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 PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouseSunigilda???23 August 47617 March 493 husband's death?Odoacer
Ostrogothic Queen consorts of Italy PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Audofleda of the Salian Franks Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks(Merovingian) 470 493 30 August 526husband's death ? Theodoric Mathesuentha of the Visigoths Eutharic(Areal line) 517 536 540husband's death after 550 Witiges Berthora of Rheims Theudebert I, King of Rheims(Merovingian) 535 549 1 July 552husband's death 555 Totila No names of Ostrogothic queens are mentioned beyond this point.PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Lombardic Queen consorts of Italy
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Chlothsind of the Franks Chlothar I, King of the Franks(Merovingian) ? ? ? ? ? Alboin Rosamund of the Gepids Cunimund, King of the Gepids ? 567 28 June 572/573husband's death ? Theodelinda of Bavaria Garibald I, Duke of Bavaria(Agilolfings) ? 15 May 589 5 September 590husband's death 22 January 627 Authari May 591 616husband's death Agilulf Gundiberga of the Lombards Authari 591 ? 626husband's accession, locked in monastery 636husband's death ? Arioald after 636 652husband's death RothariRodelinda????688husband's death?Perctarit Theodota of the Lombards Aripert I ? after 662 ? ? Grimoald I No names of Lombardic queens are mentioned until 739. Guntrude ? ? ? 712husband's ascension 744husband's disposition ? Liutprand Tassia ? ? ? 744husband's ascension 749husband's disposition ? Ratchis Ansa Verissimo ? ? 744husband's ascension 5 June 774husband'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 784as Queen consort the Lombards 10 October 794 Luitgard of Sundgau Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau 776 794as Queen consort the Lombards 4 June 800PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Queen consorts of Italy Carolingian dynasty, (774–887)
PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Hildegard Gerold of Vinzgouw(Agilolfings) 758 771 5 June 774husband's coronation as Lombardic king 30 April 783 Charles I Fastrada of Franconia Raoul III of Franconia 765 784as Queen consort the Lombards 10 October 794 Luitgard of Sundgau Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau(Etichonids) 776 794as Queen consort the Lombards 4 June 800 Bertha of Gellone William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse ? 795? 781as Queen consort of Italy 8 July 810husband's death ? Pepin Cunigunda of Laon ? ? 813 17 April 818husband's death ? Bernard I Ermengarde of Tours Hugh of Tours(Etichonids) 804 15 October 821 as sole queen15 June 844 as senior queen20 March 851 Lothair I Engelberga of Parma Adelchis I, Count of Parma(Supponids) 830 5 October 851 12 August 875husband's death 896/901 Louis II Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes(Bosonid) 845 870 12 August 875husband's ascension 6 October 877husband's death 2 June 910 Charles II Richardis of Swabia Erchanger, Count of the Nordgau(Ahalolfinger) 840 1 August 862 879husband's ascension 887husband's death 18 September, between 894 and 896 Charles IIIPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse After 887, Italy fell into instability, with many rulers claiming the Kingship simultaneously:
Unruoching dynasty, (887–924) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse 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 924husband's death after May 930PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Widonid dynasty, (889–896) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Ageltrude of Benevento Adelchis, Prince of Benevento ? early 880s 889 husband's coronation 12 December 894husband's death 27 August 923 GuyPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Carolingian Dynasty, (896–899) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Ota of Neustria Berengar I of Neustria(Conradines) 874 before the end of 888 22 February 896husband's coronation 8 December 899husband's death after 30 November 903 ArnulfPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Bosonid dynasty, (900–905) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Anna of Constantinople Leo VI the Wise(Macedonian) 888 around 900 12 October 900husband's coronation 21 July 905husband relinquished titles 912 Louis IIIPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Elder Welf dynasty, (922–926) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia(Hunfridings) 907 922 922husband's coronation 926 husband's deposition933 husband relinquished titles after 2 January 966 RudolphPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Bosonid dynasty, (926–950) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Alda (or Hilda) A German ? after 924 before 932marriage annulled ? Hugh Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum(Tusculani) 890 932 December 932933 husband fled, her imprisonment 932/937 Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia(Hunfridings) 907 12 December 937 10 April 948husband'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 948husband's coronation 22 November 950husband's death 16 December 999 Lothair IIPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Anscarid dynasty, (950–963) PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Willa of Tuscany Boso, Margrave of Tuscany(Bosonids) 910 930/931 15 December 950husband's coronation 953husband's imprisonment 963/after 966 Berengar II Gerberga Unknown or Lambert of Chalon 945 960/62 963husband's desposition 11 December 986/991 AdalbertPictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Ottonian dynasty, (951–1002) 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. PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse 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 983husband's death 15 June 991 Otto IIPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Anscarid dynasty, (1002–1014) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Bertha probably Otbert II, Margrave of Milan ? before 1000 c. 1002husband accession c. 1014husband gave up claim ? ArduinPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse 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) PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Cunigunde of Luxembourg Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg(Luxembourg) 975 1000 14 May 1004husband's coronation 13 July 1024husband's death 3 March 1033 Henry IIPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Salian dynasty, (1026–1125) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Gisela of Swabia Hermann II, Duke of Swabia(Conradines) 11 November 995 1016 1026husband's coronation as King of Italy 4 June 1039husband'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 1056husband's death 14 December 1077 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor Bertha of Savoy Otto, Count of Savoy(Savoy) 21 September 1051 13 July 1066 25 June 1080husband'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 1093stepson's coronation 20 July 1109 Constanze of Sicily Roger I of Sicily(Hauteville) 1077–1087 1095 April 1098husband's deposition 1138 Conrad II of Italy Matilda of England Henry I of England(Normandy) 7 February 1101 7 January 1114 23 May 1125husband's death 10 September 1167 Henry V, Holy Roman EmperorPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Supplinburg, (1128–1137) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Richenza of Northeim Henry, Margrave of Frisia(Northeim) 1087/89 1100 1128husband's coronation as King of Italy 4 December 1137husband's death 10 June 1141 Lothair III, Holy Roman EmperorPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Hohenstaufen, (1154–1197) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse 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 1191husband's coronation as Emperor 28 September 1197husband's death 27 November 1198 Henry VI, Holy Roman EmperorPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Welf, (1208–1215) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Beatrice of Swabia Philip of Swabia(Hohenstaufen) April/June 1198 23 July 1212 11 August 1212 Otto IVPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Hohenstaufen, (1212–1250) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be Consort ojbor;ph4p[l] ,f[3[3 pm[2DeathSpouse Constance of Aragon Alfonso II of Aragón(Barcelona) 1179 5 August 1209 9 December 1212husband's coronation as Roman king22 November 1220husband'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. 1244PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Luxembourg, (1308–1313) PictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Margaret of Brabant John I, Duke of Brabant(Leuven) 4 October 1276 9 July 1292 27 November 1308husband's became Roman king6 January 1311husband's coronation as King of Italy 14 December 1311 Henry VII, Holy Roman EmperorPictureNameHouseBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
House of Wittelsbach, (1327–1347)