The royal consorts of the rulers of the Lorraine region have held varying titles, over a region that has varied in scope since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were kings of the Franks. The Latin construction "Lotharingia" evolved over time into "Lorraine" in French, "Lotharingen" in Dutch and "Lothringen" in German. After the Carolingian kingdom was absorbed into its neighbouring realms in the late ninth century, dukes were appointed over the territory. In the mid-tenth century, the duchy was divided into Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine, the first evolving into the historical Low Countries, the second became known as the Duchy of Lorraine and existed well into the modern era.
Queen consort of Lotharingia
Carolingian Dynasty, 855–922 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse Ermengarde of Tours Hugh of Tours(Etichonids) 804 15 October 821 11 August 843Treaty of Verdun 20 March 851 Emperor Lothair I TeutbergaOver ALL LOTHARINGIA. Boso the Elder(Bosonids) – 855 29 September 855husband's accession 8 August 869husband's death before 25 November 875 Lothair II Ermentrude of OrléansOver WEST LOTHARINGIA. Odo I, Count of Orléans(Udalrichings) 27 September 823 13 December 842 8 August 869husband's accession 6 October 869 Charles the Bald Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze(Bosonids) 845 22 January 870 6 October 877repudiated 2 June 910 Emma of AltdorfOver EAST LOTHARINGIA. Welf(Elder Welf) 808 827 August 870husband's accession 31 January 876 Louis the German Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris(Girardids) 850/853 February 875 6 October 877husband's accession 10 April 879husband's death 10 November 901 Louis the Stammerer Liutgard of Saxony Liudolf, Duke of Saxony(Liudolfings) 845 before 29 November 874 28 August 876in the EastFebruary 880Sole queen after Treaty of Ribemont 20 January 882husband's death 17/30 November 885 Louis the Younger Richardis of Swabia Erchanger, Count of the Nordgau(Ahalolfings) 840 1 August 862 20 January 882husband's accession 17 November 887husband's desposition 18 September, between 894 and 896 Charles the Fat Ota of Neustria Berengar I of Neustria(Conradines) 874 before the end of 888 8 December 899husband's death after 30 November 903 Arnulf of Carinthia Oda of Saxony Otto I, Duke of Saxony(Liudolfings) 884 27 March/13 June 897 13 August 900husband's death 2 July after 952 Zwentibold Frederuna – 884 1/18 April 907 1 November 911husband's election 10 February 917 Charles the Simple Eadgifu of England Edward the Elder(Wessex) 902/05 7 October 919 919/23husband's desposition after 955 In 922, Lotharingia was subsumed into the Kingdom of Germany.
Duchess consort of Lorraine
House of Ardennes-Metz, 959–1033 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse Beatrice of Bar Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine(Ardennes-Bar) 1017 1054 1065husband's accession 1069husband's death 18 April 1076 Godfrey III
Duchess consort of Lower Lorraine
Matfriding dynasty, 959–973 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Alpaide – – – 959duchy's division 964husband's death – Frederick The name of Richar's wife is not known(964–973) Richar Interregnum (973–977)
Carolingian dynasty, 977–1012 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse – Robert of Vermandois(Carolingian) 950s 970s May 977husband's accession 970s? Charles Adelaide a low-ranking vassal of Hugh Capet – – – Bonne of Verdun? Godfrey I, Count of Verdun(Ardennes-Verdun) – – – 991husband's resignation The name of Otto's wife is not known, he may have had a daughter with her(991–1012) Gothelo I
House of Ardennes-Verdun, 1012–1046 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse The name of Gothelo's wife is not known, the name Barbe de Lebarten (and in fact her entire ancestry), being a spurious concoction of later genealogists(26 September 1023 – 19 April 1044) Gothelo I
House of Luxembourg, 1046–1065 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Gerberga of Boulogne Eustace I, Count of Boulogne(Boulogne) – – 1046husband's accession 1049 Frederick Ida of Saxony Bernard II, Duke of Saxony(Billung) – 1055 18 May 1065husband's death 31 July 1102
House of Ardennes-Verdun, 1065–1076 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Beatrice of Bar Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine(Ardennes-Bar) 1017 mid 1054 18 May 1065husband's accession 30 December 1069husband's death 18 April 1076 Godfrey III Matilda of Tuscany Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany(Canossa) 1046 May 1069 30 December 1069husband's accession 26/27 February 1076husband's death 24 July 1115 Godfrey IV
Salian Dynasty, 1076–1087 None
House of Boulogne, 1087–1096 None Interregnum (1096–1101)
House of Limburg, 1101–1106 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Adelaide of Podenstein Botho, Count of Pottenstein 1061 – July 1101husband's accession 1106husband's desposition after 13 August 1106 Henry I
House of Leuven, 1106–1129 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Ida of Chiny Otto II, Count of Chiny(Chiny) 1078 1099/1105 1106husband's accession 1117/25 Godfrey VI Clementia of Burgundy William I, Count of Burgundy(Ivrea) 1070/78 1120/25 1129husband's abdication 1129/33
House of Limburg, 1125/29–1139 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Judith of Guelders, heiress of Wassenberg Gerard I, Count of Guelders(Dampierre) 1087 1107/10 1125/29husband's ascession 16 July 1139husband's death 24 June 1151 Waleran II
House of Leuven, 1139–1190 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Luitgarde of Sulzbach Berengar II of Sulzbach(Babenberg) 1109 1139 16 July 1139husband's ascession 13 June 1142husband's death 1162/63 Godfrey VII Margaret of Limburg Henry II of Limburg(Limburg)1135 1155/58 1172 Godfrey VIII Imagina of Loon Louis I, Count of Loon(Loon) – 1180 21 August 1190husband's death 5 June 1214 Lower Lotharingia ceased to exist and had lost its territorial authority at the Diet of Schwäbisch Hall. Later duchesses were called the Duchess of Lothier, who were also the Duchess of Brabant and Limburg.
