The consort (or spouse) of the royal rulers of Lithuania and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was in all cases a woman and nearly all took the title of Grand Duchess.
Queen consort of Lithuania
Morta and her sister were the only Queens of Lithuania; their successors took the title of "Grand Duchess" instead.
The short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania of 1918 had a King-Elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania: but his first wife, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, had died six years earlier, and his second marriage, to Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, occurred six years after the Kingdom was replaced by a Republic.
Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Mindaugas Dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess/Queen Ceased to be Grand Duchess/Queen Death SpouseNN - -Before 1251 (only a Grand Duchess)Before 1251UnknownMindaugas - Morta - - c. 1251 17 July 1251became Queen consort1263deathearly to mid 1263 - Sister of Morta - - early to mid 1263 (Queen) 12 September 1263 husband's death - - Ramunė Also Kneginja of Galicia.Also Kneginja of Kholm. Mindaugas(Mindaugas) - 1254/5 1267 husband's accession 1269 husband's death - Shvarn - Ludmila of Masovia? Konrad I of Masovia(Piast) 1223 1238 1270 husband's accession 1282 husband's death - Traidenis
Gediminid Dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse Vida Vidmund It is uncertain how many wives Gediminas had. The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland; Olga from Smolensk; and Jaunė from Polotsk, who was Eastern Orthodox and died in 1344 or 1345. Most modern historians and reference works say Gediminas' wife was Jaunė, dismissing Vida and Olga as fictitious, since no sources other than this chronicle mention the other two wives. Gediminas Olga Vsevolodovna of Smolensk Vsevolod of Smolensk(Rurikids?) Jaunė (Ievna Ivanovna of Polotsk) Ivan Vsevolodich, Prince of Polotsk(Rurikids?) ? - Winter of 1341husband's death 1344/5 Maria/Anna of Vitebsk Yaroslav Vasilievich, Prince of Vitebsk(Rurikids?) ? 1318 1345husband's accession before 1349 Algirdas Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver(Rurikids) 1325 1350 May 1377husband's death Autumn of 1392 Birutė - - before 1349 3/15 August 1382husband's death Fall 1382 Kęstutis Jadwiga of Poland Louis I of Hungary(Anjou-Hungary) between 3 October 1373 and 18 February 1374 18 February 1386 17 July 1399 JogailaAnna of CilliWilliam, Count of Celje138129 January 140221 May 1416Elizabeth of PilicaOtto of Pilica1370/13802 May 141712 May 1420Sophia of HalshanyAndrew of Halshany140524 or 7 February 14221 June 1434 husband's death21 September 1461 Anna probably a Lithuanian noble or a Rurikid ? around 1370 1401husband's accession 31 July 1418 Vytautas Uliana Olshansky Ivan Olshansky(Olshanski) ? 9 November 1418 27 October 1430husband's death 1448? Anna of Tver Ivan Ivanovich of TverRurikid ? 1430? 1430? 1 September 1432 power passed to Sigismund Kęstutaitis Between 1471 and 1484 Švitrigaila Unknown Unknown - January 1416 1 September 1432 husband's accession Middle 1434 Sigismund Kęstutaitis Elisabeth of AustriaAlso Queen consort of Poland. Albert II of Germany(Habsburg) 1435/36/possibly 1437 10 March 1454 7 June 1492husband's death 30 August 1505 Casimir I Helena of Moscow Ivan III of Russia(Rurikids) 19 May 1476 18 February 1495 19 August 1506husband's death 20 January 1513 Alexander Barbara Zápolya Stephen Zápolya(Zápolya) 1495 8 February 1512 2 October 1515 Sigismund I Bona Sforza Gian Galeazzo Sforza(Sforza) 13 February 1495 18 April 1518 in Wawel Cathedral 1 April 1548husband's death 7 November 1558 Elisabeth of Austria Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 9 July 1526 5 May 1543 15 June 1545 Sigismund II Augustus Barbara Radziwiłł Jerzy Radziwiłł(Radziwiłł) 6 December 1520/1523 July/August 154717 April 1548 8 May 1551 Catherine of Austria Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 15 September 1533 23 June 1553 28 February 1572
Royal consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be consort Death Spouse Anna of AustriaAlso Queen consort of Sweden.Also Grand Duchess consort of Finland. Charles II, Archduke of Austria(Habsburg) 16 August 1573 31 May 1592 10 February 1598 Sigismund III Constance of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria(Habsburg) 24 December 1588 11 December 1605 10 July 1631 Cecilia Renata of Austria Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 16 July 1611 13 September 1637 24 March 1644 Władysław IV Ludwika Maria Gonzaga Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua(Gonzaga) 18 August 1611 5 November 1645 15 July 1646 20 May 1648 husband's death 10 May 1667 30 May 1649 10 May 1667 John II Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 31 May 1653 27 February 1670 10 November 1673 husband's death 17 December 1697 Michael Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien(La Grange) 28 June 1641 5 July 1665 19 May 1674 husband's election 17 June 1696 husband's death 1 January 1716 John III Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-BayreuthAlso Electress and Duchess consort of Saxony. Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth(Hohenzollern) 19 December 1671 20 January 1693 15 September 1697 husband's coronation 1 September 1706 husband's abdication 4 September 1727 Augustus II, 1st reign Catherine Opalińska Jan Karol Opaliński(Opaliński) 13 October 1680 10 May 1698 12 July 1704 husband's election 1709 husband's desposation 19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 1st reign Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth(Hohenzollern) 19 December 1671 20 January 1693 1709 husband's restoration 4 September 1727 Augustus II, 2nd reign Catherine Opalińska Jan Karol Opaliński(Opaliński) 13 October 1680 10 May 1698 1733 husband's restoration 1736 husband's abdication 19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 2nd reign Maria Josepha of Austria Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 8 December 1699 20 August 1719 1734 husband's election 17 November 1757 Augustus IIIElżbieta Szydłowska Teodor Szydłowski17481785 (allegedly)Did not(morganatic marriage)If marriage indeed took place.25 November 1795husband's abdication1 June 1810Stanisław II August Poniatowski (disputed)
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