List of Norwegian royal consorts
This is a list of Norwegian queens. This list covers a large time span and the role of a queen has changed much over the centuries. However individual queens have also shaped their own role in remarkable ways. Many have truly 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 for a long period not permitted for a royal to marry a non-royal. 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 from 1380-1814 were also queens of Denmark and the queens listed from 1814-1905 were also queens of Sweden .
Queen consorts of Norway
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House of Fairhair
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Gyda Eiriksdottir of Hordaland | Eirik, King of Hordaland | ? | c. 872 | c. 930 husband's abdication |
? | Harald I[1] | |
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Gunnhild Gormsdóttir of Denmark [2] |
Gorm the Old of Denmark (Knytlinga) |
c. 910 | ? | c. 931 husband's accession |
c. 934 husband's desposition |
c. 971/980 | Eric I |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Knytlinga/Denmark/Svendson
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Tove of the Obotrites [3] |
Mstivoj | ? | c. 970 | c. 976 husband conquer Norway |
c. 985/986 husband's death |
? | Harald Bluetooth |
File:PB Piast2 CoA.png | Gunhild of Wenden [3] |
Mieszko I of Poland (Piast) |
? | ? | c. 985/986 husband's accession |
c. 995 or husband lost Norway |
Sweyn I | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Fairhair (restored)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Tyri Haraldsdatter of Denmark | Harald I of Denmark (Knytlinga) | ? | c. 998 | 9 September 1000 husband's death |
c. 1000 | Olaf I | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Knytlinga/Denmark/Svendson
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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File:SigridaStorada.jpeg | Sigrid Storråda [4][3][5].[6] |
Mieszko I of Poland or Skagul Toste | c. 968 | c. 994 | 9 September 1000 husband's reconquest |
3 February 1014 husband's death |
c. 1014 | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Fairhair (restored)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Astrid Olofsdotter | Olof Skötkonung (Munsö) | ? | c. 1019 | c. 1028 husband flee after Denmark invade |
c. 1035 | Olaf II | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Knytlinga/Denmark/Svendson
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Emma of Normandy [7][3] |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (Normandy) |
c. 985 | July 1017 | c. 1028 husband's conquest |
12 November 1035 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Canute II |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Fairhair (restored)
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 and Novgorod (Rurikid) | c. 1025 | Winter of 1043-44 | 25 October 1047 husband's ascession |
25 September 1066 husband's death |
c. 1067 | Harald III |
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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 [8] |
Inge I of Sweden (Stenkil) | 1080s | c. 1101 | August 1103 husband's death |
c. 1130 | Magnus III | |
Ingebjørg Guttormsdatter | Guttorm ? | ? | ? | August 1103 husband's acession |
29 August 1123 husband's death |
? | Eystein I | |
Blathmin Ua Briain [8][9] |
Muirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland (Ua Briain) |
? | c. 1102 | August 1103 husband's acession |
? husband abandon her after taking the throne |
? | Sigurd 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 | |||
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Christine Knutsdatter of Denmark | Prince Canute Lavard of Denmark, Duke of Southern Jutland (Estridsen) | c. 1118 | c. 1132 | c. 1133 | Magnus IV | ||
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Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter of Sweden | Prince Ragnvald Ingesson of Sweden (Stenkil) | c. 1100/1110 | c. 1134 | c. 1136 husband's death |
after 1161 | Harald IV | |
Ragna Nikolasdatter | Nikola ? | ? | ? | c. 1142 husband's accession |
c. 1157 | Eystein II | ||
Estrid Bjørnsdotter | Bjørn ? | ? | ? | 4 February 1161 husband's accession |
c. 1176 | Magnus V | ||
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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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Kristina Sverresdotter of Norway [10] |
Sverre of Norway (Sverre) |
c. 1190s | c. 1209 | Philip Simonsson | |||
Margrét Skúladóttir | Skule Bårdsson | c. 1208 | 25 May 1225 | 15 December 1263 husband's death |
c. 1270 | Haakon IV | ||
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Rikissa Birgersdotter of Bjelbo [10] |
Birger Magnusson of Bjelbo (Bjelbo) |
c. 1237 | c. 1251 | 5 May 1257 husband's death |
after 1288 | Haakon Haakonsson the Young | |
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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 |
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Margaret of Scotland | Alexander III of Scotland (Dunkeld) |
28 February 1261 | c. 1281 | 9 April 1283 | Eric II | ||
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Isabel Bruce | Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (Bruce) |
c. 1272 | c. 1293 | 15 July 1299 husband's death |
c. 1272 | ||
Eufemia Güntersdotter of Rügen | Günther, Count of Arnstein | c. 1270 | Spring of 1299 | 15 July 1299 husband's accession |
c. 1312 | Haakon V | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Bjelbo
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Blanka of Namur [11][12][4] |
John I, Marquis of Namur (Dampierre) |
c. 1320 | October or early November 1335 | 15 August 1343 'husband's desposition |
c. 1363 | Magnus VII | |
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Margaret Valdemarsdatter of Denmark [11][12][4] |
Valdemar IV of Denmark (Estridsen) |
c. 1353 | 9 April 1363 | 11 September 1380 husband's death |
28 October 1412 | Haakon VI | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Pomerania and House of Palatinate-Neumarkt
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Philippa of England [13][3][4] |
Henry IV of England (Lancaster) | 4 June 1394 | 26 October 1406 | 7 January 1430 | Eric III | ||
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Dorothea of Brandenburg [11][12][13][3][4][14] |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Hohenzollern) |
1430/1431 | 12 September 1445 | 6 January 1448 husband's death |
10 November 1495 | Christopher | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Bonde
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Katarina Karlsdotter of Bjurum [11][12][4] |
Karl Ormsson Gumsehuvud (Gumsehufvud) |
? | 5 October 1438 | 20 November 1449 husband's ascession |
June 1450 husband loss Norway |
7 September 1450 | Charles I |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Oldenburg
House of Holstein-Gottorp
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp [11][12][13][4] |
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 |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Bernadotte
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Désirée Clary [11][12][13][4] |
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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Josephine of Leuchtenberg [11][12][13][4] |
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 of the Netherlands [11][12][13][4] |
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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Sofia of Nassau [11][12][13][4] |
Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau (Nassau-Weilburg} |
9 July 1836 | 6 June 1857 | 12 May 1873 husband's ascession |
26 October 1905 husband's renounce claim after the Union dissolved |
30 December 1912/1913 | Oscar II |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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File:Maud.jpg | 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 | 23 December 1943 | 29 August 1968 | 17 January 1991 husband's ascession |
Incumbent | - | Harald V |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
Notes
- ^ 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, Ragnhild Eriksdotter of Jutland, Svanhild Øysteinsdotter, Åshild Ringsdotter of Ringerike, Snøfrid Svåsesdotter of the Finn, 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 Also Queen consort of Denmark.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Also Queen consort of Sweden.
- ^ Probably Queen consort of England
- ^ 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.
- ^ Also Queen consort of England
- ^ a b Also Queen consort of Mann and the Isles.
- ^ Also Countess of Orkney
- ^ a b 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.