List of Burgundian royal consorts

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This article lists queens, countesses, and duchesses consort of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Burgundy.

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Queen consort of Burgundy

Queen consort of the Burgundians (till 534)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Grimhild  ?She is a mythological queen mentioned in the Nibelungenlied who was a witch, who cast a spell on Sigurd making him leave his wife, Brynhildr, for Gudrun. Gebicca
Dietlind of Bechelaren Rüdiger, Count of Bechelaren She is a mythological queen mentioned in the Nibelungenlied as being married to Giselher. Giselher
Brunhild (Postkarte), G. Bussiere, 1897.jpg Brynhildr the Valkyrie King Budli She is a mythological queen, a valkyrie, based on the stories of the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events. Under the name Brünnhilde she appears in the Nibelungenlied. Brynhildr is probably inspired by the Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia, who married Merovingian king Sigebert I in 567. The history of Brynhildr includes fratricide, a long battle between brothers, and dealings with the Huns. Gunther
Sister of Ricimer Rechila, Suevic King of Galicia  ? ? ?472 Gondioc
Caretena ? ? ? ?493
[1]
Chilperic II
Ostrogotho of the Ostrogoths Theodoric the Great
(Bosonid)
475494 or 496516
husband's accession
520 Sigismund
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

Frankish Burgundy (534–855)

Merovingian dynasty (534–751)

Queen consort of Burgundy/Orléans, 561–613
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Vénérande a slave ? ? ? ? ? Guntram
Marcatrude Magnar (Magnacaire d’Outre-Jura) ?565?566?
Austerchild  ? ?567after 580
Faileube  ? ? ? ? ? ? Childebert II
Ermenberga of the Visigoths Witteric, King of the Visigoths  ?606607
repudiated
 ? Theuderic II
United to Austrasia in 612 and passed Neustria in 613.
Queen of Neustria, Paris, Burgundy and Austrasia, 613–629
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Bertrude.jpg Bertrude of Vermandois Wagon II, Count of Vermandois 582?613?618/619 Chlothar II
Sichilde
[2]
 ?c. 59061818 October 629
husband's death
ap. 627
Queen of Neustria and Burgundy, 629–691
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Clichy Saint-Vincent-de-Paul350.JPG
Gomentrude
[2]
 ?598628629
répudiée
after 630 Dagobert I
Nanthild the Saxon
[2]
 ?c. 610c. 62919 January 639
husband's death
642
Ragintrudis
[2]
 ?610? ? ? ? ?
Wulfefundis
[2]
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bertechildis
[2]
 ? ? ? ? ? ?
St. Bathild Jardin du Luxembourg.jpg Balthild Anglo-Saxon aristocrat626 or 62764927 November 655 or 658
husband's death
30 January 680 Clovis II
Amatilda
[2]
 ? ? ? ? ? ? Chlothar III
Bilichild of Austrasia
[2]
Sigebert III of Austrasia 654668673
invasion of Neustria and Burgundy
675 Childeric II
Clotilda of Heristal
[2]
Ansegisel 650before 680679
Became Queen of All the Franks
699 Theuderic III
United with Austrasia to form a single Frankish state
Queen of Neustria, Burgundy, Aquitaine, and Austrasia
Edonne
[2]
Most likely this a fabricated name of the wife of Childebert III and mother of Dagobert III whose name is unknown. Childebert III
No Merovingian or Burgundian queens have been recorded beyond the obscure Edonne.
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

Carolingian dynasty (751–855)

