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Reigning consorts of Europe

Belgium

Queens

09 Aug 1832 - 11 Oct 1850 Orléans, Princess Louise of France ...................... 1812-1832

10 Dec 1865 - 19 Sep 1902 Habsburg, Maria Henriette Anne of Austria ............... 1836-1902

17 Dec 1909 - 17 Feb 1934 Wittelsbach, Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria .............. 1876-1965

17 Feb 1934 - 29 Aug 1935 Bernadotte, Princess Astrid of Sweden ................... 1905-1935

06 Dec 1941 - 16 Jul 1951 Princess Lilian de Réthy ................................ 1916-2002

15 Dec 1960 - 31 Jul 1993 Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragon ........................... 1928-2014

09 Aug 1993 - 21 Jul 2013 Princess Paola di Ruffo di Calabria ..................... 1937-

21 Jul 2013 - Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine,

Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz ............................... 1973-

Denmark

Consorts

15 Nov 1863 - 29 Sep 1898 Princess Louise von Hesse-Kassel

29 Jan 1906 - 14 May 1912 Princess Louise of Sweden

14 May 1912 - 20 Apr 1947 Princess Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

20 Apr 1947 - 14 Jan 1972 Princess Ingrid of Sweden

14 Jan 1972 - Count Henri de Loborde de Monpezat

Liechtenstein

Princess-Consorts

24 Mar 1805 - 20 Apr 1836 Josepha Sophie von Fürstenberg-Weitra

20 Apr 1836 - 12 Nov 1858 Countess Franziska de Paula Kinsky von Wchnitz und Tettau

22 Jul 1929 - 25 Jul 1938 Elisabeth von Gutmann

07 Mar 1943 - 18 Oct 1989 Countess Georgina von Wilczek ........................... 1921-1989

13 Nov 1989 - Countess Marie Aglae Kinsky von Wchnitz und Tettau

Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Consorts

23 Nov 1890 - 17 Nov 1905 Askanier, Princess Adelheid-Maria von Anhalt-Dessau ..... 1833-1916

17 Nov 1905 - 25 Feb 1912 Bragança, Princess Maria Ana of Portugal ................ 1861-1942

06 Nov 1919 - 12 Nov 1964 Bourbon-Parma, Prince Félix de Bourbon-Parma ............ 1893-1970

12 Nov 1964 - 07 Oct 2000 Wettin, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium ......... 1927-2005

07 Oct 2000 - María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla ..................... 1956-

Monaco

Princess Consorts

02 Oct 1841 - 20 Jun 1856 Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz

20 Jun 1856 - 10 Feb 1864 Countess Antoinette de Mérode

30 Oct 1889 - 26 Jun 1922 Alice Heine

26 Jun 1922 - 24 Jul 1946 Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois .... 1898-1977

24 Jul 1946 - 09 May 1949 Ghislaine Maria Françoise Dommanget ..................... 1900-1991

18 Apr 1956 - 14 Sep 1982 Grace Patrica Kelly ..................................... 1929-1982

14 Sep 1982 - 01 Jul 2011 Princess Caroline of Monaco ............................. 1957-

01 Jul 2011 - Charlene Wittstock ...................................... 1978-

Netherlands

Royal Consorts

05 Jun 1806 - 01 Jul 1810 Hortense Eugéne Cécile de Beauharnais ................... 1783-1837

06 Dec 1813 - 12 Oct 1837 Hohenzollern, Wilhelmine von Preussen ................... 1774-1837

07 Oct 1840 - 07 Mar 1849 Holstein-Gottorp, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia . 1795-1865

07 Mar 1849 - 03 Jul 1877 Württemberg, Princess Sophie von Württemberg ............ 1818-1877

07 Jan 1879 - 23 Nov 1890 Waldeck, Princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont ............... 1858-1934

07 Feb 1901 - 03 Jul 1934 Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Scherwin ................ 1876-1934

08 Sep 1948 - 30 Apr 1980 Lippe, Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld ............ 1911-2004

30 Apr 1980 - 06 Oct 2002 Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg ..... 1926-2002

30 Apr 2013 - Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti .............................. 1971-

Norway

Royal Consorts

18 Nov 1905 - 20 Nov 1938 Wettin, Princess Maud of Wales .......................... 1869-1938

20 Nov 1938 - 05 Apr 1954 Princess Märtha of Sweden ............................... 1901-1954

05 Apr 1954 - 29 Aug 1968 Princess Astrid of Norway ............................... 1932-

17 Jan 1991 - Sonja Haroldsen ......................................... 1937-

Spain

Consorts

01 Aug 1808 - 11 Dec 1813 Marie Julie Clary ....................................... 1771-1845

29 Sep 1816 - 26 Dec 1818 Princess Maria Isabel of Portugal ....................... 1797-1818

20 Oct 1819 - 18 May 1829 Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony ........................ 1803-1829

11 Dec 1829 - 29 Sep 1833 Princess Maria Christina of the Two Scillies ............ 1806-1878

10 Oct 1846 - 30 Sep 1868 Francisco, Duke of Cadiz ................................ 1822-1902

16 Nov 1870 - 11 Feb 1873 Princess Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo della Cisterno ........ 1847-1876

