This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.

Living wives of reigning monarchs technically became queen consorts, including Margaret of Burgundy and Blanche of Burgundy who were kept in prison during their whole queenships.

Pre-Capetian queens (751–987) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouse Ermentrude of Orléans Odo, Count of Orléans 823 842 869 Charles the Bald Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze 870 5/6 October 877 2 June 910 Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris –853 February 875 5/6 October 877 10 April 879 10 November 901 Louis the Stammerer Théodrate of Troyes unknown 868 before 885 February 888 1 January 898 903 Odo Frederuna Dietrich of Ringelheim 887 907 917 Charles the Simple Eadgifu of WessexEdward the Elder 902 7 October 919 922 after 955 Beatrice of VermandoisHerbert I, Count of Vermandois 895 922 923 after 931 Robert I Emma of France Robert I of France 894 921 13 July 923 later in 923 934 Rudolph Gerberga of Saxony Henry I of Germany 939 10 September 954 5 May 984 Louis IV Emma of Italy Lothair II of Italy 965 26 March 986 ? LothairPictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms

Direct Capetians (987-1328) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouse Adelaide of AquitaineWilliam III, Duke of Aquitaine 970 3 July 987 24 October 996 1004 Hugh Rozala of Italy Berengar II of Italy 988/989 996 996 7 February 1003 Robert II Bertha of Burgundy Conrad I of Burgundy 996 1000 1035? Constance of Provence William I, Count of Provence 986 1003 20 July 1031 25 July 1034 Matilda of Frisia Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia 1034 1044 Henry I Anne of Kiev Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev 19 May 1051 4 August 1060 1075 Bertha of Holland Floris I, Count of Holland 1072 1092 1094 Philip I Bertrade de Montfort Simon I de Montfort 15 May 1092 29 July 1108 1117 Adelaide of MaurienneHumbert II, Count of Savoy 1092 3 August 1115 1 August 1137 18 November 1154 Louis VIEleanor, Duchess of AquitaineWilliam X, Duke of Aquitaine 1122 22 July 1137 1 August 1137 25 December 1137 21 March 1152 annulment1 April 1204 Louis VII Constance of CastileAlfonso VII of León and Castile 1141 1154 1154 1160 Adela of ChampagneTheobald II, Count of Champagne 13 November 1160 18 September 1180 4 June 1206 Isabella of HainaultBaldwin V, Count of Hainaut 5 April 1170 1180 29 May 1180 1190 Philip II Ingeborg of Denmark Valdemar I of Denmark 1175 15 August 1193 25 August 1193 5 November 1193separated 29 July 1236 Agnes of MeraniaBerthold IV, Duke of Merania about 1175 June 1196 ? 1200repudiated 20 July 1201 Ingeborg of Denmark Valdemar I of Denmark 1175 15 August 11931200restoredImprisoned until 1213. 14 July 1223husband's death 29 July 1236 Blanche of Castile Alfonso VIII of Castile 4 March 1188 22 May 1200 14 July 1223 6 August 12238 November 122626 November 1252 Louis VIII Margaret of Provence Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence 27 May 1234 28 May 1234 25 August 127021 December 1295 Louis IX Isabella of Aragon James I of Aragon 1247 28 May 126225 August 1270 Not crowned 28 January 1271 Philip III Maria of Brabant Henry III, Duke of Brabant 1254 21 August 1274 24 June 12755 October 1285 10 January 1322 Joan I of Navarre Henry I of Navarre 14 January 1273 16 August 1284 5 October 1285 5 January 1286 4 April 1305 Philip IV Margaret of Burgundy Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 1290 23 September 1305 29 November 1314 not crowned 15 August 1315 Louis X Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown Clementia of Hungary Charles Martel of Anjou 1293 19 August 1315 24 August 1315 5 June 1316 12 October 1328 Joan II, Countess of Burgundy Otto IV, Count of Burgundy 1291 1307 20 November 1316 9 January 1317 3 January 1322 21 January 1330 Philip V Blanche of Burgundy 1308 3 January 1322 not crowned 19 May 1322 April 1326 Charles IV Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown Marie of Luxembourg Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor 1304 21 September 1322 15 May 1323 26 March 1324 Jeanne d'ÉvreuxLouis, Count of Évreux 1310 5 July 1325 11 May 1326 1 February 1328 husband's death 4 March 1371 PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms

House of Valois (1328-1589) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms Joan the Lame Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 24 June 1293 July 1313 1 April 1328 29 May 1328 12 September 1348 Philip VI Blanche of NavarrePhilip III of Navarre 1330–1333 29 January 1350 not crowned 22 August 1350 husband's death 5 October 1398 Joanna I of AuvergneWilliam XII, Count of Auvergne 8 May 1326 13 February 1349 22 August 1350 26 September 1350 29 September 1360 John II Joanna of Bourbon Peter I, Duke of Bourbon 3 February 1338 April 1350 8 April 1364 19 May 1364 6 February 1378 Charles V Isabeau of Bavaria Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria 17 July 1385 23 August 1389 21 October 1422husband's death 24 September 1435 Charles VI Marie of Anjou Louis II of Naples14 October 140418 December 1422 ?22 July 1461husband's death 29 November 1463 Charles VII Charlotte of SavoyLouis, Duke of Savoy16 November 144114 February 1451 22 July 1461 ?30 August 1483husband's death 1 December 1483 Louis XI Anne of BrittanyFrancis II, Duke of Brittany 25 January 1477 6 December 14918 February 1492 7 April 1498husband's death9 January 1514 Charles VIII Joan of ValoisLouis XI of France23 April 1464 8 September 1476 7 April 1498husband's ascension Not crowned17 December 1498annulment 4 February 1505 Louis XII Anne of BrittanyFrancis II, Duke of Brittany25 January 1477 8 January 1499 18 November 1504 9 January 1514 Mary of EnglandHenry VII of England18 March 1496 13 August 1514 (by proxy)9 October 1514 5 November 1514 1 January 1515husband's death25 June 1533 Claude of FranceLouis XII of France 14 October 1499 18 May 1514 1 January 1515husband's ascension 10 May 1517 20 July 1524 Francis I Eleanor of Austria Philip I of Castile15 November 1498 4 July 1530 5 March 1532 31 March 1547husband's death 25 February 1558 Catherine de' MediciLorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino 13 April 151928 October 153331 March 1547husband's ascension 10 June 1549 10 July 1559husband's death5 January 1589 Henry II Mary, Queen of ScotsJames V8 December 1542 24 April 1558 10 July 1559husband's ascension Not crowned as queen of France 5 December 1560husband's death 8 February 1587 Francis II Elisabeth of AustriaMaximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 5 June 1554 26 November 157025 March 1571 30 May 1574husband's death22 January 1592 Charles IX Louise of LorraineNicholas, Duke of Mercœur 30 April 1553 13 February 1575 Not crowned 2 August 1589husband's death 29 January 1601 Henry III PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms

House of Lancaster (disputed) Some sources refer to Margaret of Anjou as Queen of France,Mary Ann Hookham: "The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France ", 1872 but her right to enjoy that title is disputed. She was briefly recognized only in English-controlled territories of France. (See also: Dual monarchy of England and France)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms Margaret of Anjou René of Naples23 March 143023 April 1445 not crowned as Queen of France19 October 1453defeat of the English in the Hundred Years' War 25 August 1482 Henry (II) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms

House of Bourbon (1589–1792) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms Margaret of Valois Henry II of France 14 May 1553 18 August 1572 2 August 1589husband's accession Not crowned 17 December 1599marriage annulled 27 March 1615 Henry IV Marie de' Medici Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 26 April 1575 17 December 1600 13 May 1610 14 May 1610husband's death 3 July 1642 Anne of AustriaPhilip III of Spain 22 September 1601 18 October 1615 (by proxy)24 November 1615 Not crowned 14 May 1643husband's death 20 January 1666 Louis XIII Maria Theresa of SpainPhilip IV of Spain 10 September 1638 3 June 1660 (by proxy)9 June 1660 Not crowned 30 July 1683 Louis XIV Marie Leszczyńska Stanisław Leszczyński 23 June 17034 September 1725 Not crowned 24 June 1768 Louis XV Marie Antoinette Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor 2 November 175519 April 1770 10 May 1774husband's ascension Not crowned 21 September 1792husband's deposition 16 October 1793Louis XVIPictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who secretly married Louis XIV in 1683, was never publicly acknowledged as his wife.

Louis XVIII became "titular" King in 1795 (when in exile in Italy, later in Russia, Germany and Great Britain) and his wife Marie Josephine of Savoy became the (titular) Queen until her death in 1810.

Bonaparte dynasty (1804–1815) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame empressCoronationCeased to be empressDeathSpouseArms Joséphine de Beauharnais Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher de La Pagerie 23 June 1763 9 March 1796 18 May 1804husband's ascension 2 December 1804 10 January 1810divorce 29 May 1814 Napoleon I Marie Louise of Austria Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor 12 December 1791 11 March 1810 (by proxy)1 April 1810 Not crowned 6 April 1814husband's abdication 17 December 1847 PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame empressCoronationCeased to be empressDeathSpouseArms

House of Bourbon (1815-1848) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms Marie Thérèse of FranceLouis XVI 19 December 1778 10 June 1799 2 August 1830 for 20 minutes Not crowned 2 August 1830husband's abdication 19 October 1851 Louis XIX Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies 26 April 1782 25 November 1809 9 August 1830husband's ascension Not crowned 24 February 1848husband's abdication 24 March 1866 Louis-Philippe

Bonaparte dynasty (1852–1870) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame empressCoronationCeased to be empressDeathSpouseArms Eugénie de MontijoCipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero, Count of Montijo 5 May 1826 30 January 1853 Not crowned 4 September 1870husband's deposition 11 July 1920 Napoleon III

See also Family tree of French monarchs List of French monarchs

References

Further reading Joy Law, Fleur de lys: The kings and queens of France. Rene de La Croix, duc de Castries, The Lives of the Kings & Queens of France. Elsie Thornton-Cook, Royal Line of France: The Story of the Kings and Queens of France.