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List of Italian royal consorts

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See also: King of Italy

Iron Crown of Lombardy, used in Italian coronations from the Lombard era to the 19th century

Queen of Italy (regina Italiae in Latin and regina d'Italia in Italian) is a title adopted by many spouses of the rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. The details of where and how the ruling kings ruled are in the article about them. The elective dignity of Roman Emperor was restricted to males only; therefore, there was never an Italian Queen regnant, though women such as Adelaide of Italy and Theophanu and Maria Theresa of Austria, who controlled the power of ruling, ruled as de facto Queens Regnant.

Queen consorts of Italy, under Odoacer

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Ostrogothic Queen consorts of Italy

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Audofleda of the Salian Franks Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks
(Merovingian) 		470 493 30 August 526
husband's death 		? Theodoric
Mathesuentha of the Visigoths Eutharic
(Areal line) 		517 536 540
husband's death 		after 550 Witiges
Berthora of Rheims Theudebert I, King of Rheims
(Merovingian) 		535 549 1 July 552
husband's death 		555 Totila
No names of Ostrogothic queens are mention during beyond this point.
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Lombardic Queen consorts of Italy

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Main article: List of queens of the Lombards
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Chlothsind of the Franks Chlothar I, King of the Franks
(Merovingian) 		? ? ? ? ? Alboin
Rosamund of the Gepids Cunimund, King of the Gepids ? 567 28 June 572/573
husband's death 		?
Theodelinda of Bavaria Garibald I, Duke of Bavaria
(Agilolfings) 		? 15 May 589 5 September 590
husband's death 		22 January 627 Authari
May 591 616
husband's death 		Agilulf
Gundiberga of the Lombards Authari 591 ? 626
husband's accession, locked in monastery 		636
husband's death 		? Arioald
after 636 652
husband's death 		Rothari
Rodelinda ? ? ? ? 688
husband's death 		? Perctarit
Theodota of the Lombards Aripert I ? after 662 ? ? Grimoald I
No names of Lombardic queens are mentioned until 739.
Guntrude ? ? ? 712
husband's ascension 		744
husband's disposition 		? Liutprand
Tassia ? ? ? 744
husband's ascension 		749
husband's disposition 		? Ratchis
Ansa Verissimo ? ? 744
husband's ascension 		5 June 774
husband's disposition 		? Desiderius
Hildegard Gerold of Vinzgouw 758 771 774
husband's coronation as Lombardic king 		30 April 783 Charles I
Fastrada of Franconia Raoul III de Franconie et d'Aéda de Bavière 765 784
as Queen consort the Lombards 		10 October 794
Luitgard of Sundgau Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau 776 794
as Queen consort the Lombards 		4 June 800
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Queen consorts of Italy

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Carolingian dynasty, (774–887)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Hildegard Gerold of Vinzgouw
(Agilolfings) 		758 771 5 June 774
husband's coronation as Lombardic king 		30 April 783 Charles I
Fastrada of Franconia Raoul III of Franconia 765 784
as Queen consort the Lombards 		10 October 794
Luitgard of Sundgau Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau
(Etichonids) 		776 794
as Queen consort the Lombards 		4 June 800
Bertha of Gellone William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse ? 795? 781
as Queen consort of Italy 		8 July 810
husband's death 		? Pepin
Cunigunda of Laon ? ? 813 17 April 818
husband's death 		? Bernard I
Ermengarde of Tours Hugh of Tours
(Etichonids) 		804 15 October 821 as sole queen
15 June 844 as senior queen 		20 March 851 Lothair I
Engelberga of Parma Adelchis I, Count of Parma
(Supponids) 		830 5 October 851 12 August 875
husband's death 		896/901 Louis II
Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes
(Bosonid) 		845 870 12 August 875
husband's ascension 		6 October 877
husband's death 		2 June 910 Charles II
Richardis of Swabia Erchanger, Count of the Nordgau
(Ahalolfinger) 		840 1 August 862 879
husband's ascension 		887
husband's death 		18 September, between 894 and 896 Charles III
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

After 887, Italy fell into instability, with many rulers claiming the Kingship simultaneously:

Unruoching dynasty, (887–924)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Bertila of Spoleto Suppo II of Spoleto
(Supponids) 		860 880 26 December 887
husband's ascension 		December 915 Berengar I
Anna of Provence Louis the Blind
(Bosonids) 		- by December 915 7 April 924
husband's death 		after May 930
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Widonid dynasty, (889–896)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Ageltrude of Benevento Adelchis, Prince of Benevento ? early 880s 889
husband's coronation 		12 December 894
husband's death 		27 August 923 Guy
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Carolingian Dynasty, (896–899)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Ota of Neustria Berengar I of Neustria
(Conradines) 		874 before the end of 888 22 February 896
husband's coronation 		8 December 899
husband's death 		after 30 November 903 Arnulf
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Bosonid dynasty, (900–905)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Anna of Constantinople Leo VI the Wise
(Macedonian) 		888 around 900 12 October 900
husband's coronation 		21 July 905
husband relinquished titles 		912 Louis III
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Elder Welf dynasty, (922–926)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings) 		907 922 922
husband's coronation 		926 husband's deposition
933 husband relinquished titles 		after 2 January 966 Rudolph
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Bosonid dynasty, (926–950)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Alda (or Hilda) A German ? after 924 before 932
marriage annulled 		? Hugh
Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum
(Tusculani) 		890 932 December 932
933 husband fled, her imprisonment 		932/937
Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings) 		907 12 December 937 10 April 948
husband's death 		after 2 January 966
Adelaide of Burgundy and Italy Rudolf II of Burgundy and Italy
(Elder Welf) 		931 12 December 947 10 April 948
husband's coronation 		22 November 950
husband's death 		16 December 999 Lothair II
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Anscarid dynasty, (950–963)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Willa of Tuscany Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
(Bosonids) 		910 930/931 15 December 950
husband's coronation 		953
husband's imprisonment 		963/after 966 Berengar II
Gerberga Unknown or Lambert of Chalon 945 960/62 963
husband's desposition 		11 December 986/991 Adalbert
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Ottonian dynasty, (951–1002)

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In 951 Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and was crowned "King of the Lombards". In 952, Berengar and Adalbert became vassals, but remained Kings until being deposed by Otto.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Adelaide of Burgundy and Italy Rudolf II of Burgundy and Italy
(Elder Welf) 		931 951 7 May 973
husband's death 		16 December 999 Otto I
Theophanu of Constantinople 960 14 April 972 7 December 983
husband's death 		15 June 991 Otto II
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Anscarid dynasty, (1002–1014)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Bertha probably Otbert II, Margrave of Milan ? before 1000 c. 1002
husband accession 		c. 1014
husband gave up claim 		? Arduin
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

After the brief interruption by Arduin of Ivrea and after the restoration of the Holy Roman Emperor as the sole holder of the title King of Italy, the title became one of the many appanages of the Holy Roman Empress.

Ottonian dynasty, (1004–1024)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Cunigunde of Luxembourg Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg
(Luxembourg) 		975 1000 14 May 1004
husband's coronation 		13 July 1024
husband's death 		3 March 1033 Henry II
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

