The English royal consorts listed here were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England, excluding joint rulers William III and Mary II who reigned together in the 17th century.
Most of the consorts were women, and enjoyed titles and honours pertaining to a queen consort; some few were men, whose titles were not consistent. The Kingdom of England merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Consorts since that date are listed at List of British royal consorts.
Athelstan, Edward the Martyr, Harthacnut, William II, Edward V, Edward VI and Elizabeth I never married and had no consorts. The marital status of Harold Harefoot is unclear.
House of Wessex, 886–1013
NameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Ealhswith of Mercia Æthelred Mucel – 868 (Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871) – 26 October 899 5 December 902 New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey Alfred the Great Ælfflæd Æthelhelm (father) – 899 26 October 899 – Late 910sMarriage dissolved – – Edward the Elder Eadgifu of Kent Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (father) 919 – 17 July 924 – Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury – – – – 944 Shaftesbury Abbey Edmund I the Magnificent Æthelflæd of Damerham Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex (father) – 944 – 26 May 946 between 962 (975) and 991 – Ælfgifu _ – 955 – 958 Marriage dissolved September 959 Winchester Cathedral Eadwig Ælfthryth of Devon Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon – 964/965 11 May 973 8 July 975 17 November 999–1001 – Edgar the Peaceful Ælfgifu of York Thored, Ealdorman of York – – – not later than 1002 – Ethelred II the Unready Emma of Normandy Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor 1002 – 25 December 1013husband's deposition 6 March 1052 Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral
House of Denmark, 1013–1014 NameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Sigrid the Haughty(Dubious authenticity)and/orŚwiętosława of Poland 996 25 December 1013 – 3 February 1014 Sweyn Forkbeard
House of Wessex (restored, first time), 1014–1016
NameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Emma of Normandy(again) Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor 1002 3 February 1014husband's restoration – 23 April 1016husband's death 6 March 1052 Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral Ethelred II the Unready Ealdgyth – 1015 23 April 1016 – 30 November 1016 Edmund II Ironside
House of Denmark (restored), 1016–1042 NameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Emma of Normandy(again) Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor July 1017 – 12 November 1035Husband's death 6 March 1052 Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral Canute the Great
House of Wessex (restored, second time), 1042–1066 NameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Edith of Wessex Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 102923 January 1045 4 January 1066Husband's death 19 December 1075 Westminster Abbey Edward the Confessor Ealdgyth Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgifu Unknown,fl. January 1066 Not crowned 14 October 1066Husband's death 1066 Not known Harold II Godwinson
House of Normandy, 1066–1135, & 1141 In 1066, the Duke of Normandy, William, killed Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and overthrew the English elite, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. He established himself as king, his wife Matilda as queen consort, and beneficed his faithful vassals from the continent. His dynasty would not, however, outlive his children, becoming defunct with the death of his youngest son, Henry I, in 1135. PortraitNameParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Matilda of Flanders Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Adela of France c. 1031 1053 25 December 1066Husband's accession 11 May 10682 November 1083 Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen William I Matilda of Scotland Malcolm III of Scotland Margaret of Wessex c. 108011 November 1100 11 November 11001 May 1118 Westminster AbbeyHenry I Adeliza of Louvain Godfrey I, Count of Leuven Ida of Chiny c. 110324 January 1121 30 January 1121 1 December 1135Husband's death 23 April 1151 Affligem Abbey Geoffrey V of Anjou Fulk V of Anjou Ermengarde of Maine 24 August 1113 1128 7 April 1141Wife's accession (disputed) - 1148 Wife's deposition 7 September 1151 Le Mans Cathedral Matilda
House of Blois, 1135–1154 In 1135, Stephen of Blois, the son of Henry I's sister Adela, seized the English throne, his cousin Empress Matilda's claims being ignored by the Norman barons. His wife, Matilda of Boulogne, became his Queen consort, but their son Eustace predeceased Stephen, and he was forced to appoint the Empress's son Henry as his successor. PortraitNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Matilda of Boulogne Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Mary of Scotland c. 1105 1125 22 December 1135Husband's accession 22 March 11363 May 1152 Faversham Abbey (tomb since lost) Stephen