Frankish Queen consort of Burgundy, 751–843
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Bertrada of Laon Jardin du Luxembourg.jpg Bertrada of Laon
[2]
Charibert, Count of Laon 710/27740November 751
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks
24 September 768
husband's death
12 July 783 Pepin I
Gerberga  ? ? ?24 September 768
as co-Queen consort of the Franks
4 December 771
husband's death
 ? Carloman I
Gerperga of the Lombards
[2]
Desiderius, King of the Lombards  ?770
as co-Queen consort of the Franks
771
repuditated
 ? Charles I
Hildegard 1499.jpg Hildegard
[2]
Gerold of Vinzgouw
(Agilolfings)
758771
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks
774
as Queen consort the Lombards
781
as co-Queen consort the Lombards
30 April 783
Fastrada of Franconia
[2]
Raoul III of Franconia 765784
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards
10 October 794
Luitgard of Sundgau
[2]
Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau
(Etichonids)
776794
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards
4 June 800
Ermengarde of Hesbaye
[2]
Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye
(Robertians)
778794/5813
as Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks 817
as senior Holy Roman Empress
3 October 818 Louis I
Wgt Stifterbuchlein 11v.jpg Judith of Bavaria
[2]
Welf I, Count of Altdorf (Elder Welfs)805819
as senior Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of the Franks
20 June 840
husband's death
19/23 April 843
After the Treaty of Verdun
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Ermengarde of Tours Hugh of Tours
(Etichonids)
800/415 October 82120 March 851 Lothair I
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

After Lothar's death in 855, his realm was divided between his sons. The Burgundian territories were divided between:

Lower Burgundy (855–863)

After the division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun (843), the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was Lothair I, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son, Charles. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence that, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, it was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns.

Carolingian dynasty (855–879)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Engelberga of Parma Adelchis I, Count of Parma
(Supponids)
8305 October 85124 January 863
husband's accession
12 August 875
husband's death
896-901 Louis II
Richildaof Provence.gif Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes
(Bosonid)
84587012 August 875
husband's ascession
6 October 877
husband's death
2 June 910 Charles III
Adela hlava.jpg Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris
(Girardids)
850/853February 8756 October 877
husband's accession
10 April 879
husband's death
10 November 901 Louis III
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

Bosonid dynasty (879–933)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Ermengard of Italy Louis II
(Carolingian)
835/852/855June 87610 April 879
husband's accession
11 January 887
husband's death
22 June 896 Boso I
Anna of Constantinople Leo VI the Wise
(Macedonian)
888around 900912 Louis IV
Adelaide Rudolph I
(Elder Welf)
-91428 June 928
husband's death
943
Alda (or Hilda) ? ?after 9245 June 928
husband's accession
before 932
marriage annulled
 ? Hugh I
Marozia.jpg
Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum
(Tusculani)
890932December 932
933
Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom.
932/937
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the throne of Northern Italy.

Welf dynasty (888–1032)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Bertha of Swabia.jpg
Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings)
907922933
husband's accession
11 July 937
husband's death
after 2 January 966 Rudolph I
Adelane -935/40950s?23 March 963/4 Conrad I
Mathilde de France.jpg Matilda of France Louis IV of France
(Carolingian)
94396426/27 January 981/2
Aldiud --after 981/219 October 993
husband's death
-
Agaltrudis --before 12 January 99421 March 1008
or
18 February 1011
Rudolph II
Ermengarde of Savoy Humbert I, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
-24 April/28 July 10116 September 1032
husband's death
25/27 August 1057
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

In 1032 the kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later known as Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Upper Burgundy (855–1032)

Carolingian dynasty (855–888)

Lothair II subsumed his portion of Burgundy into the Kingdom of Lotharingia and at his brother Charles' death, gained some northern districts of the deceased's kingdom. When Lothair II died in 869, his realm was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German in the Treaty of Meerssen.

When Emperor Charles the Fat, who until 884 had reunited all Frankish kingdoms except for kingdom of Provence, died in 888, the nobles and leading clergy of Upper Burgundy assembled at St Maurice and elected Rudolph, count of Auxerre, from the Elder House of Welf, as king. At first, he tried to reunite the realm of Lothair II, but opposition by Arnulf of Carinthia forced him to focus on his Burgundian territory.

