List of Lithuanian royal consorts

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The consort (or spouse) of the royal rulers of Lithuania and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was in all cases a woman and nearly all took the title of Grand Duchess.

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Queen consort of Lithuania

Morta and her sister were the only Queens of Lithuania; her successors took the title of "Grand Duchess" instead.

The short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania of 1918 had a King-Elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania: but his first wife, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, had died six years earlier, and his second marriage, to Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, occurred six years after the Kingdom was replaced by a Republic.

Grand Duchess of Lithuania

Mindaugas Dynasty

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame Grand DuchessCeased to be Grand DuchessDeath Spouse
- Morta --around 12191235
husband's accession
1263 Mindaugas
-Sister of Morta--after 126312 September 1263
husband's death
-
-Ramunė
[1] [2]
Mindaugas
(Mindaugas)
-1254/51267
husband's accession
1269
husband's death
- Shvarn
-Ludmila of Masovia? Konrad I of Masovia
(Piast)
122312381270
husband's accession
1282
husband's death
- Traidenis

Gediminid Dynasty

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame Grand DuchessCeased to be Grand DuchessDeath Spouse
VidaVidmundIt is uncertain how many wives Gediminas had. The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland; Olga from Smolensk; and Jaunė from Polotsk, who was Eastern Orthodox and died in 1344 or 1345. [3] Most modern historians and reference works say Gediminas' wife was Jaunė, dismissing Vida and Olga as fictitious, since no sources other than this chronicle mention the other two wives. [4] Gediminas
Olga Vsevolodovna of SmolenskVsevolod of Smolensk
(Rurikids?)
Jaunė (Ievna Ivanovna of Polotsk)Ivan Vsevolodich, Prince of Polotsk
(Rurikids?)
?-Winter of 1341
husband's death
1344/5
Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk Yaroslav Vasilievich, Prince of Vitebsk
(Rurikids?)
?13181345
husband's accession
before 1349 Algirdas
Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver
(Rurikids)
13251350May 1377
husband's death
Autumn of 1392
Birutė --before 13493/15 August 1382
husband's death
Fall 1382 Kęstutis
Jadwiga Andegawenska seal 1386.PNG Jadwiga of Poland Louis I of Hungary
(Anjou-Hungary)
between 3 October 1373 and 18 February 137418 February 138617 July 1399 Jogaila
Anna of Cilli William, Count of Celje 138129 January 140221 May 1416 Jogaila
Elizabeth of Pilica Otto of Pilica1370/13802 may 141712 May 1420 Jogaila
Sophia of Halshany Andrew of Halshany140524 or 7 February 14221 June 1434

husband's death

21 September 1461 Jogaila
Anna probably a Lithuanian noble or a Rurikid ?around 13704 August 1392
husband's accession
31 July 1418 Vytautas
Uliana Olshansky Ivan Olshansky
(Olshanski)
?9 November 141827 October 1430
husband's death
1448?
Anna of TverIvan Ivanovich of Tver
Rurikid
?1430?1430?1 September 1432
power passed to Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Between 1471 and 1484 [5] Švitrigaila
UnknownUnknown-January 14161 September 1432
husband's accession
Middle 1434 Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Elzbieta Rakuszanka.JPG Elisabeth of Austria
[6]
Albert II of Germany
(Habsburg)
1435/36/possibly 143710 March 14547 June 1492
husband's death
30 August 1505 Casimir I
Alexander of Poland, Helen of Moscow (117633038).jpg Helena of Moscow
[6]
Ivan III of Russia
(Rurikids)
19 May 147618 February 149519 August 1506
husband's death
20 January 1513 Alexander
Barbara Zapolya (93294241).jpg Barbara Zápolya
[6]
Stephen Zápolya
(Zápolya)
14958 February 15122 October 1515 Sigismund I
Cranach the Younger Bona Sforza.jpg Bona Sforza
[6]
Gian Galeazzo Sforza
(Sforza)
13 February 149518 April 1518
in Wawel Cathedral
1 April 1548
husband's death
7 November 1558
Diptych with Portraits of the Wives of King Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572) Elizabeth of Austria (1526-1545) and Barbara Radziwill (1520 or 1523-1551).jpg Elisabeth of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
9 July 15265 May 154315 June 1545 Sigismund II Augustus
Diptych with Portraits of the Wives of King Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572) Elizabeth of Austria (1526-1545) and Barbara Radziwill (1520 or 1523-1551) (1).jpg Barbara Radziwiłł
[6]
Jerzy Radziwiłł
(Radziwiłł)
6 December 1520 or 1523July/August 154717 April 15488 May 1551
Cranach the Younger Catherine of Austria.jpg Catherine of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
15 September 153323 June 155328 February 1572

Royal consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame Grand DuchessCeased to be Grand DuchessDeath Spouse
Kober, Martin - Portrait of Anna of Austria, Queen of Poland.JPG Anna of Austria
[6] [7] [8]
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
16 August 157331 May 159210 February 1598 Sigismund III
Frans Pourbus d. J. 005.jpg Constance of Austria
[6]
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
24 December 158811 December 160510 July 1631
Cecylia Renata Habsburzanka.JPG Cecilia Renata of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
16 July 161113 September 163724 March 1644 Władysław IV
Schultz Marie Louise Gonzaga.jpg Ludwika Maria Gonzaga
[6]
Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga)
18 August 16115 November 164515 July 164620 May 1648
husband's death
10 May 1667
30 May 164910 May 1667 John II
Schultz Eleonora Wisniowiecka.jpg Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
31 May 165327 February 167010 November 1673
husband's death
17 December 1697 Michael
Anonymous Marysienka.jpg Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien
[6]
Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien
(La Grange)
28 June 16415 July 166519 May 1674
husband's election
17 June 1696
husband's death
1 January 1716 John III
Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.PNG Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
[6] [9]
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(Hohenzollern)
19 December 167120 January 169315 September 1697
husband's coronation
1 September 1706
husband's abdication
4 September 1727 Augustus II, 1st reign
Katarzyna Opalinska.PNG Catherine Opalińska
[6]
Jan Karol Opaliński
(Opaliński)
13 October 168010 May 169812 July 1704
husband's election
1709
husband's desposation
19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 1st reign
Christiane Eberhardine von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.PNG Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
[6] [9]
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(Hohenzollern)
19 December 167120 January 16931709
husband's restoration
4 September 1727 Augustus II, 2nd reign
Katarzyna Opalinska.PNG Catherine Opalińska
[6]
Jan Karol Opaliński
(Opaliński)
13 October 168010 May 16981733
husband's restoration
1736
husband's abdication
19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 2nd reign
Queen Maria Josepha, Wife of King Augustus III of Poland.jpg Maria Josepha of Austria
[6] [9]
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
8 December 169920 August 17191734
husband's election
17 November 1757 Augustus III

Notes

  1. Also Kneginja of Galicia.
  2. Also Kneginja of Kholm.
  3. (in Lithuanian)Ivinskis, Zenonas (1953–1966). "Jaunė". Lietuvių enciklopedija. Vol. IX. Boston, Massachusetts: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 335. LCCN   55020366.
  4. Vytautas Spečiūnas, ed. (2004). "Jaunutis". Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 38, 46. ISBN   5-420-01535-8.
  5. Matusas, Jonas (1991). Švitrigaila Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis (2nd ed.). Vilnius: Mintis. p. 166. ISBN   5-417-00473-1.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Also Queen consort of Poland.
  7. Also Queen consort of Sweden.
  8. Also Grand Duchess consort of Finland.
  9. 1 2 3 Also Electress and Duchess consort of Saxony.

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