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The consort is the spouse of a reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The consort of the current monarch is Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. [1] Princess Stéphanie is expected to become the next royal consort upon the accession of Guillaume to the throne. [2]
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Hedwig of Nordgau | Eberhard IV, Count of Nordgau (Conradine) | 937 | 950 | 963 county established | 13 December 992 | Siegfried I | ||
Ermentrude, Countess of Gleiberg | c. 965 | 964 | after 985/990 | 21 February 965 | Frederick I | |||
Clementia of Aquitaine | William VII, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfids) | 1060 | 1075 | 8 August 1086 husband's death | 4 January 1142 | Conrad I | ||
Mathilde of Northeim | Kuno of Northeim, Count of Beichlingen (Northeim) | c. 1080 | 1105 | after 1120 | William I | |||
Ermengarde, Countess of Zutphen | Otto II, Count of Zutphen | c. 1091 | 1134 | 1136 husband's death | 1138 | Conrad II | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Laurette of Flanders | Thierry, Count of Flanders (Metz) | 1130 | 1152/59 | 1163 divorce | 1175 | Henry IV | ||
Agnes of Guelders | Henry I, Count of Guelders (Wassenberg) | 1155 | 1168/1171 | 24 August 1196 husband's death | after August 1196 | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret, Countess of Blois | Theobald V, Count of Blois (Blois) | c. 1170 | 1190 | 14 August 1196 husband's accession | 1197 county returned to the Luxembourg dynasty | 12 July 1230 | Otto | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret of Bar | Henry II, Count of Bar (Bar) | 1220 | 4 June 1240 | 12 February 1247 husband's accession | 23 November 1275 | Henry V | ||
Beatrice of Avesnes | Baldwin, Lord of Beaumont (Avesnes) | 1242 | by 22 May 1265 | 24 December 1281 husband's accession | 5 June 1288 husband's death | 1 March 1321 | Henry VI | |
Margaret of Brabant | John I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 4 October 1276 | 9 July 1292 | 14 December 1311 | Henry VII | |||
Elisabeth of Bohemia | Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (Přemyslid) | 20 January 1292 | 1 September 1310 | 24 August 1313 husband's accession | 28 September 1330 | John I | ||
Beatrice of Bourbon | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (Bourbon) | 1320 | 11 March 1349 | 26 August 1346 husband's death | 27 December 1383 | |||
Blanche of Valois | Charles, Count of Valois (Valois) | 1316 | 23 May 1323 | 26 August 1346 husband's accession | 1 August 1348 | Charles I | ||
Anna of Bavaria | Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) | 26 September 1329 | 11 March 1349 | 2 February 1353 | ||||
Anna of Świdnica | Henry II, Duke of Świdnica (Piast) | 1339 | 27 May 1353 | 1353 county passed to brother-in-law | 11 July 1362 | |||
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant | John III, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 24 June 1322 | March 1352 | 1353 husband's accession | 13 March 1354 elevated to duchess | 1 November 1406 | Wenceslaus I | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna, Duchess of Brabant | John III, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 24 June 1322 | March 1352 | 13 March 1354 elevated from countess | 7 December 1383 husband's accession | 1 November 1406 | Wenceslaus I | |
Joanna of Bavaria | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) | 1362 | 29 September 1370 | 29 November 1378 husband's accession | 31 December 1386 | Wenceslaus II | ||
Agnes of Opole | Bolko II of Opole (Piast) | - | 1374 | 1388 husband's ascension | 18 January 1411 husband's death | 1 April 1413 | Jobst | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Isabella of Portugal | John I of Portugal (Aviz) | 21 February 1397 | 7 January 1430 | 1443 husband's usurpation | 15 July 1467 husband's death | 17 December 1471 | Philip I | |
Margaret of York | Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (York) | 3 May 1446 | 9 July 1468 | 5 January 1477 husband's death | 23 November 1503 | Charles II | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Castile | Ferdinand II of Aragon (Trastámara) | 6 November 1479 | 20 October 1496 | 25 September 1506 husband's death | 12 April 1555 | Philip II | ||