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Teutberga Boso the Elder
(Bosonids)
-85529 September 855
as Queen of Lotharingia
8 August 869
husband's death
before 25 November 875 Lothair II
Lothair II's empire divided between his uncles in the Treaty of Meerssen.
(869-888)
Ermentruda kralovna.jpg Ermentrude of Orléans Odo I, Count of Orléans
(Orléans)
-8558 August 869
as Queen of West Franks
6 October 869 Charles the Bald
RichildaofProvence.jpg Richilde of Provence Bivin of Gorze
(Bosonids)
-870
as Queen of West Franks, Queen of Italy, and Holy Roman Empress
6 October 877
husband's death
2 June 910
Adela hlava.jpg Adelaide of Paris Adalard of Paris
(Paris)
-February 8756 October 877
as Queen of West Franks
10 April 879
husband's death
10 November 901 Louis the Stammerer
Hemma.jpg Emma of Altdorf Welf
(Welf)
-8278 August 869
as Queen of East Franks
31 January 876 Louis the German
Luitgarda.jpg Liutgard of Saxony Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
(Liudolfing)
840/5029 November 87428 August 876
as Queen of Saxony, Bavaria, and East Franks
20 January 882
husband's death
17 November 885 Louis the Younger
Saint Richardis (fragment of The Ordeal by Fire by Dierec Bouts the Older).jpg Richardis of Swabia Erchanger of Nordgau-86220 January 882
as Holy Roman Empress, and Queen of East and West Franks
13 January 888
husband's death
18 September 894/6 Charles the Fat
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

Welf dynasty (888–1032)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse
Guilla of Provence Boso of Provence
(Bosonids)
873885/888888
husband's accession
25 October 911
husband's death
912-924 Rudolph I
Bertha of Swabia.jpg
Bertha of Swabia Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
(Hunfridings)
90792211 July 937
husband's death
after 2 January 966 Rudolph II
Adelane -935/40950s?23 March 963/4 Conrad I
Mathilde de France.jpg Matilda of France Louis IV of France
(Carolingian)
94396426/27 January 981/2
Aldiud --after 981/219 October 993
husband's death
-
Agaltrudis --before 12 January 99421 March 1008
or
18 February 1011
Rudolph II
Ermengarde of Savoy Humbert I, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
-24 April/28 July 10116 September 1032
husband's death
25/27 August 1057
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeath Spouse

In 1032 the kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later known as the Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Holy Roman Empress, Queen consort of the Kingdom of Burgundy (1032–1378)

Salian dynasty (1032–1125)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Gisela von Schwaben.JPG Gisela of Swabia Herman II, Duke of Swabia
(Conradines)
11 November 99510166 September 1032
husband's accession
26 March 10274 June 1039
husband's death
14 February 1043 Conrad II
Agnes of Poitou.jpg Agnes de Poitou William V, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids)
102521 November 104325 December 10465 October 1056
husband's death
14 December 1077 Henry III
Bertha of Savoy, the Holy Roman Empress, was dong a penance barefoot.jpg Bertha of Savoy Otto, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
21 September 105113 July 106621 March 108427 December 1087 Henry IV
Eupraxia of Kiev Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev
(Rurikids)
107114 August 108914 August 108931 December 1105
husband's deposition
20 July 1109
Empress Mathilda.png Matilda of England Henry I of England
(Normandy)
7 February 11017 January 111423 May 1125
husband's death
10 September 1167 Henry V
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

Supplinburger dynasty (1125–1137)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Richenza von Northeim (Konigslutter).jpg Richenza of Northeim Henry, Margrave of Frisia
(Northeim)
1087/89110030 August 1125
husband's accession
4 June 11334 December 1137
husband's death
10 June 1141 Lothair III
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

Hohenstaufen dynasty (1138–1208)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Gertrud-von-Sulzbach-Grab cropped.jpg
Gertrude of Sulzbach Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach
(Sulzbach)
111411367 March 1138
husband's accession

(in opposition)

never Empress14 April 1146 Conrad III
Adelheid of Vohburg Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg
(Vohburg)
112811474 March 1152
husband's accession
never EmpressMarch 1153
marriage annulled
after 1187 Frederick I
BeatrixBarbarossy.jpg
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
11489 June 115615 November 1184
Constance-Sicily.jpg Constance of Sicily Roger II of Sicily
(Hauteville)
2 November 115427 January 118610 June 1190
husband's accession
14 April 119128 September 1197
husband's death
27 November 1198 Henry VI
Irene Angelina.jpg Irene Angelina Isaac II Angelos
(Angelos)
1177/118125 May 11976 March 1198
husband's accession
never Empress27 August 1208 Philip of Swabia
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

