List of Norwegian royal consorts
This is a list of queens consort of Norway. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries, with some individual queens also shaping their own roles. Many have ruled the country side by side with their husband and some have become sole regents. The marriage of an heir or a king was most often affected by politics and alliances were often affirmed by marriages in the royal families. It was also not permitted for a long period for royalty to marry non-royalty. Thus the choice of wife would be narrow in one's own country and most of the queens in this list are not native to their husband's country. Due to unions with Denmark and Sweden the queens listed for 1380–1814 were also queens of Denmark and the queens listed for 1814–1905 were also queens of Sweden.
Fairhair dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Ragnhild the Mighty | Eirik of Jutland | - | 885 | 888 Her death |
- | Harald I[1] | |
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Gunnhild Gormsdóttir of Denmark [2] |
Gorm the Old of Denmark (Knytlinga) |
910 | 922 | 931 husband's accession |
934 husband's desposition |
after 970 | Eric I |
Knýtling dynasty
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Tove of the Obotrites [3] |
Mstivoj | - | January 963 | 976 husband conquer Norway |
985/6 husband's death |
- | Harald Bluetooth |
Unclassified
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Tyri Haraldsdatter of Denmark | Harald Bluetooth (Knytlinga) |
- | 998 | 9 September 1000 husband's death |
18 September 1000 | Olaf I |
Knýtling dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Gunhild of Wenden [legendary] [3][4][5] |
Burislav of Wendland | perhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I. | Sweyn Forkbeard | |||||
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Sigrid Storråda [legendary] [3][4][5] |
Skagul Toste | Den Store Danske Encyklopædi identifies the consort of Sweyn I as Gunhild, and considers the Sigrid the Haughty of the sagas to be based on her, but predominantly a work of "complete fiction". She subsequently married Sweyn II, who later divorced her on orders from the church, since both of them were grandchildren of the Slavic consort of Eric the Victorious of Sweden. Source: Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, CD-ROM edition, entries Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde. | |||||
(name unknown) [3][4][5] |
Mieszko I of Poland (Piast) |
perhaps identical to one or both of previous |
St. Olaf dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Astrid Olofsdotter | Olof Skötkonung (Munsö) |
- | February 1019 | 1028 husband flee after Denmark invade |
1035 | Olaf II |
Knýtling dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Emma of Normandy [3][5] |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (Normandy) |
985 | July 1017 | 1028 husband's conquest |
12 November 1035 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Canute II |
Hardrada dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev | Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikid) |
c. 1025 | Winter of 1043-44 | 25 October 1047 husband's ascession |
25 September 1066 husband's death |
c. 1067 | Harald III |
Ingerid Swensdatter of Denmark | Sweyn II of Denmark (Estridsen) |
? | c. 1067 | c. 1093 husband's death |
? | Olaf III | ||
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Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden [6] |
Inge I of Sweden (Stenkil) |
1080s | c. 1101 | August 1103 husband's death |
c. 1130 | Magnus III | |
Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter | Guttorm Toresson | ? | ? | August 1103 husband's accession |
29 August 1123 husband's death |
? | Eystein I | |
Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev [3] |
Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikid) |
c. 1105 | 1116 and 1120 | 26 March 1130 husband's death |
after 1137 | Sigurd I | ||
Christine Knutsdatter of Denmark | Canute Lavard (Estridsen) |
c. 1118 | c. 1132 | c. 1133 | Magnus IV |
Gille dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter of Sweden | Prince Ragnvald Ingesson of Sweden (Stenkil) |
1100–10 | c. 1134 | c. 1136 husband's death |
after 1161 | Harald IV | ||
Ragna Nikolasdatter | Nikolas Måse | ? | ? | c. 1142 husband's accession |
c. 1157 | Eystein II |
Hardrada (Skakke) dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Estrid Bjørnsdotter | Björn Byrdasvend | ? | ? | 4 February 1161 husband's accession |
c. 1176 | Magnus V |
Sverre dynasty
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret Eriksdotter of Sweden | Eric IX of Sweden (Eric) |
? | c. 1189 | 9 March 1202 husband's death |
c. 1209 | Sverre | ||
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Margrete Skulesdatter | Skule Bårdsson | c. 1208 | 25 May 1225 | 15 December 1263 husband's death |
c. 1270 | Haakon IV | |
Rikissa Birgersdotter of Bjelbo [7] |
