List of Aquitanian consorts

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The consorts of Aquitaine were the spouses of the Aquitanian monarchs. They were mostly Duchess but other held the titles Lady or Queen.

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Early Frankish Duchesses

Death of Chramn and his family Mort de Chramn.jpg
Death of Chramn and his family

Frankish queen of Aquitaine

Merovingian dynasty, 629–632

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Gisela of Gascony? Amand of Gascony c. 610before 62918 October 629
husband's accession
8 April 632
husband's death
ca. 632 Charibert II
Fulberte? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kingdom passed to Neustria and Burgundy in 632; dukes were appointed to Aquitaine

Carolingian dynasty, 778–877

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Ingeltrude of Madrie Theodobert, Count of Madrie ca. 803c. 822 ?c. 838 Pepin I

Duchess of Aquitaine

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (1st time), 852893

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Bilichild of Maine Rorgon II, Count of Maine ca. 812c. 845c. 852
husband's accession
c. 866
husband's death
after 866 Ranulf I
Interregnum 866–887
Ermengard or Ada? ?c. 882 ? ? ?c. 935 Ranulf II
Aremburga  ?ca. 87910 October 891c. 893
husband's desposition
c. 935 Ebalus

House of Auvergne, 893927

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Engelberga of Provence Boso of Provence
(Bosonids)
 ?before 898c. 893
husband's accession
c. 917 William I
Gerletta Rolfsdottir 891 ? ? ?14 October 962 William II

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (2nd time), 927932

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Emilienne  ? ?February 911c. 927
husband's accession
c. 932
titles transferred
Ebles Manzur

House of Rouergue, 932955

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Garsindaperhaps García II of Gascony
(Gascony)
c. 900c. 932
husband's accession
c. 936
husband's desposition
c. 972 Raymond I
Bertha of Arles Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
(Bosonids)
c. 912c. 936c. 936
husband's accession
c. 955
husband's desposition
18. August 965 Raymond II

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (3rd time), 9621189

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Gerloc/Adèle of Normandy Rollo of Normandy
(Normandy)
 ?c. 935935 as claimant duchess
962 husband's accession
14 October 962 William III
Emma of Blois Theobald I of Blois
(Blois)
c. 955c. 968995 husband retired to monastery1 August 1004 William IV
Adalemode of Limoges  ? ?c. 997c. 1006 William V
Prisca of Gascony William II, Duke of Gascony
(Gascony)
 ?c. 1011c. 1016/1018
Agnes de Bourgogne.jpg Agnes of Burgundy Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
c. 995c. 101931 January 1030
husband's death
10 November 1068
Eustachie of Montreuil-Bellay ?Berlay III? ?c. 1031c. 1038March 1038 William VI
Ermesinde ? ?c. 1041 ? ? William VII
Garsende of Périgord Aldabert II, Count of Périgord ?c. 1044Autumn 1058
husband's accession
November 1058
divorce
 ? William VIII
Mathildeperhaps Audebert of La Marche ?c. 1058/9May 1068
divorce
 ?
Hildegarde of Burgundy Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)
c. 1056c. 1068/925 September 1086
husband's death
1104
Ermengarde d'Anjou.jpg
Ermengarde of Anjou Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
(Anjou)
c. 1068c. 1089c. 1091
marriage dissolved
1 June 1146 William IX
Philippa of Toulouse William IV, Count of Toulouse
(Rouergue)
c. 1073c. 1094c. 1116
retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault
28 November 1118
Aénor of Châtellerault Aimery, Viscount I of Châttellerault (Châttellerault)c. 1103c. 112110 February 1126
husband's accession
March 1130 William X

House of Plantagenet, 11891449

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Abbaye de l'Epau -2.JPG Berengaria of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre
(Jiménez)
between 1165 and 117012 May 11916 April 1199
husband's death
23 December 1230 Richard I
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Isabella of Angoulême Aymer, Count of Angoulême
(Taillefer)
c. 118724 August 120018 or 19 October 1216
husband's death
31 May 1246 John I
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Eleanor of Provence Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona)
c. 122314 January 123616 November 1272
husband's death
24 June 1291 Henry II
Eleonora by Torel.jpg
Eleanor of Castile Ferdinand III of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 12411 November 125416 November 1272
husband's accession
28 November 1290 Edward I
Marguerite of france.jpg Marguerite of France Philip III of France
(Capet)
c. 12828 or 10 September 12997 July 1307
husband's death
14 February 1317
Isabella of France.jpg Isabella of France Philip IV of France
(Capet)
between 1288 and 129625 January 130831 May 1325
son became duke
or
20 January 1327
husband's deposition
22 August 1358 Edward II
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Philippa of Hainault William I, Count of Hainault
(Avesnes)
24 June 131124 January 1328c. 1337
became claimant French queen
15 August 1369 Edward III

English Occupation

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged with the English claimed Crown of France, 1337–1360; so Philippa of Hainault, the Queen of Edward III was also the Duchess of Aquitaine

Lady of Aquitaine, 13601369

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
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Philippa of Hainault William I, Count of Hainault
(Avesnes)
24 June 131124 January 13288 May 1360
Treaty of Brétigny
c. 1369
Treaty broken, war resumed
15 August 1369 Edward III

Princess of Aquitaine (royal title), 13621372

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame PrincessCeased to be PrincessDeath Spouse
Joan of Kent.jpg Joan of Kent Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
(Plantagenet)
29 September 132810 October 1361c. 1372
title merged into crown
7 August 1385 Prince Edward

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1369–1390; so Anne of Bohemia , first queen of Richard II was also the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Duchess of Aquitaine (under England), 13901422

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Constanza Castile (1354-94).jpg
Constance of Castile Peter of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 135421 September 1371c. 1390
created Duchess
24 March 1394 John II
Katherine Swynford.jpg
Katherine de Roet Payne de Roet 25 November 135013 January 13963 February 1399
husband's death
10 May 1403

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1413–1449; so the English queens: Joanna of Navarre , Catherine of Valois and Margaret of Anjou were also Duchesses of Aquitaine. After the loss of most of Aquitaine to the Valois, the French kings gain completed rights to title that they had taken back from Edward III in 1337.

The Duchy of Aquitaine was reclaimed by the Crown of France in 1337; but it wasn't until 1449 that the Valois kings were able to conquer it from the Plantaganets. The Kings of France granted the title of Duke of Guyenne to their heirs, the Dauphins. The title was used after the fall of the French monarchy by the member of the Bourbon family.

Duchess of Guyenne

House of Valois and Bourbon, since 1337

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Bona Lucemburska.png
Bonne of Bohemia John of Bohemia
(Luxembourg)
20 May 13156 August 1332c. 1349
title created
11 September 1349 John II
Joan I of Auvergne.png
Jeanne I of Auvergne William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
(Auvergne)
8 May 132613 February 134922 August 1350
became Queen of France
29 September 1360
Margaret of Burgundy, Dauphine of France.jpg
Margaret of Burgundy John the Fearless
(Valois-Burgundy)
c. 1393c. 1403February 1442
her death
February 1442 Louis, Dauphin of France
Vacant

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