Welf dynasty (1208–1215)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Ota4 zena.jpg Beatrice of Swabia Philip
(Hohenstaufen)
April/June 119823 July 121211 August 1212 Otto IV
MarieBrabant1190-1260.jpg Marie of Brabant Henry I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
1190after 19 May 12145 July 1215
husband's deposition
9 March/14 June 1260
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

Hohenstaufen dynasty (1212–1254)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
KonstancieAragonska Uhry.jpg Constance of Aragon Alfonso II of Aragón
(Barcelona)
11795 August 12099 December 1212
husband's accession
22 November 122023 June 1222 Frederick II
Yolande of Jerusalem.jpg Isabella II of Jerusalem John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem
(Brienne)
12129 November 122525 April 1228
IsabelaAnglie.gif Isabella of England John of England
(Plantagenet)
121415/20 July 12351 December 1241
Bianca Lancia A child of Manfred I Lancia
(Aleramici Lancia)
c. 1200c. 1244?
Evidence for marriage is dubious
c. 1244
Margarete von Babenberg.JPG Margaret of Babenberg Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
(Babenberg)
120429 November 122523 March 1227never Empress4 July 1235 husband dethroned;
12 February 1242 husband's death
29 October 1266 Henry (VII)
Elisabeth von Bayern (1227-1273).jpg
Elisabeth of Bavaria Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
12271 September 1246never Empress21 May 1254
husband's death
9 October 1273 Conrad IV
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Habsburg (1273–1291)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Gertrud Anna Habsburg Basel Muenster 2008 018.jpg Gertrude of Hohenberg Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg1225124529 September 1273never Empress16 February 1281 Rudolf I
Pecet Isabela Burgundska.jpg Isabelle of Burgundy Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy c. 12706 February 1284never Empress15 July 1291
husband's death
c. 1323
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Nassau (1292–1298)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Adolf imagina klarenthal.JPG Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg
(Isenburg-Limburg)
125912715 May 1292never Empress23 June 129829 September 1313 Adolph I
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Habsburg (1298–1308)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Elisabeth Tirol.jpg Elisabeth of Tirol Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia c. 126220 December 127427 July 1298never Empress1 May 130828 October 1312 Albert I
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Luxembourg (1308–1313)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Margaret of Brabant.jpg Margaret of Brabant John I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
4 October 12769 July 129227 November 1308
husband's accession
never Empress14 December 1311 Henry VII
NameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Habsburg (1314–1322)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
IsabelaAragonska.jpg Isabella of Aragon James II of Aragon
(Barcelona)
130511 May 131519 October 1315
husband's election (in opposition)/
5 September 1325
husband recognised as co-King
never Empress28 September 1322
husband abandons claim/
13 January 1330
husband's death
12 July 1330 Frederick the Handsome
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Wittelsbach (1314–1347)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau.jpg Beatrix of Świdnica Bolko I, Duke of Świdnica 1290130820 October 1314
husband's election
never Empress24 August 1322 Louis IV
Marguerite II de Hainaut.png Margaret, Countess of Hainaut William of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut131126 February 1324January 132811 October 134723 June 1356
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

House of Luxembourg (1346–1378)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse
Blanka z Valois.JPG Blanche of Valois Charles of Valois 1316May 132911 July 1346
husband's election (in opposition)
never Empress1 August 1348 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Anna von der Pfalz.jpg Anne of Bavaria Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
26 September 13294 March 134917 June 1349
husband's election (without opposition)
never Empress2 February 1353
Anna von Schweidnitz.jpg Anna of Świdnica Henry II, Duke of Świdnica c. 133927 May 13535 April 1355
coronation with husband
11 July 1362
Eliska Pomoranska.jpg Elizabeth of Pomerania Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania 134721 May 13631 November 1368
coronation
29 November 1378
husband's death
14 February 1393
Joanna of Bavaria.jpg Joanna of Bavaria Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
c. 136229 September 137010 June 1376never Empress31 December 1386 Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
ZofieBav2.jpg Sophia of Bavaria John II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
13762 May 1389never Empress20 August 1400
husband's deposition
26 September 1425
In 1378, Charles IV appointed the Dauphin of France as the permanent Imperial vicar of the Kingdom of Arles. The kingdom was only notional by then.
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenBecame EmpressCeased to be ConsortDeath Spouse

