Queen Consort - Examples of Royal Consorts

Examples of Royal Consorts

Past queens consort: .

• Queen Marie Antoinette, consort to Louis XVI of France.
• Queen Mary, consort of George V.
• Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII.
• Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI.
• Queen Fabiola, consort of Baudouin I of the Belgians.
• Empress Carlota, consort of Maximilian I of Mexico.
• Queen Marie José, consort of Umberto II of Italy.
• Queen Kapiolani, consort of King Kalākaua of Hawaiʻi.
• Queen Soraya Tarzi, consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan.
• Tsaritsa Ioanna, consort of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria.
• Queen Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou, consort of Reza Shah Pahlavi of Persia.
• Empress Farah Pahlavi, consort of Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran.
• Queen Regent Saovabha Bongsri, consort of Chulalongkorn of Siam.
• Panapillai Amma (queen consort) Srimathi Lakshmi Pilla Kochamma Chempakaraman Arumana Ammaveedu, wife of Visakham Thirunal Maharajah of Travancore.
• Queen Catherine, first Queen consort of Henry VIII of England, she was also regent when he was in a war in France.
• Queen Hortense, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland.
• Queen Wilhelmine, consort of William I of the Netherlands.
• Queen Anna Pavlovna, consort of William II of the Netherlands.
• Queen Sophie, first consort of William III of the Netherlands.
• Queen Emma, second consort of William III of the Netherlands. When William died on 23 November 1890, Emma became regent (1890–1898) for her underaged daughter, Wilhelmina, the late king's only surviving child.
• Queen Ratna, second consort of Mahendra of Nepal.

See List of British consorts for a more complete list of queens consort of the United Kingdom.

Present queens consort:

• Queen 'Masenate, consort of Letsie III of Lesotho.
• Empress Michiko, consort of Akihito of Japan.
• Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, consort of Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar.
• Queen Jetsun Pema, consort of Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck of Bhutan.
• Queen Paola, consort of Albert II of the Belgians.
• Queen Rania, consort of Abdullah II of Jordan.
• Queen Silvia, consort of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
• Queen Sirikit, consort of Rama IX of Thailand.
• Queen Sofia, consort of Juan Carlos I of Spain.
• Queen Sonja, consort of Harald V of Norway.
• Queen Sylvia, consort of Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda. Her official title is Nnabagereka of Buganda.
• Queen Komal, consort of Gyanendra of Nepal.

Because queens consort lack an ordinal with which to distinguish between them, many historical texts and encyclopedias refer to deceased consorts by their pre-marital or maiden name or title, not by their marital royal title.

Thus:

• Queen Mary, consort of George V, is usually called Mary of Teck.
• Queen Maria José, consort of Umberto II of Italy, is usually called Marie José of Belgium.
• Queen Philippa, consort of John I of Portugal, is usually called Philippa of Lancaster.
• Queen Catherine, first consort of Henry VIII, is called Catherine of Aragon.
• Queen Anne, second consort of Henry VIII, is called Anne Boleyn.
• Queen Catherine, consort of Charles II, is called Catherine of Braganza.
• Queen Jane, third consort of Henry VIII, is called Jane Seymour.
• Queen Anne, fourth consort of Henry VIII is called Anne of Cleves.
• Queen Catherine, fifth consort of Henry VIII is called Catherine Howard.
• Queen Catherine, sixth consort of Henry VIII is called Catherine Parr.
• Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII is called Elizabeth of York.