List of Aquitanian consorts

The consorts of Aquitaine were the spouses of the Aquitanian monarchs. They were mostly Duchess but other held the titles Lady or Queen.

Early Frankish Duchesses

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse
Gisela of Gascony? Amand of Gascony c. 610 before 629 18 October 629
husband's accession
8 April 632
husband's death
ca. 632 Charibert II
Fulberte? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kingdom passed to Neustria and Burgundy in 632; dukes were appointed to Aquitaine
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse
Ingeltrude of Madrie Theodobert, Count of Madrie ca. 803 c. 822 ? c. 838 Pepin I

Duchess of Aquitaine

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Bilichild of Maine Rorgon II, Count of Maine ca. 812 c. 845 c. 852
husband's accession
c. 866
husband's death
after 866 Ranulf I
Interregnum 866–887
Ermengard or Ada? ? c. 882 ? ? ? c. 935 Ranulf II
Aremburga ? ca. 879 10 October 891 c. 893
husband's desposition
c. 935 Ebalus
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Engelberga of Provence Boso of Provence
(Bosonids)
? before 898 c. 893
husband's accession
c. 917 William I
Gerletta Rolfsdottir 891 ? ? ? 14 October 962 William II

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (2nd time), 927–932

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Emilienne ? ? February 911 c. 927
husband's accession
c. 932
titles transferred
Ebles Manzur
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Garsinda perhaps García II of Gascony
(Gascony)
c. 900 c. 932
husband's accession
c. 936
husband's desposition
c. 972 Raymond I
Bertha of Arles Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
(Bosonids)
c. 912 c. 936 c. 936
husband's accession
c. 955
husband's desposition
18. August 965 Raymond II

Ramnulfid House of Poitiers (3rd time), 962–1189

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Gerloc/Adèle of Normandy Rollo of Normandy
(Normandy)
? c. 935 935 as claimant duchess
962 husband's accession
14 October 962 William III
Emma of Blois Theobald I of Blois
(Blois)
c. 955 c. 968 995 husband retired to monastery 1 August 1004 William IV
Adalemode of Limoges ? ? c. 997 c. 1006 William V
Prisca of Gascony William II, Duke of Gascony
(Gascony)
? c. 1011 c. 1016/1018
  Agnes of Burgundy Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
(Ivrea)
c. 995 c. 1019 31 January 1030
husband's death
10 November 1068
Eustachie of Montreuil-Bellay ?Berlay III? ? c. 1031 c. 1038 March 1038 William VI
Ermesinde ? ? c. 1041 ? ? William VII
Garsende of Périgord Aldabert II, Count of Périgord ? c. 1044 Autumn 1058
husband's accession
November 1058
divorce
? William VIII
Mathilde perhaps Audebert of La Marche ? c. 1058/9 May 1068
divorce
?
Hildegarde of Burgundy Robert I, Duke of Burgundy
(Burgundy)
c. 1056 c. 1068/9 25 September 1086
husband's death
1104
 
Ermengarde of Anjou Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
(Anjou)
c. 1068 c. 1089 c. 1091
marriage dissolved
1 June 1146 William IX
Philippa of Toulouse William IV, Count of Toulouse
(Rouergue)
c. 1073 c. 1094 c. 1116
retired to the Abbey of Fontevrault
28 November 1118
Aénor of Châtellerault Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault (Châtellerault) c. 1103 c. 1121 10 February 1126
husband's accession
March 1130 William X
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
  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
 
Isabella of Angoulême Aymer, Count of Angoulême
(Taillefer)
c. 1187 24 August 1200 18 or 19 October 1216
husband's death
31 May 1246 John I
 
Eleanor of Provence Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona)
c. 1223 14 January 1236 16 November 1272
husband's death
24 June 1291 Henry II
 
Eleanor of Castile Ferdinand III of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 1241 1 November 1254 16 November 1272
husband's accession
28 November 1290 Edward I
  Marguerite of France Philip III of France
(Capet)
c. 1282 8 or 10 September 1299 7 July 1307
husband's death
14 February 1317
  Isabella of France Philip IV of France
(Capet)
between 1288 and 1296 25 January 1308 31 May 1325
son became duke
or
20 January 1327
husband's deposition
22 August 1358 Edward II
 
Philippa of Hainault William I, Count of Hainault
(Avesnes)
24 June 1311 24 January 1328 c. 1337
became claimant French queen
15 August 1369 Edward III

English Occupation

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The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged with the English claimed Crown of France, 1337–1360; so Philippa of Hainault, the Queen of Edward III was also the Duchess of Aquitaine

Lady of Aquitaine, 1360–1369

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
 
Philippa of Hainault William I, Count of Hainault
(Avesnes)
24 June 1311 24 January 1328 8 May 1360
Treaty of Brétigny
c. 1369
Treaty broken, war resumed
15 August 1369 Edward III

Princess of Aquitaine (royal title), 1362–1372

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Ceased to be Princess Death Spouse
  Joan of Kent Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
(Plantagenet)
29 September 1328 10 October 1361 c. 1372
title merged into crown
7 August 1385 Prince Edward

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1369–1390; so Anne of Bohemia, first queen of Richard II was also the Duchess of Aquitaine.

Duchess of Aquitaine (under England), 1390–1422

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
 
Constance of Castile Peter of Castile
(Burgundy-Spain)
c. 1354 21 September 1371 c. 1390
created Duchess
24 March 1394 John II
 
Katherine de Roet Payne de Roet 25 November 1350 13 January 1396 3 February 1399
husband's death
10 May 1403

The Ducal title of Aquitaine was merged again with the English claimed Crown of France, 1413–1449; so the English queens: Joanna of Navarre, Catherine of Valois and Margaret of Anjou were also Duchesses of Aquitaine. After the loss of most of Aquitaine to the Valois, the French kings gain completed rights to title that they had taken back from Edward III in 1337.

The Duchy of Aquitaine was reclaimed by the Crown of France in 1337; but it wasn't until 1449 that the Valois kings were able to conquer it from the Plantaganets. The Kings of France granted the title of Duke of Guyenne to their heirs, the Dauphins. The title was used after the fall of the French monarchy by the member of the Bourbon family.

Duchess of Guyenne

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
 
Bonne of Bohemia John of Bohemia
(Luxembourg)
20 May 1315 6 August 1332 c. 1349
title created
11 September 1349 John II
 
Jeanne I of Auvergne William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne
(Auvergne)
8 May 1326 13 February 1349 22 August 1350
became Queen of France
29 September 1360
 
Margaret of Burgundy John the Fearless
(Valois-Burgundy)
c. 1393 c. 1403 February 1442
her death
February 1442 Louis, Dauphin of France
Vacant

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