House of Plantagenet, 1154–1485 PictureNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Eleanor of Aquitaine William X, Duke of Aquitaine Aenor de Châtellerault c. 1122 18 May 1152 19 December 1154Husband's accession 19 December 1154 6 July 1189Husband's death 1 April 1204 Fontevraud Abbey Henry II Margaret of France Louis VII of France Constance of Castile 1158 1162 1170Husband's accession 27 August 1172 11 June 1183Husband's death 1197 Cathedral of Tyre Henry the Young King Berengaria of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre Sancha of Castile Between 1165 and 117012 May 1191 6 April 1199Husband's death 23 December 1230 L'Épau Abbey Richard I Isabella of Gloucester William I, Earl of Gloucester Hawise of Leicester c. 1166 29 August 1189 27 May 1199Husband's accession Uncrowned August 1200Annulled October 1217 Canterbury CathedralJohn Isabelle of Angoulême Aymer of Angoulême Alice of Courtenay c. 118724 August 1200 8 October 1200 18 or 19 October 1216Husband's death 4 June 1246 Fontevraud Abbey Eleanor of Provence Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence Beatrice of Savoy c. 122314 January 1236 20 January 1236 16 November 1272Husband's death 24 June 1291 Amesbury Abbey Henry III Eleanor of Castile Ferdinand III of Castile Joan, Countess of Ponthieu 1241 1 November 1254 20 November 1272Husband's accession 19 August 127428 November 1290 Westminster AbbeyEdward I Margaret of France Philip III of France Marie of Brabant c. 12798 September 1299 Uncrowned 7 July 1307Husband's death 14 February 1318 Christ Church Greyfriars Isabella of France Philip IV of France Joan I of Navarre 128520 May 1303 (by proxy)24 January 1308 25 February 1308 20 January 1327Husband's deposition 22 August 1358 Christ Church Greyfriars Edward II Philippa of Hainault William I, Count of Hainaut Joan of Valois 24 June 131424 January 1328 18 February 133015 August 1369 Westminster Abbey Edward III Anne of Bohemia Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Elizabeth of Pomerania 11 May 1366 20 January 1382 22 January 1382 7 June 1394 Richard II Isabella of Valois Charles VI of France Isabeau of Bavaria 9 November 138712 March 1396 (by proxy)31 October 1396 8 January 1397 30 September 1399Husband's deposition 13 September 1409 Abbey of St Laumer - later the Convent of the Celestines in Paris
House of Lancaster, 1399–1461, 1470–1471 Mary de Bohun, the first wife of Henry IV, died in 1394, 5 years before he became king. Therefore, she is not regarded as a consort. PictureNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Joan of Navarre Charles II of Navarre Joan of Valois c. 13707 February 1403 26 February 1403 20 March 1413Husband's death 10 June 1437 Canterbury Cathedral Henry IV Catherine of Valois Charles VI of France Isabeau of Bavaria 27 October 14012 June 1420 23 February 1421 31 August 1422Husband's death 3 January 1437 Westminster Abbey Henry V Margaret of Anjou René of Anjou Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine 23 March 143024 May 1444 (by proxy)22 April 1445 30 May 1445 11 April 1471Husband's depositionHenry VI was deposed 4 March 1461, restored 3 October 1470, and deposed again 11 April 1471. Throughout this time Margaret of Anjou was considered by the Lancastrians to be de jure Queen of England 25 August 1482 Angers Cathedral Henry VI
House of York, 1461–1470, 1471–1485 PictureNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Elizabeth Woodville Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Jacquetta of Luxembourg c. 1437 c. May 1464 26 May 1465 9 April 1483Husband's death 8 June 1492 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Edward IV Anne Neville Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick 11 June 1456 12 July 1472 26 June 1483Husband's accession 6 July 148316 March 1485 Westminster Abbey Richard III
House of Tudor, 1485–1603 PictureNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Elizabeth of York Edward IV of England Elizabeth Woodville 11 February 146625 December 1483 (by proxy)18 January 1486 25 November 148711 February 1503 Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey Henry VII Catherine of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon Isabella I of Castile 16 December 148511 June 1509 24 June 1509 23 May 1533Marriage annulledAs recognized by Anglican church and Kingdom of England's government in years 1533-1553. Annulment reversed by parliament during the reign of Mary I in 1553. or 7 January 1536DeathAs recognized by Spain and the Roman Catholic Church. Posthumously confirmed by England's parliament in 1553. 7 January 1536 Peterborough CathedralHenry VIII Anne Boleyn Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire Lady Elizabeth Howard Between 1501 and 1507 14 November 1532 (in secret)25 January 1533 (second service)28 May 1533 (marriage declared legal) 1 June 1533 17 May 1536Marriage annulled 19 May 1536 Executed Church of St Peter ad Vincula Jane Seymour Sir John Seymour Margery Wentworth c.1509 30 May 1536 Uncrowned24 October 1537 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Anne of Cleves John III, Duke of Cleves Maria of Jülich-Berg 28 June or 22 September 15154 October 1539 (by proxy)6 January 1540 Uncrowned 12 July 1540Marriage annulled 16 July 1557 Westminster Abbey Catherine Howard Lord Edmund Howard Joyce Culpeper c.152428 July 1540 Uncrowned 13 February 1542ExecutedShe was no longer able to use the title in a public capacity after she was forbidden from doing so in November 23, 1541, although she still remained married to the king until her execution. Church of St Peter ad Vincula Catherine Parr Sir Thomas Parr Maud Green August 151212 July 1543 Uncrowned 28 January 1547Husband's death 5 September 1548 St. Mary's Chapel, Sudeley Castle The husband of Queen Mary I was Philip II of Spain, who became king of England in right of his wife. Therefore, he is not regarded as a consort.
Disputed consort Since Lady Jane Grey was briefly queen, her husband, Guildford Dudley, is included here. They were both executed for treason. PictureNameArmsParentsBirthMarriageBecame consortCoronationCeased to be consortDeathResting placeSpouse Lord Guildford Dudley John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland Jane Guildford 25 May 1553 10 July 1553Wife's accession (disputed) Uncrowned 19 July 1553Wife's deposition 12 February 1554 Church of St Peter ad Vincula Jane
House of Stuart, 1603–1707