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The English royal consorts listed here were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England, excluding the joint rulers, Mary I and Philip who reigned together in the 16th century, and William III and Mary II who reigned together in the 17th century.
Most of the consorts were women, and enjoyed titles and honours pertaining to a queen consort; some few were men, whose titles were not consistent, depending upon the circumstances of their spouses' reigns. The Kingdom of England merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. There have thus been no consorts of England since that date.
House of Wessex, 886–1013
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Ealhswith of Mercia | Æthelred Mucel | – | 868 | c. 886 (Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871) |
– | 26 October 899 | 5 December 902 | New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey | Alfred the Great |
| Ælfflæd | Æthelhelm (father) | – | 899 | 26 October 899 | – | Late 910s Marriage dissolved |
– | – | Edward the Elder | |
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Eadgifu of Kent | Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (father) | c. 903 | 919 | – | 17 July 924 | c. 966 | – | ||
| Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury | – | – | – | – | 944 | Shaftesbury Abbey | Edmund I the Magnificent | |||
| Æthelflæd of Damerham | Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex (father) | – | 944 | – | 26 May 946 | between 962 (975) and 991 | – | |||
| Ælfgifu | _ | – | 955 | – | 958 Marriage dissolved |
September 959 | Winchester Cathedral | Eadwig | ||
| Ælfthryth of Devon | Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon | – | 964/965 | 11 May 973 | 8 July 975 | 17 November 999–1001 | – | Edgar the Peaceful | ||
| Ælfgifu of York | Thored, Ealdorman of York | – | – | – | not later than 1002 | – | Ethelred II the Unready | |||
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Emma of Normandy | Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. 985 | 1002 | – | 25 December 1013 husband's deposition |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | ||
House of Denmark, 1013–1014
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Sigrid the Haughty (Dubious authenticity) and/or Świętosława of Poland |
996 | 25 December 1013 | – | 3 February 1014 | Sweyn Forkbeard |
House of Wessex (restored, first time), 1014–1016
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Emma of Normandy (again) |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. 985 | 1002 | 3 February 1014 husband's restoration |
– | 23 April 1016 husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | Ethelred II the Unready |
| Ealdgyth | – | c. 992 | 1015 | 23 April 1016 | – | 30 November 1016 | Edmund II Ironside |
House of Denmark (restored), 1016–1042
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Emma of Normandy (again) |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor |
c. 985 | July 1017 | – | 12 November 1035 Husband's death |
6 March 1052 | Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral | Canute the Great | |
House of Wessex (restored, second time), 1042–1066
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Edith of Wessex | Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir |
1029 | 23 January 1045 | 4 January 1066 Husband's death |
19 December 1075 | Westminster Abbey | Edward the Confessor | ||
| Ealdgyth | Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgifu |
Unknown, fl. c. 1057 |
January 1066 | Not crowned | 14 October 1066 Husband's death |
1066 | Not known | Harold II Godwinson | ||
House of Normandy, 1066–1135, & 1141
In 1066, the Duke of Normandy, William, killed Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and overthrew the English elite, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. He established himself as king, his wife Matilda as queen consort, and beneficed his faithful vassals from the continent. His dynasty would not, however, outlive his children, becoming defunct with the death of his youngest son, Henry I, in 1135.
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Matilda of Flanders | Baldwin V, Count of Flanders Adela of France |
c. 1031 | 1053 | 25 December 1066 Husband's accession |
11 May 1068 | 2 November 1083 | Abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen | William the Conqueror | |
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Matilda of Scotland | Malcolm III of Scotland Margaret of Wessex |
c. 1080 | 11 November 1100 | 11 (?) November 1100 | 1 May 1118 | Westminster Abbey | Henry I | ||
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Adeliza of Louvain | Godfrey I, Count of Leuven Ida of Chiny |
c. 1103 | 24 January 1121 | 30 January 1121 | 1 December 1135 Husband's death |
23 April 1151 | Affligem Abbey | ||
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Geoffrey V of Anjou | Fulk V of Anjou Ermengarde of Maine |
24 August 1113 | 1128 | 7 April 1141 Wife's accession (disputed) |
- | 1148 Wife's deposition |
7 September 1151 | Le Mans Cathedral | Matilda |
House of Blois, 1135–1154
In 1135, Stephen of Blois, the son of Henry I's sister Adela, seized the English throne, his cousin Empress Matilda's claims being ignored by the Norman barons. His wife, Matilda of Boulogne, became his Queen consort, but their son Eustace predeceased Stephen, and he was forced to appoint the Empress's son Henry as his successor.
| Picture | Name | Parents | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Coronation | Ceased to be consort | Death | Resting place | Spouse |
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Matilda of Boulogne | Eustace III, Count of Boulogne Mary of Scotland |
c. 1105 | 1125 | 22 December 1135 Husband's accession |
22 March 1136 | 3 May 1152 | Faversham Abbey (tomb since lost) | Stephen | |
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