Countess consort of Burgundy

House of Ivrea (995–1190)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Ermentrude of Roucy.jpg Ermentrude of Roucy
[3]
Renaud of Roucy  ?982995
husband's accession
5 March 1002/1005 Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou 947101629 May 1026
Alisa Normanska.jpg Alice of Normandy Richard II, Duke of Normandy  ?1 September 101621 September 1026
husband's accession
7/27 July 1037 Renaud I
Stephanie ?1049/10573 September 1057
husband's accession
12 November 1087
husband's death
after 1088 William I
Regina of Oltingen Cuno, Count of Oltingen  ? ?12 November 1087
husband's accession
1097
husband's death
after 1107 Renaud II
Beatrice of Lorraine Gerard, Duke of Lorraine  ?109012 November 1087
husband's accession
18 May 1102
husband's death
1102/17 Stephen I
Agatha of Lorraine Simon I, Duke of Lorraine 1164/701130April 1147 Renaud III
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen (1190–1231)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Marguerite Blois.jpg Margaret of Blois Theobald V, Count of Blois 1164/70119013 January 1200
husband's death
12 July 1230 Otto I
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Andechs (1231–1279)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Blason Comtes de Tyrol.svg Elisabeth of Tirol Albert IV, Count of Tyrol 1220/25123919 June 1248
husband's death
10 October 1256 Otto III
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Ivrea (1279–1330)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Bar Arms.svg Philippa of Bar Theobald II, Count of Bar
(Montbelliard)
12701263/718 March 1279
husband's accession
1283/90 Otto IV
MathildeArtois.jpg Mahaut of Artois Robert II, Count of Artois
(Artois)
1270129126 March 1303
husband's death
27 November 1329
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Burgundy (1347–1361)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse
Flemish School - Lille - Margaret of Dampierre.jpg Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
[3] [4]
Louis II of Flanders
(Dampierre)
13 April 135014 May 135721 November 1361
husband's death
16/21 March 1405 Philip III
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse

House of Capet (1361–1382)

None

House of Valois-Burgundy (1405–1482)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse Arms
Marguerite de Baviere.jpg Margaret of Bavaria
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7]
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
136312 April 138516/21 March 1405
husband's accession
10 September 1419
husband's death
23 January 1423 John I Armoiries Baviere.svg
Michelle of Valois Duchess of Burgundy.jpg Michelle of Valois
[3] [5] [4] [7]
Charles VI of France
(Valois)
11 January 1395June 140910 September 1419
husband's accession
8 July 1422 Philip V Blason comte fr Valois.svg
Portrait of Bonne of Artois.jpg Bonne of Artois
[3] [5] [4] [7]
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
(Artois)
139630 November 142417 September 1425 Blason province fr Artois.svg
Rogier van der Weyden (workshop of) - Portrait of Isabella of Portugal.jpg Isabella of Portugal
[3] [5] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 13977 January 143015 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471 Armoires portugal 1385.svg
Margaret of York.jpg Margaret of York
[3] [5] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18] [16]
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
(Plantagenet)
3 May 14469 July 14685 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503 Charles I Arms of Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York.svg
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse Arms

