List of Angevin consorts

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The Countesses and Duchesses of Anjou were the wives of the ruling counts of Anjou and later the nominal French counts and dukes of Anjou.

Countess of Anjou

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First creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
Adelais d'Amboise perhaps a Count Foulque brother-in-law of Adalard, Archbishop of Tours and Raino, Bishop of Angers
(Amboise)
? ? ? ? ? Ingelger
Roscilla de Loches Warnerius, seigneur de Loches 874 02 Mar 897 ? ? 05 Jul 929 Fulk I
Gerberge ? ? 937 942
husband's ascension
before 952

Fulk II

? of Blois Theobald the Ancient, Viscount of Blois
(Blois)
? 954 960
husband's death
?
  Adele of Meaux Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux
(Carolingian-Vermandois)
? 965 974/982 Geoffrey I
Adelaise de Chalon ? 925 March 979 21 July 987
husband's death
?
Elisabeth de Vendôme Bouchard I, Count of Vendôme
(Bouchardides)
958 989 1000 Fulk III
Hildegard de Metz ? 964 after 1000 21 June 1040
husband's death
1 April 1046
  Agnes of Burgundy Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
995 1 January 1032 21 June 1040
husband's ascension
1049/52
divorce
1068 Geoffrey II
Grécie of Langeais ?
(Langeais)
? before 15 August 1052 ?
divorce
?
Adele Le Teutonne probably Odo II, Count of Blois ? before 22 May 1060 ?
divorce
after 1062
Grécie of Langeais ?
(Langeais)
? ? 14 November 1060
husband's death
?
Julienne de Langeais Hamelin, seigneur de Langeais
(Langeais)
? before 1060 14 November 1060
husband's ascension
after 7 August 1067 Geoffrey III
Hildegarde of Beaugency Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency
(Beaugency)
? ? 1068
husband's ascension
before 1070 Fulk IV
Ermengarde de Bourbon-Dampierre Archambaud IV, seigneur de Bourbon
(Bourbon-Dampierre)
? 1070 before 1076
divorce
?
Orengarde de Châtelaillon Isembard, seigneur de Châtel-Aillon
(Châtelaillon)
? 1076 1080
divorce
?
Mantie de Brienne Walter I, Count of Brienne
(Brienne)
? around 1080 1087
divorce
?
  Bertrade de Montfort Simon I, seigneur de Montfort
(Montfort)
1070 1089 1092
abducted
14 February 1117
Eremburga, Countess of Maine Elias I, Count of Maine
(Beaugency)
1096 11 July 1110 15 January/12 October 1126 Fulk V
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
  Matilda of England Henry I of England
(Normandy)
7 February 1101 17 June 1128 before 2 June 1129
husband's ascension
7 September 1151
husband's death
10 September 1167 Geoffrey V
  Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine William X, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfid)
1122 18 May 1152 6 July 1189
husband's death
1 April 1204 Henry I
  Margaret of France Louis VII of France
(Capet)
November 1157 2 November 1160 June 1170
husband's accession
11 June 1183
husband's death
August/September 1197 Henry II
  Berengaria of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre
(Jiménez)
between 1165 and 1170 12 May 1191 6 April 1199
husband's death
23 December 1230 Richard I

Second creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
  Beatrice of Provence Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence
(Barcelona)
1234 31 January 1246 1247
husband's ascension
23 September 1267 Charles I
  Margaret of Burgundy Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre
(Burgundy)
1250 18 November 1268 7 January 1285
husband's death
4 September 1308
  Maria of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1257 May/June 1270 7 January 1285
husband's ascension
1290
husband's death
25 March 1323 Charles II

Third creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
  Joan the Lame Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)
24 June 1293 July 1313 1 April 1328
became Queen of France
12 September 1348 Philip I

Fourth creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
  Bonne of Bohemia John of Bohemia
(Luxembourg)
20 May 1315 6 August 1332 11 September 1349 John II
  Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
(Auvergne)
8 May 1326 13 February 1350 22 August 1350
became Queen of France
29 September 1360

Fifth creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse
  Marie of Blois-Châtillon Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany
(Châtillon)
1343/5 9 July 1360 before October in 1360
elevated to duchess
12 November 1404 Louis I

Duchess of Anjou

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First creation

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
  Marie of Blois-Châtillon Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany
(Châtillon)
1343/5 9 July 1360 before October in 1360
elevated from a countess
20 September 1384
husband's death
12 November 1404 Louis I
  Yolande of Aragon John I of Aragon
(Barcelona)
11 August 1384 2 December 1400 29 April 1417
husband's death
14 November 1442 Louis II
  Margaret of Savoy Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
1410s or 7 August 1420 1424/31 August 1432 12 November 1434
husband's death
30 September 1479 Louis III
  Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
c. 1400 24 October 1420 12 November 1434
husband's ascension
28 February 1453 René
  Jeanne de Laval Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval
(Laval)
10 November 1433 10 September 1454 10 July 1480
husband's death
19 December 1498
  Jeanne de Lorraine Frederick II of Vaudémont
(Lorraine)
1458 21 January 1474 10 July 1480
husband's ascension
25 January 1480 Charles IV

Second creation

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None

Third creation

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None

Fourth creation

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None

Fifth creation

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Most dukes actually did marry but only after they ceased to be Dukes of Anjou because it was a tradition to award the son with the title of Duke of Orléans when they marry.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
  Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
(Savoy)
2 September 1753 16 April 1771 1790
ceased to be duchess
13 November 1810 Louis VIII

See also

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