Birger Magnusson of Bjelbo (Bjelbo) |
c. 1237 | c. 1251 | 5 May 1257 husband's death |
after 1288 | Haakon Haakonsson the Young | ||
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Denmark | Eric IV of Denmark (Estridsen) |
c. 1244 | 11 September 1261 | 16 December 1263 husband's accession |
9 May 1280 husband's death |
c. 1287 | Magnus VI | |
Margaret of Scotland | Alexander III of Scotland (Dunkeld) |
28 February 1261 | c. 1281 | 9 April 1283 | Eric II | |||
Isabel Bruce | Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (Bruce) |
c. 1272 | c. 1293 | 15 July 1299 husband's death |
1358 | |||
Euphemia of Rügen | Günther, Count of Arnstein | c. 1270 | Spring of 1299 | 15 July 1299 husband's accession |
c. 1312 | Haakon V |
House of Bjelbo
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Blanche of Namur [8][9][4] |
John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre) |
1320 | 5 November 1335 | 15 August 1343 husband's desposition |
1363 | Magnus VII | |
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Margaret Valdemarsdatter of Denmark [8][9][4] |
Valdemar IV of Denmark (Estridsen) |
1353 | 9 April 1363 | 11 September 1380 husband's death |
28 October 1412 | Haakon VI |
House of Pomerania
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Philippa of England [3][10][4] |
Henry IV of England (Lancaster) |
4 June 1394 | 26 October 1406 | 7 January 1430 | Eric III |
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Dorothea of Brandenburg [8][9][3][4][10][11] |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
1430–31 | 12 September 1445 | 6 January 1448 husband's death |
10 November 1495 | Christopher |
House of Bonde
[edit]Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Katarina Karlsdotter of Bjurum [8][9][4] |
Karl Ormsson Gumsehuvud (Gumsehufvud) |
1418 | 5 October 1438 | 20 November 1449 husband's ascession |
June 1450 husband's deposition |
7 September 1450 | Charles I |
House of Oldenburg
[edit]House of Holstein-Gottorp
[edit]Picture | Coat of Arms | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp [8][9][4][10] |
Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (Holstein-Gottorp) |
22 March 1759 | 7 July 1774 | 4 November 1814 husband's ascession |
5 February 1818 husband's death |
20 June 1818 | Charles II |
House of Bernadotte
[edit]Picture | Coat of Arms | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Désirée Clary [8][9][4][10] |
François Clary | 8 November 1777 | 17 August 1798 | 5 February 1818 husband's ascession |
8 March 1844 husband's death |
17 December 1860 | Charles III John |
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Joséphine de Beauharnais [8][9][4][10] |
Eugène de Beauharnais (Beauharnais) |
14 March 1807 | 19 June 1823 | 8 March 1844 husband's ascession |
8 July 1859 husband's death |
7 June 1876 | Oscar I |
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Louise van Oranje-Nassau [8][9][4][10] |
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (Orange-Nassau) |
5 August 1828 | 19 June 1850 | 8 July 1859 husband's ascession |
30 March 1871 | Charles IV | |
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Sophia of Nassau [8][9][4][10] |
William, Duke of Nassau (Nassau-Weilburg) |
9 July 1836 | 6 June 1857 | 18 September 1872 husband's ascession |
26 October 1905 husband's renounce claim after the Union dissolved |
30 December 1913 | Oscar II |
House of Glücksburg
[edit]Picture | Coat of Arms | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maud of Wales | Edward VII of the United Kingdom (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) |
26 November 1869 | 22 July 1896 | 18 November 1905 husband's ascession |
20 November 1938 | Haakon VII | |
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Sonja Haraldsen | Karl August Haraldsen | 4 July 1937 | 29 August 1968 | 17 January 1991 husband's accession |
Incumbent | - | Harald V |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Harald I had many other wives but it isn't certain if they are his spouse or just concubines. They were: Åsa Håkonsdotter of Lade, Gyda Eriksdotter of Jutland, Svanhild Øysteinsdotter, Åshild Ringsdotter of Ringerike, Snæfrithr Svásadottir, and Tora Mosterstong, his maidservant.
- ^ Also Queen consort of Jórvík
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Also Queen consort of Denmark.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Also Queen consort of Sweden.
- ^ a b c d Also Queen consort of England
- ^ Also Queen consort of Mann and the Isles.
- ^ Co queen.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Also Queen consort of the Goths.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Also Queen consort of the Geats.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Also Queen consort of the Wends.
- ^ 1st time.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ 2nd time.
- ^ Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.
- ^ Coat of arms as a British Princess