House of Habsburg (1482–1678)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse Arms
Johanna die Wahnsinnige,die junge Herzogin von Burgund.jpg Joanna of Castile
[3] [5] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip VI Joanne of Castille and Philippe of Habsbourg escutcheon.svg
Tizian 057.jpg Isabella of Portugal
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 150311 March 15261 May 1539 Charles I Coat of Arms of Isabella of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress and Queen Consort of Spain.svg
Mary I by Master John.jpg Mary I of England
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Henry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 151625 July 155416 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558 Philip VII Royal Arms of England (1554-1558).svg
Isabel de Valois2.jpg Elisabeth of Valois
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Henry II of France
(Valois-Angoulême)
2 April 154522 June 15593 October 1568 Blason France moderne.svg
Ana de Austria2.jpg Anna of Austria
[3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 15494 May 157026 October 1580 Armoiries Ferdinand de Habsbourg.svg
Isabel de Borbon, from Statens Museum for Kunst, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Elisabeth of Bourbon
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 160225 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644 Philip VIII Blason France moderne.svg
Retratodelareinamariana.jpg Mariana of Austria
[3] [5] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 16347 October 164917 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696 Armoiries Ferdinand III de Habsbourg.svg
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Countess
Ceased to
be Countess
Died Spouse Arms

In 1678 the County of Burgundy was annexed by France as part of the Treaty of Nijmegen, and the title fell into abeyance.

Duchess consort of Burgundy

Independent Burgundy (880–1044)

Bosonid dynasty (880–956)

The first margrave (marchio), later duke (dux), of Burgundy was Richard of the House of Ardennes, whose duchy was created from the merging of several regional counties of the kingdom of Provence which had belonged to his brother Boso.

His descendants and their relatives by marriage ruled the duchy until its annexation over a century later by the French crown, their suzerain.

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Adelaide Bourgogne.jpg
Adelaide of Auxerre Conrad II, Count of Auxerre
(Elder Welfs)
c. 849c. 8881 September 921
husband's death
c. 929 Richard I
Emma of France Robert I, King of the West Franks
(Robertians)
894910/914/9211 September 921
husband's accession
13 July 923
husband's abdication as Duke and accession as King of the Franks
2 November 934 Rudolph I
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

Robertian dynasty (956–1004)

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Ermengard of Burgundy Richard I
(Bosonids)
 ?93817 December 952
husband's accession
8 April 956
husband's death
 ? Gilbert
Liutgard of Burgundy Gilbert  ?Easter 9558 April 956
husband's accession
22 February 965
husband's death
 ? Otto
Gerberga Unknown or Lambert I, Count of Chalon  ?973/511 December 986/991 Odo-Henry
Gersenda of Gascony William II, Duke of Gascony  ?June 992996
divorce or death
 ?
Ermentrude of Roucy.jpg Ermentrude de Roucy
[3]
Renaud de Roucy, Count of Rheims
(Ardennes-Metz)
95898215 October 1002
husband's accession
5 March 1002/1005 Otto-William
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

Burgundy under the French (1044–1477)

House of Capet (1004–1032)

In 1004, Burgundy was annexed by the king, of the House of Capet. Otto II William continued to rule what would come to be called the Free County of Burgundy. His descendants formed another House of Ivrea.

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Constancie z Provence.jpg Constance of Arles William I, Count of Provence
(Arles)
98610031004
husband's accession
1016
husband's death
25 July 1034 Robert the Pious
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

House of Burgundy (1032–1361)

Robert, son of Robert II of France, received the Duchy as a peace settlement, having disputed the succession to the throne of France with his brother Henry.