23 Jan      - 26 Jun 1878 Orléans, Maria de la Mercedes ........................... 1860-1878

29 Nov 1879 - 25 Nov 1885 Habsburg, Maria Christine of Austria .................... 1858-1929

31 May 1906 - 14 Apr 1931 Battenberg, Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ..... 1887-1969

28 Jul 1947 - 20 Nov 1975 María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés ................. 1900-1988

                          (Wife of Regent for the Kingdom, Francisco Franco)

22 Nov 1975 - 19 Jun 2014 Oldenburg, Princess Sophia of Greece .................... 1938-

19 Jun 2014 -             Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano ................................ 1972-

Sweden

Queen Consorts

05 Feb 1818 - 08 Mar 1844 Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary ........................ 1777-1860

08 Mar 1844 - 08 Jul 1859 Josephine von Leuchtenberg .............................. 1807-1876

08 Jul 1859 - 30 Mar 1871 Princess Louise van Nederland ........................... 1828-1871

18 Sep 1872 - 08 Dec 1907 Princess Sofia von Nassau ............................... 1836-2013

08 Dec 1907 - 04 Apr 1930 Viktoria, Grand Ducal Duchess, Markgrafin von Baden ..... 1862-1930

29 Oct 1950 - 07 Mar 1965 Louise von Battenberg ................................... 1889-1965

07 Mar 1965 - 28 Nov 1972 Sibylla von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ........................... 1908-1972

19 Jun 1976 - Silvia Renate Sommerlath ................................ 1943-

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Royal Consorts

01 May 1707 - 28 Oct 1708 Oldemburg, Prince George of Denmark and Norway .......... 1653-1708

11 Jun 1727 - 20 Nov 1737 Hohenzollern, Caroline von Brandenburg-Ansbach .......... 1683-1737

08 Oct 1761 - 17 Nov 1818 Mecklenburg, Charlotte von Mecklenberg-Strelitz ......... 1744-1818

29 Jan 1820 - 07 Aug 1821 Welf, Princess Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ... 1768-1821

08 Sep 1830 - 20 Jun 1837 Wettin, Princes Adelaide von Sachs-Meiningen ............ 1792-1849

10 Feb 1840 - 14 Dec 1861 Wettin, Prince Albert von Sachs-Coburg-Gotha ............ 1819-1961

22 Jan 1901 - 06 May 1910 Oldenburg, Princess Alexandra of Denmark ................ 1844-1925

06 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936 Württemberg, Princess Mary von Teck ..................... 1867-1953

