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Kings Wives



English and British Queen Consorts


  1. Ealhswith of Mercia (886) - Alfred the Great
  2. Emma of Normandy (1002) - Ethelred II the Unready
  3. Emma of Normandy (again) (1017) - Canute the Great
  4. Edith the Fair, and Edith of Mercia (two different queens) - Harold Godwinson, Harold II
  5. Matilda of Flanders (1066) - William the Conqueror






  6. Eleanor of Aquitaine (1154) - Henry II
  7. Eleanor of Castile (1272) - Edward I
  8. Isabella of France (1308) (the 'She-Wolf of France') - Edward II
  9. Joan of Navarre (1403) - Henry IV
  10. Catherine of Valois (1420) - Henry V
  11. Margaret of Anjou (1445) - Henry VI
  12. Elizabeth Woodville (1464) - Edward IV
  13. Anne Neville (1483) - Richard III
  14. Elizabeth of York (1486) - Henry VII
  15. Anne of Denmark (1603) - James I
  16. Henrietta Maria of France (1625) - Charles I
  17. Catherine of Braganza (1662) - Charles II
  18. Catherine of Aragon (first), Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr (last) - Henry VIII
  19. Caroline of Ansbach (Queen Caroline) - George II
  20. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte) - George III
  21. Caroline of Brunswick - George IV
  22. Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Queen Adelaide) - William IV
  23. Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra) - Edward VII
  24. Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary) - George V
  25. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) - George VI