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse
Hélie of Semur Damásio, Seigneur d'Semur 1015/610331046
repudiated
1056 Robert I
Ermengarde of Anjou Fulk III, Count of Anjou
(Angevins)
10181046/818 March 1076
Sibille of Nevers William I, Count of Nevers
(Nevers)
1058107521 March 1076
husband's accession
1078 Hugh I
Sybilla of Burgundy William I, Free Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
10651079/801101/03 Odo I
Felicia-Matilda of Mayenne Gauthier, Count of Mayenne 108011151143
husband's death
1162/3 Hugh II
Marie of Champagne Theobald II, Count of Champagne 1128114527 September 1162
husband's death
7 August 1190 Odo II
Alice of Lorraine Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
(Ardennes-Metz)
114511651183
repudiated
1200 Hugh III
Beatrice d'Albon.jpg Béatrice of Albon and Viennois Guigues V, Count of Albon and Dauphin of Viennois
(Albon)
1161118325 August 1192
husband's death
1228
Teresa de Portugal, Condessa da Flandres.jpg Theresa of Portugal Afonso I of Portugal
(Burgundy)
11571193January 1195
repudiated
20 May 1218 Odo III
Alix de Vergy.jpg Alice of Vergy Hugh, Lord of Vergy
(Vergy)
118211996 July 1218
husband's death
1252
Blason Robert III de Dreux avant 1198.svg Yolande of Dreux Robert III, Count of Dreux
(Dreux)
1212127930 October 1248 Hugh IV
Beatrix of Navarra.jpg Beatrice of Navarre Theobald I of Navarre
(Champagne)
1242November 125827 October 1271
husband's death
1295
Anezka Francie.jpg Agnes of France Louis IX of France
(Direct Capetians)
1260122921 March 1306
husband's death
19 December 1327 Robert II
Joan III of Burgundy.jpg Joan III, Countess of Burgundy Philip V of France
(Direct Capetians)
1/2 May 130818 June 131813 August 1347 Eudes IV
Flemish School - Lille - Margaret of Dampierre.jpg Margaret III, Countess of Flanders
[4] [19] [20]
Louis II of Flanders
(Dampierre)
13 April 135014 May 135721 November 1361
husband's death
16/21 March 1405 Philip I
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse

House of Valois-Burgundy (1361–1477)

John II of France, the second Valois king, successfully claimed the Duchy after the death of Philip, the last Capet duke. John then passed the duchy to his younger son Philip as an apanage.

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse Arms
Flemish School - Lille - Margaret of Dampierre.jpg Margaret III of Flanders
[5] [21]
Louis II of Flanders
(Dampierre)
13 April 135019 June 136927 April 1404
husband's death
16/21 March 1405 Philip II
Marguerite de Baviere.jpg Margaret of Bavaria
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7]
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
136312 April 138527 April 1404
husband's accession
10 September 1419
husband's death
23 January 1423 John II Armoiries Baviere.svg
Michelle of Valois.jpg Michelle of Valois
[5] [20] [4] [7]
Charles VI of France
(Valois)
11 January 1395June 140910 September 1419
husband's accession
8 July 1422 Philip III Blason comte fr Valois.svg
Portrait of Bonne of Artois.jpg Bonne of Artois
[5] [20] [4] [7]
Philip of Artois, Count of Eu
(Artois)
139630 November 142417 September 1425 Blason province fr Artois.svg
Rogier van der Weyden (workshop of) - Portrait of Isabella of Portugal.jpg Isabella of Portugal
[5] [20] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 13977 January 143015 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471 Armoires portugal 1385.svg
Margaret of York.jpg Margaret of York
[5] [20] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18] [16]
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
(Plantagenet)
3 May 14469 July 14685 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503 Charles I Arms of Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York.svg
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse Arms

Burgundy in pretension (1477–1477)

House of Habsburg (1482–1795)

In 1477, the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy was annexed by France. In the same year, Mary married Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, giving the Habsburgs control of the remainder of the Burgundian Inheritance.

Although the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy itself remained in the hands of France, the Habsburgs remained in control of the title of Duke of Burgundy and the other parts of the Burgundian inheritance, notably the Low Countries and the Free County of Burgundy in the Holy Roman Empire. They often used the term Burgundy to refer to it (e.g. in the name of the Imperial Circle it was grouped into), until the late 18th century, when the Austrian Netherlands were lost to French Republic. The Habsburgs also continued to claim Burgundy proper until the Treaty of Cambrai in 1529, when they surrendered their claim in exchange for French recognition of Imperial sovereignty over Flanders and Artois.

ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse Arms
Johanna die Wahnsinnige,die junge Herzogin von Burgund.jpg Joanna I of Castile
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip III Joanne of Castille and Philippe of Habsbourg escutcheon.svg
Tizian 057.jpg Isabella of Portugal
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 150311 March 15261 May 1539 Charles II Coat of Arms of Isabella of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress and Queen Consort of Spain.svg
Mary I by Master John.jpg Mary I of England
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Henry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 151625 July 155416 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558 Philip IV Royal Arms of England (1554-1558).svg
Isabel de Valois2.jpg Elisabeth of Valois
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Henry II of France
(Valois-Angoulême)
2 April 154522 June 15593 October 1568 Blason France moderne.svg
Ana de Austria2.jpg Anna of Austria
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [17] [18]
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 15494 May 157026 October 1580 Armoiries Ferdinand de Habsbourg.svg
Margaret of austria 1609.jpg Margaret of Austria Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
25 December 158418 April 15993 October 1611 Philip V Armoiries Ferdinand de Habsbourg.svg
Isabel de Borbon, from Statens Museum for Kunst, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Elisabeth of Bourbon
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 160225 November 161531 March 1621
husband's ascension
6 October 1644 Philip VI Blason France moderne.svg
Retratodelareinamariana.jpg Mariana of Austria
[5] [20] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 16347 October 164917 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696 Armoiries Ferdinand III de Habsbourg.svg
Marie-Louise d'Orleans, reine d'Espagne.jpg Marie Louise of Orléans
[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Orléans)
26 March 166219 November 167912 February 1689 Charles III Blason duche fr Orleans (moderne).svg
W. Humer 001.jpg Maria Anna of Neuburg
[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [15]
Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
28 October 166714 May 16901 November 1700
husband's death
16 July 1740 Armoiries Baviere-Palatinat.svg
Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig Wolfenbuettel Austria.jpg Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
28 August 16911 August 170811 April 1713
husband's ascension
20 October 1740
husband's death
21 December 1750 Charles IV Coat of Arms of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick as consort of Archduke Charles of Austria, Claim to the Spanish throne.svg
Joseph II Portrait with crown.jpg Francis III of Lorraine
[22]
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
8 December 170812 February 173620 October 1740
wife's accession
18 August 1765 Maria Theresa Francis I Arms-personal.svg
Joseph Grassi 001.jpg Maria Luisa of Spain Charles III of Spain
(Bourbon)
24 November 17455 August 176520 February 1790
husband's accession
1 March 1792
husband's death
15 May 1792 Leopold Blason Espagne Philipe V - ecu moderne.svg
Maria Teresa di Borbone-Napoli.jpg Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
6 June 177215 September 17901 March 1792
husband's ascession
179413 April 1807 Francis II Armoiries Bourbon-Sicile.svg
ImageNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Duchess
Ceased to
be Duchess
Died Spouse Arms

Notes

  1. According to Gregory of Tours, Chilperic II was slain by Gundobad, his wife drowned, and of his two daughters, Chrona took the veil and Clotilde was exiled. This account, however, seems to have been a later invention, since an epitaph discovered at Lyons speaks of a Burgundian queen who died in 506. This was most probably the mother of Clotilde.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Queen of All the Franks.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Also Duchess consort of Burgundy. Blason fr Bourgogne.svg
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Also Countess consort of Artois. Blason province fr Artois.svg
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Also Countess consort of Charolais. Blason Charolais.svg
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Also Countess consort of Nevers. Blason comte fr Nevers.svg
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Also Countess consort of Flanders. Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Margravine consort of Namur. Namur Arms.svg
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Duchess consort of Brabant. Coat of arms of Brabant.svg
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Duchess consort of Lothier. Austria coat of arms simple.svg
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Duchess consort of Limburg. Limburg New Arms.svg
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Countess consort of Hainault. Hainaut Modern Arms.svg
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Also Countess consort of Holland. Counts of Holland Arms.svg
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Also Countess consort of Zeeland. Coatofarmszeeland.PNG
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Also Duchess consort of Luxembourg. Armoiries Comtes de Luxembourg superseding.svg
  16. 1 2 3 4 Also semi-officially Grand Duchess consort of the West.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Also Duchess consort of Guelders. Guelders-Julich Arms.svg
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Also Countess consort of Zutphen.
  19. 1st time.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Also Countess Palatine of Burgundy. Blason comte fr Nevers.svg
  21. 2nd time.
  22. Duke and Count by marriage.

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