List of Angevin consorts
Appearance
The Countesses and Duchesses of Anjou were the wives of the ruling counts of Anjou and later the nominal French counts and dukes of Anjou.
Countess of Anjou
[edit]First creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Adelais d'Amboise | perhaps a Count Foulque brother-in-law of Adalard, Archbishop of Tours and Raino, Bishop of Angers (Amboise) |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Ingelger | |
Roscilla de Loches | Warnerius, seigneur de Loches | 874 | 02 Mar 897 | ? | ? | 05 Jul 929 | Fulk I | |
Gerberge | ? | ? | 937 | 942 husband's ascension |
before 952 | |||
? of Blois | Theobald the Ancient, Viscount of Blois (Blois) |
? | 954 | 960 husband's death |
? | |||
Adele of Meaux | Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux (Carolingian-Vermandois) |
? | 965 | 974/982 | Geoffrey I | |||
Adelaise de Chalon | ? | 925 | March 979 | 21 July 987 husband's death |
? | |||
Elisabeth de Vendôme | Bouchard I, Count of Vendôme (Bouchardides) |
958 | 989 | 1000 | Fulk III | |||
Hildegard de Metz | ? | 964 | after 1000 | 21 June 1040 husband's death |
1 April 1046 | |||
Agnes of Burgundy | Otto-William, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea) |
995 | 1 January 1032 | 21 June 1040 husband's ascension |
1049/52 divorce |
1068 | Geoffrey II | |
Grécie of Langeais | ? (Langeais) |
? | before 15 August 1052 | ? divorce |
? | |||
Adele Le Teutonne | probably Odo II, Count of Blois | ? | before 22 May 1060 | ? divorce |
after 1062 | |||
Grécie of Langeais | ? (Langeais) |
? | ? | 14 November 1060 husband's death |
? | |||
Julienne de Langeais | Hamelin, seigneur de Langeais (Langeais) |
? | before 1060 | 14 November 1060 husband's ascension |
after 7 August 1067 | Geoffrey III | ||
Hildegarde of Beaugency | Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency (Beaugency) |
? | ? | 1068 husband's ascension |
before 1070 | Fulk IV | ||
Ermengarde de Bourbon-Dampierre | Archambaud IV, seigneur de Bourbon (Bourbon-Dampierre) |
? | 1070 | before 1076 divorce |
? | |||
Orengarde de Châtelaillon | Isembard, seigneur de Châtel-Aillon (Châtelaillon) |
? | 1076 | 1080 divorce |
? | |||
Mantie de Brienne | Walter I, Count of Brienne (Brienne) |
? | around 1080 | 1087 divorce |
? | |||
Bertrade de Montfort | Simon I, seigneur de Montfort (Montfort) |
1070 | 1089 | 1092 abducted |
14 February 1117 | |||
Eremburga, Countess of Maine | Elias I, Count of Maine (Beaugency) |
1096 | 11 July 1110 | 15 January/12 October 1126 | Fulk V |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of England | Henry I of England (Normandy) |
7 February 1101 | 17 June 1128 | before 2 June 1129 husband's ascension |
7 September 1151 husband's death |
10 September 1167 | Geoffrey V | |
Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine | William X, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfid) |
1122 | 18 May 1152 | 6 July 1189 husband's death |
1 April 1204 | Henry I | ||
Margaret of France | Louis VII of France (Capet) |
November 1157 | 2 November 1160 | June 1170 husband's accession |
11 June 1183 husband's death |
August/September 1197 | Henry II | |
Berengaria of Navarre | Sancho VI of Navarre (Jiménez) |
between 1165 and 1170 | 12 May 1191 | 6 April 1199 husband's death |
23 December 1230 | Richard I |
Second creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Beatrice of Provence | Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona) |
1234 | 31 January 1246 | 1247 husband's ascension |
23 September 1267 | Charles I | ||
Margaret of Burgundy | Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre (Burgundy) |
1250 | 18 November 1268 | 7 January 1285 husband's death |
4 September 1308 | |||
Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) |
1257 | May/June 1270 | 7 January 1285 husband's ascension |
1290 husband's death |
25 March 1323 | Charles II |
Third creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Joan the Lame | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy) |
24 June 1293 | July 1313 | 1 April 1328 became Queen of France |
12 September 1348 | Philip I |
Fourth creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Bonne of Bohemia | John of Bohemia (Luxembourg) |
20 May 1315 | 6 August 1332 | 11 September 1349 | John II | |||
Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne | William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne (Auvergne) |
8 May 1326 | 13 February 1350 | 22 August 1350 became Queen of France |
29 September 1360 |
Fifth creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | before October in 1360 elevated to duchess |
12 November 1404 | Louis I |
Duchess of Anjou
[edit]First creation
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | before October in 1360 elevated from a countess |
20 September 1384 husband's death |
12 November 1404 | Louis I | |
Yolande of Aragon | John I of Aragon (Barcelona) |
11 August 1384 | 2 December 1400 | 29 April 1417 husband's death |
14 November 1442 | Louis II | ||
Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III | ||
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
c. 1400 | 24 October 1420 | 12 November 1434 husband's ascension |
28 February 1453 | René | ||
Jeanne de Laval | Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval (Laval) |
10 November 1433 | 10 September 1454 | 10 July 1480 husband's death |
19 December 1498 | |||
Jeanne de Lorraine | Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) |
1458 | 21 January 1474 | 10 July 1480 husband's ascension |
25 January 1480 | Charles IV |
Second creation
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Third creation
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Fourth creation
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Fifth creation
[edit]Most dukes actually did marry but only after they ceased to be Dukes of Anjou because it was a tradition to award the son with the title of Duke of Orléans when they marry.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy | Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (Savoy) |
2 September 1753 | 16 April 1771 | 1790 ceased to be duchess |
13 November 1810 | Louis VIII |