List of Provençal royal consorts
Queens, countesses, and duchesses consort of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Provence include:
Queen of Provence
[edit]After the division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun (843), the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was Lothair I, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son, Charles. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence that, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, it was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns.
Carolingian Dynasty, 855–879
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Queen | Ceased to be Queen | Death | Spouse |
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Engelberga | Adelchis I, Count of Parma | 830 | 5 October 851 | 24 January 863 husband's accession |
12 August 875 husband's death |
896-901 | Louis II of Italy | |
Richilde of Provence | Bivin of Gorze | 845 | 870 | 12 August 875 husband's ascession |
6 October 877 husband's death |
2 June 910 | Charles the Bald | |
Adelaide of Paris | Adalard, Count of Paris | 850/853 | February 875 | 6 October 877 husband's accession |
10 April 879 husband's death |
10 November 901 | Louis the Stammerer |
Bosonid Dynasty, 879–933
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Queen | Ceased to be Queen | Death | Spouse |
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Ermengard of Italy | Louis II (Carolingian) |
835/852/855 | June 876 | 10 April 879 husband's accession |
11 January 887 husband's death |
22 June 896 | Boso I | |
Anna of Constantinople | Leo VI the Wise (Macedonian) |
888 | around 900 | 912 | Louis IV | |||
Adelaide | Rudolph I (Elder Welf) |
- | 902-914 | 28 June 928 husband's death |
943 | |||
Alda (or Hilda) | - | - | after 924 | 5 June 928 husband's accession |
before 932 marriage annulled |
- | Hugh I | |
Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome | Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (Tusculani) |
890 | 932 | December 932 933 Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom. |
932/937 |
In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, that is, rule of Italy.
Welf Dynasty, 888–1032
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Queen | Ceased to be Queen | Death | Spouse |
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Bertha of Swabia | Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (Hunfridings) |
907 | 922 | 933 husband's accession |
11 July 937 husband's death |
after 2 January 966 | Rudolph I | |
Adelane | - | 935/40 | 950s? | 23 March 963/4 | Conrad III | |||
Matilda of France | Louis IV of France (Carolingian) |
943 | 964 | 26/27 January 981/2 | ||||
Aldiud | - | - | after 981/2 | 19 October 993 husband's death |
- | |||
Agaltrudis | - | - | before 12 January 994 | 21 March 1008 or 18 February 1011 |
Rudolph II | |||
Ermengarde of Savoy | Humbert I, Count of Savoy (Savoy) |
- | 24 April/28 July 1011 | 6 September 1032 husband's death |
25/27 August 1057 |
In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy and Provence was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later also known as Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.
Countess of Provence
[edit]House of Provence, 961–1127
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Arsinde | probably Arnold of Comminges | - | before April 970 | after 17 April 979 | William I | |||
Adelaide of Anjou | Fulk II, Count of Anjou (Angevins) |
947 | 984/6 | 993, after 29 August husband's death |
29 May 1026 | |||
Gerberga | Otto-William, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea) |
985 | 1002 | 1019 husband's death |
1020/3 | William II | ||
Eldiarde Eveza | - | - | before 23 April 1040 | 27 April 1051 husband's death |
- | Fulk Bertrand | ||
Stephanie or Douce | probably William II, Viscount of Marseille or not | - | before 27 January 1040 | February 1061-63 husband's death |
after 1 April 1080 | Geoffrey I | ||
Theresa of Aragon | Ramiro I of Aragon (Jiménez) |
1037 | - | 27 April 1051 husband's accession |
- | William Bertrand | ||
Adelaide of Cavenez | - | - | - | 28 July 1094 husband's death |
after 1110 | |||
Ermengarde | - | - | 13 July 1065 | 13 February 1065/7 husband's death |
after April 1077 | Geoffrey II | ||
Matilda | - | - | before February 1061 | 1063 husband's accession |
29 April 1090 or 28 July 1094 husband's death |
- | Bertrand II |
House of Barcelona, 1127–1267
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Beatrice, Countess of Melgueil | Bernard IV, Count of Melgueil | 1124 | 1135 | March 1144 husband's death |
after 1190 | Berenguer Ramon | ||
Richeza of Poland | Władysław II the Exile (Piast) |
1130/40 | 17 November 1161 | 1166 husband's death |
16 June 1185 | Ramon Berenguer II | ||
Ermesinda de Rocaberti | Jofré I, Viscount of Rocaberti (Rocaberti) |
- | before 1184 | before 1185 | Sancho | |||
Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier | Renier de Sabran, Lord of Caylar and Ansouis | 1180 | July 1193 | 1 December 1209 husband's death |
1242 | Alfonso II | ||
Beatrice of Savoy | Thomas I, Count of Savoy (Savoy) |
1205 | December 1220 | 19 August 1245 husband's death |
4 January 1267 | Ramon Berenguer IV |
Capetian House of Anjou, 1267–1382
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) |
1257 | May/June 1270 | 5 May 1309 husband's death |
25 March 1323 | Charles II | ||
Sancha of Majorca | James II of Majorca (Barcelona) |
1285 | 20 September 1304 | 5 May 1309 husband's ascession |
20 January 1343 husband's death |
28 July 1345 | Robert |
House of Valois-Anjou, 1382–1481
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | 12 May 1382 husband's accession |
20 September 1384 husband's death |
12 November 1404 | Louis I | |
Yolande of Aragon | John I of Aragon (Barcelona) |
11 August 1384 | 2 December 1400 | 29 April 1417 husband's death |
14 November 1442 | Louis II | ||
Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III | ||
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
c. 1400 | 24 October 1420 | 12 November 1434 husband's accession |
28 February 1453 | René | ||
Jeanne de Laval | Guy XIV, Count of Laval (Laval) |
10 November 1433 | 10 September 1454 | 10 July 1480 husband's death |
19 December 1498 | |||
Jeanne de Lorraine | Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) |
1458 | 21 January 1474 | 10 July 1480 husband's accession |
25 January 1480 | Charles III |
Courtesy title
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie Joséphine of Savoy | Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (Savoy) |
2 September 1753 | 16 April 1771 | 8 June 1795 became titular Queen of France, called: Madame de Provence |
13 November 1810 | Louis Stanislas Xavier de France, became: Louis XVIII of France |