11 Dec 1936 - 06 Feb 1952 Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon ............. 1900-2002

06 Feb 1952 - Oldemberg, Prince Philippos of Greece ................... 1921-

Non-Reigning

Austria-Hungary

Empresses

11 Aug 1804 - 13 Apr 1807 Bourbon, Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily .... 1772-1807

06 Jan 1808 - 07 Apr 1816 d'Austria-Este, Maria Ludovika of Modena ................ 1787-1816

29 Oct 1816 - 02 Mar 1835 Wittlesbach, Princess Karoline Augusta von Bayern ....... 1792-1873

02 Mar 1835 - 02 Dec 1848 Savoia, Princess Maria Anna di Sardinia ................. 1803-1884

24 Apr 1854 - 10 Sep 1898 Wittlesbach, Elisabeth von Bayern ....................... 1837-1898

21 Nov 1916 - 21 Mar 1919 Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma .......................... 1892-1989

Bulgaria

Royal Consorts

20 Apr 1893 - 31 Jan 1899 Maria Luisa di Bourbon-Parma ............................ 1870-1899

28 Feb 1908 - 12 Sep 1917 Princess Eleonore von Reuss-Koestritz ................... 1860-1917

25 Oct 1930 - 28 Aug 1943 Savoia, Princess Giovanna of Italy ...................... 1907-2000

France

Empresses

18 May 1804 - 10 Jan 1810 de Beauharnais, Josephine Tascher de la Pagarie ......... 1763-1814

11 Mar 1810 - 06 Apr 1814 Habsburg, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria ........... 1791-1847

Queens

02 Aug 1830 Bourbon, Princess Marie Therese of France ............... 1778-1851

09 Aug 1830 - 24 Feb 1848 Bourbon, Maria Amelia of Naples and Sicily .............. 1782-1866

Empress

30 Jan 1853 - 11 Jan 1871 de Montijo, María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina

de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick ........ 1826-1920

Germany

German Empresses

10 Dec 1870 - 09 Mar 1888 Princess Augusta of Sachse-Weimar-Eisenach .............. 1811-1890

09 Mar - 15 Jun 1888 Wettin, Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland .. 1840-1901

15 Jun 1888 - 09 Nov 1918 Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein

-Sonderburg-Augustenberg ............................... 1858-1921

Greece

Queens Consort

22 Nov 1836 - 23 Oct 1862 Princess Amelia von Oldemberg ........................... 1818-1875

27 Oct 1867 - 18 Mar 1913 Holstein-Gottorp, Olga Konstantinova,

Grand Duchess of Russia ................................ 1851-1926

18 Mar 1913 - 11 Jun 1917 Hohenzollern, Princess Sophie of Prussia (1st Time) ..... 1870-1932

04 Nov 1919 - 25 Oct 1920 Aspasia Manos ........................................... 1896-1972

19 Dec 1920 - 27 Sep 1922 Hohenzollern, Princess Sophie of Prussia (2nd Time)

27 Sep 1922 - 25 Mar 1924 Hohenzollern, Elisabeth of Romania ...................... 1894-1956

01 Apr 1947 - 09 Mar 1964 Welf, Princess Frederike von Braunschweig und Luneberg,

Princess of Great Britain and Ireland .................. 1917-1981

18 Sep 1964 - 14 Dec 1974 Oldemberg, Anne Marie of Denmark ........................ 1946-

Italy

Queens

09 Jan 1878 - 29 Jul 1900 Savoia, Princess Margherita di Savoia-Genoa ............. 1851-1926

29 Jul 1900 - 09 May 1946 Petrovic-Njegos, Princess Jelena of Montenegro .......... 1873-1952

09 May - 12 Jun 1946 Wettin, Princess Maria José of Belgium .................. 1906-2001

Romania

Queens Consort

24 Jan 1859 - 11 Feb 1866 Rosetti, Princess Elena Cuza ............................ 1825-1909

15 Nov 1869 - 10 Oct 1914 Wied, Princess Elisabeth of Wied ........................ 1843-1916

10 Oct 1914 - 20 Jul 1927 Wettin, Marie of Edinburgh, Princess of the United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Ireland,

Princess of Sachse-Coburg-Gothe, Duchess of Saxony .... 1875-1938

06 Sep 1940 - 30 Dec 1947 Oldemberg, Princess Eleni of Greece ..................... 1896-1982

Russia

Empresses

19 Feb 1712 - 17 May 1727 Ekaterina I Alekseyevna ................................. 1684-1727

                          (born Marfa Elena Skavronska;

                           Empress of Russia from 08 Feb 1725)

       1742 - 25 Dec 1762 Knyaz Oleksiy Hryhorovych Rozumobskyi ................... 1709-1771

                          (Husband of Empress Elizaveta I Petrovna)

25 Dec 1761 - 09 Jul 1762 Sophie Frederike Augusta von Anhalt-Zerbst .............. 1729-1796

                          (Empress Ekaterina II "The Great from 1762)

17 Nov 1796 - 12 Mar 1801 Maria Feodorovna ........................................ 1759-1828

                          (Princess Sophie Dorothea von Wurttemberg)

24 Mar 1801 - 01 Dec 1825 Elizaveta Alekseivna

                          (Princess Louise Maria Auguste von Baden)

01 Dec 1825 - 02 Mar 1855 Aleksandra Feodorovna

                          (Princess Charlotte von Preussen)

02 Mar 1855 - 08 Jun 1880 Maria Aleksandrovna

                          (Princess Maria von Hesse und Rhein)

13 Mar 1881 - 01 Nov 1894 Maria Feodorovna

                          (Princess Dagmar of Denmark)

26 Nov 1894 - 15 Mar 1917 Alexandra Feodorovna .................................... 1872-1918

                          (Princess Alix von Hesse-Darmstadt)

15 Mar 1917               Natalia Sergeyevna Sheremetyevskaya,

                           Countess Brasova ....................................... 1880-1952

Serbia/Yugoslavia

Consorts

15 Feb 1804 - 21 Sep 1813 Jelena Jovanovic

06 Nov 1817 - 25 Jun 1839 Ljubica Vukomanovic .................................... 1788-1843

14 Sep 1842 - 24 Oct 1858 Persida Neadovic ....................................... 1813-1873

26 Sep 1860 - 10 Jun 1868 Countess Julia Hunyady de Kéthely ...................... 1831-1919

17 Oct 1875 - 24 Oct 1888 Princess Natalija Kesco ................................ 1859-1941

05 Aug 1900 - 11 Jun 1903 Draga Milicevic Lunjevica .............................. 1864-1903

08 Jun 1922 - 09 Oct 1934 Hohenzollern, Princess Marie (Mignon) of Rumania ....... 1900-1961

09 Oct 1934 - 27 Mar 1941 Oldemberg, Princess Olga of Greece ..................... 1903-1997

20 Mar 1944 - 29 Nov 1945 Oldemberg, Princess Alexandra of Greece ................ 1921-1993