | Unknown | Aepa Ocenevich Khan of the Cumans |
- | 1108 | - | - | - | Yuri I |
- | Helena | possibly Isaac Komnenos Sebastokrator of the Byzantine Empire (Komnenos) |
- | - | - | - | - | |
- | Agnes of Poland | Boleslaus III Duke of Poland (Piast) |
1137 | 1151 | 1167 | 1170 | 1182 | Mstislav II |
- | Unknown | Beloš Vukanović Prince of Serbia (Vukanović) |
- | 1150 | - | - | - | Vladimir III |
Grand Princess of Vladimir[]
House of Rurik (1157–1331)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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- | Ulita Stepanovna | - | - | 1148 | 1157 | 1175 | Andrey I | |
- | Unknown | - | - | 1175 | - | - | - | Yaropolk III |
- | Maria Shvarnovna | - | c. 1158 | - | - | 9 March/19 May 1205/1206 | Vsevolod III | |
- | Agatha | Michael of Chernigov Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) |
- | - | - | 1237 | Yury II | |
- | Fedosia Igorevna of Ryazan | Igor Glebovich, Prince of Ryazan |
- | 1218 | - | - | - | Yaroslav II |
- | Alexandra | Bryacheslav Vasilkovich, Prince of Polatsk and Vitebsk (Rurikids) |
- | 1239 | - | - | - | Alexander Nevsky |
- | Vasilisa or Vassa | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Xenia of Tarusa | Youri Mikhailovich, Prince of Tarusa |
c. 1246 | 1265 | 1271 | 1312 | Yaroslav III | |
- | Unknown | Dmitry Borisovich, Prince of Rostov (Rurikids) |
- | - | - | - | - | Andrey III |
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Anna of Kashin | Dmitry Borisovich, Prince of Rostov (Rurikids) |
1280 | 8 November 1294 | 1304 | 1318 | 2 October 1368 | Mikhail of Tver |
- | Anastasia of Halych | - | - | c.1320 | - | - | - | Aleksander of Tver |
Grand Princess of Moscow[]
House of Rurik (1283–1547)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | Daniel | |
- | ? | Prince Konstantin Borisovich of Rostov (Rurikids) |
- | - | 1297 | before 1316 | Yury | |
- | (Borjigids) |
- | 1316 | 1318 | ||||
- | - | - | - | - | 1 March 1331 | Ivan I | ||
- | - | - | 1332 | 31 March 1340 husband's death |
mid 1360s | |||
- | Aigusta Anastasia of Lithuania | Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (Gediminids) |
- | Winter of 1333 | 31 March 1340 husband's accession |
11 March 1345 | Simeon | |
- | Feodor Sviatoslavich, Prince of Dorogobuzh and Viazma (Rurikids) |
- | 1345 | 1346 repudiated |
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- | Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (Rurikids) |
- | - | 27 April 1353 husband's death |
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- | Alexandra Vasilyevna Velyaminova | - | 1345 | 27 April 1353 husband's accession |
13 November 1359 husband's death |
1364 | Ivan II | |
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Eudoxia Dmitriyevna of Suzdal | Dmitry III, Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal (Rurikids) |
- | 18 January 1367 | 19 May 1389 husband's death |
7 July 1407 | Dmitry I | |
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Sophia of Lithuania | Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (Gediminids) |
c. 1371 | 21 January 1391 | 27 February 1425 husband's death |
13 July 1453 | Vasily I | |
- | Maria Yaroslavna of Borovsk | (Rurikids) |
- | 8 March 1433 | 27 March 1462 husband's death |
4 July 1485 | Vasily II | |
- | Maria Borisovna of Tver | (Rurikids) |
c. 1442 | 4 June 1452 | 27 March 1462 husband's accession |
22 April 1467 | Ivan III | |
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Zoe Palaiologina | Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of Morea (Palaeologos) |
c. 1455 | 12 November 1472 | 7 April 1503 | |||
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Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova | (Godunov) |
c. 1490 | 4 September 1505 | 6 November 1505 husband's accession |
November 1525 marriaged annulled |
18 December 1542 | Vasily III |
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Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya | (Glinski) |
c. 1506/1507 | 21 January 1526 | 3 December 1533 husband's death |
4 April [O.S. 13 April] 1538 |
Tsarina of Russia[]
House of Rurik (1547–1598)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina-Yurieva | Roman Yurievich Zakharyin-Yuriev (Romanov) |
1530 | 3/13 February 1547 | 7 August 1560 | Ivan IV | ||
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Maria Temryukovna born Kučenej |
Temrjuk of Kabardia | 1544 | 21 August 1561 | 1 September 1569 | |||
Marfa Vasilevna Sobakina | Vasiliy Sobakin | 1552 | 28 October 1571 | 13 November 1571 | ||||
Anna Alexeievna Koltovskaya | Alexei Koltovski | ---- | 29 April 1572 | 1574 repudiated by her husband (sent to monastery) |
5 April 1626 | |||
Anna Vasilchikova | ---- | ---- | January 1575 (the wedding wasn't authorized by the Church) |
1576/77 repudiated by her husband (sent to monastery) | ||||
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Maria Feodorovna Nagaya | Feodor Nagoy | ---- | September 1580 or 1581 (the wedding wasn't authorized by the Church) |
18 March 1584 husband's death |
1608 or 20 August 1612 | ||
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Irina Feodorovna Godunova | (Godunov) |
1557 | 1580 | 18 March 1584 | 16/17 January 1598 husband's death |
27 October 1603 | Feodor I |
Time of Troubles (1598–1613)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya | Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy () |
---- | 1570/1571 | 7 January 1598 husband's accession |