Isabella of Portugal | Manuel I of Portugal (Aviz) | 24 October 1503 | 11 March 1526 | 1 May 1539 | Charles II | |||
Mary I of England | Henry VIII of England (Tudor) | 18 February 1516 | 25 July 1554 | 16 January 1556 husband's ascension | 17 November 1558 | Philip III | ||
Elisabeth of Valois | Henry II of France (Valois) | 2 April 1545 | 22 June 1559 | 3 October 1568 | ||||
Anna of Austria | Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) | 1 November 1549 | 4 May 1570 | 26 October 1580 | ||||
Elisabeth of Bourbon | Henry IV of France (Bourbon) | 22 November 1602 | 25 November 1615 | 31 March 1621 husband's accession | 6 October 1644 | Philip IV | ||
Mariana of Austria | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) | 24 December 1634 | 7 October 1649 | 17 September 1665 husband's death | 16 May 1696 | |||
Marie Louise of Orléans | Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (Bourbon-Orléans) | 26 March 1662 | 19 November 1679 | 12 February 1689 | Charles IV | |||
Maria Anna of Neuburg | Philip William, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach) | 28 October 1667 | 14 May 1690 | 1 November 1700 husband's death | 16 July 1740 | |||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Savoy | Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (Savoy) | 17 September 1688 | 2 November 1701 | 1712 Luxembourg ceded to Bavaria | 14 February 1714 | Philip V | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska | John III Sobieski (Sobieski) | 4 March 1676 | 2 January 1695 | 1712 Luxembourg ceded to husband | 11 April 1713 Luxembourg ceded to Austria | 10 March 1730 | Maximilian Emanuel | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) | 28 August 1691 | 1 August 1708 | 11 April 1713 Luxembourg ceded to Austria | 20 October 1740 husband's death | 21 December 1750 | Charles V | |
Maria Louisa of Spain | Charles III of Spain (Bourbon) | 24 November 1745 | 5 August 1765 | 20 February 1790 husband's accession | 1 March 1792 husband's death | 15 May 1792 | Leopold | |
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon-Two Sicilies) | 6 June 1772 | 15 September 1790 | 1 March 1792 husband's accession | 1794 Luxembourg occupied by France | 13 April 1807 | Francis | |
Picture | Name | Coat of Arms | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Wilhelmine of Prussia | Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern) | 18 November 1774 | 1 October 1791 | 15 March 1815 husband's accession | 12 October 1837 | William I | |||
Anna Pavlovna of Russia | Paul I of Russia (Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) | 18 January 1795 | 21 February 1816 | 7 October 1840 husband's accession | 7 March 1849 husband's death | 1 March 1865 | William II | ||
Sophie of Württemberg | William I of Württemberg (Württemberg) | 17 June 1818 | 18 June 1839 | 7 March 1849 husband's accession | 3 June 1877 | William III | |||
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont | George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck) | 2 August 1858 | 7 January 1879 | 23 November 1890 husband's death | 20 March 1934 | ||||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau | Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (Ascania) | 25 December 1833 | 23 April 1851 | 23 November 1890 husband's accession | 17 November 1905 husband's death | 24 November 1916 | Adolphe | |
Marie Anne of Portugal | Miguel I of Portugal (Braganza) | 13 July 1861 | 21 June 1893 | 17 November 1905 husband's accession | 25 February 1912 husband's death | 31 July 1942 | William IV | |
Felix of Bourbon-Parma | Robert I, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma) | 28 October 1893 | 6 November 1919 | 12 November 1964 wife's abdication | 8 April 1970 | Charlotte | ||
Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium | Leopold III of Belgium (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) | 11 October 1927 | 9 April 1953 | 12 November 1964 husband's accession | 7 October 2000 husband's abdication | 10 January 2005 | Jean | |
María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla | José Antonio Mestre y Alvarez | 22 March 1956 | 4/14 February 1981 | 7 October 2000 husband's accession | Henri | |||
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