Salian dynasty, (1026–1125)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Gisela of Swabia Hermann II, Duke of Swabia
(Conradines) 		11 November 995 1016 1026
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		4 June 1039
husband's death 		14 February 1043 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Agnes de Poitou William V, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids) 		1025 21 November 1043 5 October 1056
husband's death 		14 December 1077 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Bertha of Savoy, the Holy Roman Empress Bertha of Savoy Otto, Count of Savoy
(Savoy) 		21 September 1051 13 July 1066 25 June 1080
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		27 December 1087 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Eupraxia of Kiev Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev
(Rurikids) 		1071 14 August 1089 1093
stepson's coronation 		20 July 1109
Constanze of Sicily Roger I of Sicily
(Hauteville) 		1077–1087 1095 April 1098
husband's deposition 		1138 Conrad II of Italy
Matilda of England Henry I of England
(Normandy) 		7 February 1101 7 January 1114 23 May 1125
husband's death 		10 September 1167 Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Supplinburg, (1128–1137)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Richenza of Northeim Henry, Margrave of Frisia
(Northeim) 		1087/89 1100 1128
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		4 December 1137
husband's death 		10 June 1141 Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen, (1154–1197)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea) 		1148 9 June 1156 15 November 1184 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Constance of Sicily Roger II of Sicily
(Hauteville) 		2 November 1154 27 January 1186 14 April 1191
husband's coronation as Emperor 		28 September 1197
husband's death 		27 November 1198 Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Welf, (1208–1215)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Beatrice of Swabia Philip of Swabia
(Hohenstaufen) 		April/June 1198 23 July 1212 11 August 1212 Otto IV
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen, (1212–1250)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort ojbor;ph4p[l] ,f[3[3 pm[2 Death Spouse
Constance of Aragon Alfonso II of Aragón
(Barcelona) 		1179 5 August 1209 9 December 1212
husband's coronation as Roman king
22 November 1220
husband's coronation as Emperor 		23 June 1222 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Isabella II of Jerusalem John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem
(Brienne) 		1212 9 November 1225 25 April 1228
Isabella of England John of England
(Plantagenet) 		1214 15/20 July 1235 1 December 1241
Bianca Lancia A child of Manfred I Lancia
(Aleramici-Lancia) 		c. 1200 c. 1244?
Evidence for marriage is dubious 		c. 1244
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Luxembourg, (1308–1313)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Margaret of Brabant John I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven) 		4 October 1276 9 July 1292 27 November 1308
husband's became Roman king
6 January 1311
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		14 December 1311 Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Wittelsbach, (1327–1347)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Margaret, Countess of Hainaut William I, Count of Hainaut
(Avesnes) 		c. 1311 26 February 1324 23 October 1327
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		11 October 1347
husband's death 		23 June 1356 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Luxembourg, (1355–1437)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Anna of Świdnica Henry II, Duke of Świdnica
(Piast) 		c. 1339 27 May 1353 January 1355
husband's coronation as King of Italy 		11 July 1362 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Elizabeth of Pomerania Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania
(Pomerania-Wolgast) 		c. 1347 21 May 1363 29 November 1378
husband's death		 14 February 1393
Barbara of Celje Hermann II, Count of Celje
(Celje) 		1390/1395 1408 21 July 1411
husband's election as Emperor

25 November 1431
husband's coronation as King

31 May 1433
husband's coronation as Emperor 		9 December 1437
husband's death 		11 July 1451 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Habsburg, (1437–1745)

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Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Leonor of Portugal Edward of Portugal
(Aviz) 		18 September 1434 16 March 1452 19 March 1452
husband's coronation as Emperor 		3 September 1467 Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Isabella of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz) 		23 October 1503 10 March 1526 24 February 1530
husband's coronation as Emperor 		1 May 1539 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was the last emperor to be crowned king of Italy or to officially use the title.[1] The Habsburg emperors claimed the Italian crown until 1801. The empire continued to include Italian territories until its dissolution in 1806.
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Bonaparte, (1805–1814)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Joséphine de Beauharnais Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de la Pagerie
(Tascher de la Pagerie) 		23 June 1763 9 March 1796 26 May 1805
husband's ascension 		10 January 1810
divorce 		29 May 1814 Napoleon I
Marie Louise of Austria Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg-Lorraine) 		12 December 1791 1 April 1810 6 April 1814
husband's abdication 		17 December 1847
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Savoy, (1861–1946)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Margherita of Savoy-Genoa Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa
(Savoy) 		20 November 1851 21 April 1868 9 January 1878
husband's accession 		29 July 1900
husband's death 		4 January 1926 Umberto I
Elena of Montenegro Nicholas I of Montenegro
(Petrović-Njegoš) 		8 January 1873 24 October 1896 29 July 1900
husband's accession 		9 May 1946
husband's abdication 		28 November 1952 Victor Emmanuel III
Marie-José of Belgium Albert I of Belgium
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) 		4 August 1906 8 January 1930 9 May 1946
husband's accession 		12 June 1946
monarchy abolished 		27 January 2001 Umberto II
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Giuseppe Oggeri Vincenti, Annali d'Italia, 1788, pp. 78–81.
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