---- | 23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605 husband's death' |
10 June 1605 | Boris Godunov |
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Marina Yuryevna Mniszech | Jerzy Mniszech (Mniszech) |
c. 1588 | 8 May 1606 | 8 May 1606 | 17 May 1606 husband's desposition |
24 December 1614 | False Dmitry I False Dmitry II | |
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Maria Petrovna Buynosova-Rostovskaya born Ekaterina |
() |
c. 1586 | 17 January 1608 | ---- | 19 July 1610 husband's desposition |
2 January 1626 | Vasily IV |
House of Romanov (1613–1721)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Vladimirovna Dolgorukova | (Dolgoruki) |
1601 | 19 September 1624 | 17 January 1625 | Michael I | |||
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Eudoxia Lukyanovna Streshnyova | () |
1608 | 5 February 1626 | 12 July 1645 husband's death |
18 August 1645 | ||
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Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya | Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky (Miloslavsky) |
1625 | 26 January 1648 | 2/3 March 1669 | Alexis | ||
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Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina | Kirill Poluektovich Naryshkin (Naryshkin) |
1 September 1651 | 1 February 1671 | 29 January 1676 husband's death |
4 February 1694 | ||
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Agafiya Semyonovna Grushetskaya | (Grushetsky) |
1663 | 28 July 1680 | 24 July 1681 | Feodor III | ||
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Marfa Matveyevna Apraksina | (Apraksin) |
1664 | 24 February 1682 | 7 May 1682 husband's death |
11 January 1716 | ||
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Praskovya Fyodorovna Saltykova | (Saltykov) |
12 October 1664 | 9 January 1684 | 8 February 1696 husband's death |
13 October 1723 | Ivan V | |
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Eudoxia Feodorovna Lopukhina | Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin (Lopukhin) |
9 August 1669 | 6 February 1689 | 1698 divorce |
7 September 1731 | Peter I | |
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Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya born Marta Helena Skowrońska |
(Skowroński) |
15 April 1684 (New Style) |
19 February 1712 | 22 October 1721 became empress |
17 May 1727 (New Style) |
Empress of Russia[]
House of Romanov (1721–1762)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya born Marta Helena Skowrońska |
(Skowroński) |
15 April 1684 (New Style) | 19 February 1712 | 22 October 1721 Empire proclaimed |
7 May 1724 crowned as co-ruler |
8 February 1725 husband's death & became Empress regnant |
17 May 1727 (New Style) | Peter I |
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (1762–1917)[]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Coronation | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Catherine Alekseyevna born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (Ascania) |
2 May 1729 (New Style) | 21 August 1745 | 5 January 1762 husband's accession |
12 September 1762 crowned as Empress regnant |
9 July 1762 husband's abdication & became Empress regnant |
6 November 1796 | Peter III |
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Maria Feodorovna born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg |
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (Württemberg) |
25 October 1759 | 26 September 1776 | 6 November 1796 husband's accession |
5 April 1797 | 23 March 1801 husband's assassination |
5 November 1828 | Paul I |
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Elizabeth Alexeievna born Louise of Baden |
Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (Zähringen) |
24 January 1779 | 28 September 1793 | 24 March 1801 husband's accession |
15 September 1801 | 1 December 1825 husband's death |
16 May 1826 | Alexander I |
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Alexandra Feodorovna born Charlotte of Prussia |
Frederick William III of Prussia (Hohenzollern) |
13 July 1798 | 13 July 1817 | 1 December 1825 husband's accession |
3 September 1826 | 2 March 1855 husband's death |
1 November 1860 | Nicholas I |
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Maria Alexandrovna born Marie of Hesse and by Rhine |
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
8 August 1824 | 16 April 1841 | 2 March 1855 husband's accession |
7 September 1856 | 8 June 1880 | Alexander II | |
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Maria Feodorovna born Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg[N 1] |
Christian IX of Denmark (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) |
26 November 1847 | 9 November 1866 | 13 March 1881 husband's accession |
15 May 1883 | 1 November 1894 husband's death |
13 October 1928 | Alexander III |
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Alexandra Feodorovna born Alix of Hesse and by Rhine |
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
6 June 1872 | 14/26 November 1894 | 16 May 1896 | 15 March 1917 husband's abdication |
17 July 1918 | Nicholas II |
Notes[]
- ^ Created princess of Denmark at the age of 5, due to the election of her father as heir-presumptive to the Danish throne. Thus, she was later known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage.
Sources[]
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