Duchess consort of (Upper) Lorraine
House of Ardennes-Bar, 959–1033 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Beatrice of Paris Hugh the Great(Robertians) 938–940 10 September/12 November 954 959duchy divided 18 May 978husband's death 23 September 1003 Frederick I Richilde of Metz Folmar III, Count of Bliesgau and Metz(Metz) – 985/992 between 11 April 1026 and 12 January 1027husband's death – Theodoric I Matilda of Swabia Herman II, Duke of Swabia(Conradines) 988/995 1012–1016 1019husband's accession 17/18 May 1026husband's death 20 July 1031/1032 Frederick II
House of Ardennes-Verdun, 1033–1046 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse The name of Gothelo's wife is not known, the name Barbe de Lebarten (and in fact her entire ancestry), being a spurious concoction of later genealogists(1033 – 19 April 1044) Gothelo I Doda – – – 19 April 1044husband's accession 1047husband's desposition by the Emperor 1053 Godfrey
House of Ardennes-Metz, 1047–1453 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse No indication has been found of the name of Duke Adalbert's wife. In 1960, Szabolcs de Vajay hypothesized that Adalbert was count of Longwy and father-in-law of William VII, Duke of Aquitaine and William I, Count of Burgundy, and that his wife was the said Clémence of Foix, daughter of the Count of Foix. (Annales de Bourgogne, Vol 32 (1960) 258–261), and has been followed in this by Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Line 144-22. However, de Vajay subsequently published an unqualified retraction of his hypothesis in "Parlons encore d'Etiennette" in Onomastioque et Parente dans l'Occident medieval (Prosopographica et Genealogica, no.3), K. S. B. Keats-Rohan and C. Settipani, eds. (2000), pp. 2–6. Adalbert Hedwig of Namur Albert I, Count of Namur(Namur) 1005/10 – 1048husband's accession 6 March 1070husband's death 28 January 1080 Gerard Hedwig of Formbach Frederick, Count of Formbach(Formbach) – 1075/1080 1090/93 Theodoric II Gertrude of Flanders Robert I, Count of Flanders(Flanders) 1080 15 August 1095 23 January 1115husband's death 1117 Adelaide of Leuven Henry III, Count of Leuven(Leuven) before 1095 1112/13 23 January 1115husband's accession 13 April 1138husband's death 4 November, after 1158 Simon I Bertha of Lorraine Frederick II, Duke of Swabia(Hohenstaufen) 1123 25 March 1139 13 May 1176husband's death 18 October 1194 or 25 March 1195 Matthias I Agnes of Veldenz Gerlach I, Count of Veldenz(Veldenz) – – 13 May 1176husband's accession – Simon II Ida of Mâcon Gerard I, Count of Mâcon and Vienne(Mâcon) – after 1190 1205husband's abdication 1227 Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla of Greater Poland Mieszko III the Old(Piast) before 1153 1167 1205husband's accession 7 April 1206husband's death before 1211/1223 Frederick I Agnes of Bar Theobald I, Count of Bar(Scarponnois) 1177 before mid-July 1189 7 April 1206husband's accession 10 October 1213husband's death 19 June 1226 Frederick II Gertrude of Dagsburg Albert II, Count of Dasbourg and Metz(Dagsburg) 1190 or May 1205 1206 or 1215 10 October 1213husband's accession 17 February 1220husband's death 30 March 1225 Theobald I Catherine of Limburg Waleran III, Duke of Limburg(Limburg) 1215 August 1225 24 June 1251husband's death 18 April 1255 Matthias II Margaret of Navarre Theobald I of Navarre(Champagne) 1240 10 July 1255 31 December 1302husband's death 3 October 1307 Frederick III Isabella de Rumigny Hugh de Rumigny(Rumigny) June 1263 23 May 1278 31 December 1302husband's accession 13 May 1312husband's death after 7 December 1325 Theobald II Elisabeth of Austria Albert I of Germany(Habsburg) 1285 1304 or 6 August 1306 13 May 1312husband's accession 23 August 1328husband's death 19 May 1353 Frederick IV Eleanor of Bar Edward I, Count of Bar(Scarponnois) – 25 June 1329 15 September 1333 Rudolph Marie of Blois-Châtillon Guy I, Count of Blois(Blois-Châtillon) 1323 30 May 1334 26 August 1346husband's death 1363/1380 Sophie of Württemberg Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg(Württemberg) 1343 16 December 1361 26 April or 26/27 July 1369 John I Margaret of the Palatinate Rupert of Germany(Wittelsbach) 1376/79 5 February 1394 25 January 1431husband's death 26/27 August 1434 Charles II
House of Vaudemont, 1473–1737