Consort Biographies

Early Modern era

Marie Antoinette

November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)

Early Modern era

Suriyothai

c. 1600 – February 3, 1548

Royal consort

Medieval era

Emma of Normandy

987 CE – March 6, 1052

Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor

Medieval era

Margaret of Anjou

March 23, 1430 – August 25, 1482

15th-century English royal consort (1430-1482)

Medieval era

Elizabeth Woodville

1437 – June 8, 1492

Queen consort of England

Medieval era

Eleanor of Castile

1241 – November 28, 1290

Infanta of Castile and queen consort of England

Ancient era

Clotilde

474 CE – June 3, 545 CE

Saint and second wife of the Frankish king Clovis I

Brunhilda of Austrasia

d. 613 CE

Queen of Austrasia

Fredegund

d. December 8, 597 CE

Frankish queen

Ancient era

Tiye

1398 BCE – 1338 BCE

Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III

Ancient era

Atossa

550 BCE – 475 BCE

Persian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)

Ancient era

Parysatis

440 BCE – 385 BCE

Persian Queen

Ancient era

Roxana

347 BCE – 310 BCE

Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great

Medieval era

Lucrezia Borgia

April 18, 1480 – June 24, 1519

Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)