List of Serbian royal consorts

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This is a list of consorts of Serbian monarchs during the history of Serbia.

Middle Ages

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Princess- and Grand Princess consorts (–1217)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Princess Ceased to be Princess Death Spouse
  Theodora Kosara Samuel of Bulgaria
(Cometopuli)
fl. 1010–16 1010–14 22 May 1016
husband's death
Jovan Vladimir
Monomachina niece of Constantine IX Monomachos
(Monomachos)
–1081
(husband's death)
Mihailo I
Jaquinta of Bari Archiriz of Bari
(Normans)
–1101
(husband's death)
Konstantin Bodin
Anna Diogenissa Constantine Diogenes II
(Diogenes)
c. 1074 – 1145 Before 1112 –1140
(husband's abdication)
Uroš I
  Anastasija Undetermined fl. 1196 – d. 22 June 1200 –1196
(husband's abdication)
Stefan Nemanja
Eudokia Angelina Alexios III Angelos
(Angeloi)
fl. 1186–1211 1186–91 after 1198 or 1201–02
(divorce)
Stefan Nemanjić[1]

Queen consorts

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Nemanjić dynasty (1217–1365)

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Image Name Ancestry Lifespan Marriage Term Spouse
  Anna Dandolo Raniero Dandolo
(Dandolo)
?–1264 1216/1217 1217 – 24 September 1228 Stefan Nemanjić
  Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina[2] Theodore Komnenos Doukas
(Angeloi)
–1258 1219/20 24 September 1228 – 1233 Stefan Radoslav
  Beloslava of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II
(Asen dynasty)
– after 1285 1233 1233/4–1243 Stefan Vladislav
  Helen of Anjou (Capetian) 1236–8 February 1314 1245/50 1236–autumn 1276 Stefan Uroš I
  Catherine of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1256 – after 1314 1268–71 1276–1282 Stefan Dragutin
Helena Doukaina Angelina John Doukas, Sebastokratōr
(Angeloi)
– after 1294 after 1272 1282–1283 Stefan Milutin
  Elizabeth of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary
(Árpád)
1255–1313/26 1283 1283–1284
  Ana Terter George I of Bulgaria
(Terter)
1256 – after 1304 before 11 August 1284 1284–1299
  Simonis Palaiologina[3] Andronikos II Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
1289/94–1340 1299 1299 – 29 October 1321
  Teodora of Bulgaria Smilets of Bulgaria
(Smilets)
– 20 December 1322 24 August 1296 29 October 1321 – 20 December 1322 Stefan Dečanski
  Maria Palaiologina[4] John Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
1313/14–1355 1325/26 1326 – 8 September 1331
  Helena of Bulgaria Sratsimir of Kran
(Shishman)
–1374 19 April 1332 1332 – 16 April 1346 Stefan Dušan

Empress consorts

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Nemanjić dynasty (1346–71)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Helena of Bulgaria Sratsimir of Kran
(Shishman)
- 19 April 1332 16 April 1346
became Empress
20 December 1355
husband's death
1374 Stefan Dušan
  Anna of Wallachia Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia
(Basarab)
- July 1360 4 December 1371
husband's death
- Stefan Uroš V

Magnate era

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Mrnjavčević family (1365–95)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Alena
- - - August/September 1365
husband's coronation as co-King under Stefan Uroš V
26 September 1371
husband's death
- Vukašin of Serbia
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa
(Hlapen)
- - 1366
husband's association as junior-King
26 September 1371
husband's accession
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repudiated
- Marko Mrnjavčević
26 September 1371
husband's accession
Teodora Grgur - - - -
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa
(Hlapen)
- -
remarried
17 May 1395
husband's death
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Lazarević family (1371–1402)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Milica Nemanjić of Serbia Vratko Nemanjić
(Nemanjić)
1300s 1353 2/4 December 1371
husband's accession
28 June 1389
husband's death
11 November 1405 Lazar Hrebeljanović

Despotess consort

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Lazarević dynasty (1402–27)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Helena Gattilusio Francesco II Gattilusio
(Gattilusio)
- 1405 19 July 1427
husband's death
- Stefan Lazarević

Branković dynasty (1427–59)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Irene Kantakouzene Theodore Kantakouzenos
(Kantakouzenoi)
1400 26 December 1414 1427
husband's accession
24 December 1456
husband's death
2 May/3 May 1457 Đurađ Branković
  Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia Thomas Palaiologos
(Palaiologos)
1430 1446 24 December 1456
husband's accession
20 January 1458
husband's death
7 November 1473 Lazar II Branković

Kotromanić dynasty (1459)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Helena-Maria of Serbia Lazar II Branković
(Branković)
1447 1 April 1459 20 June 1459
Ottoman conquest
1498 Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia

Despotess consorts (in exile)

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Branković dynasty (1459–1504)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Angelina Arianiti Gjergj Arianiti
(Arianiti)
- November 1460 9 October 1476
husband's death
30 July 1520 Stefan Branković
  Barbara Frankopan Sigismund Frankopan
(Frankopan)
- 1482 16 April 1485
husband's death
1508 Vuk Grgurević Branković
  Isabella del Balzo Agilberto, Duke of Nardò
(del Balzo)
- 1486 c. 1497
husband's retirement
- Đorđe Branković
  Jelena Jakšić Stefan Jakšić
(Jakšić)
- - 10 December 1502
husband's death
after 1529 Jovan Branković

Berislavić dynasty (1504–36)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Jelena Jakšić Stefan Jakšić
(Jakšić)
- May 1504 1514
husband's death
after 1529 Ivaniš Berislavić
  Catherine Batthyány Boldizsár Batthyány, Ban of Jajce
(Batthyány)
- - 1536
husband's death
after 1542 Stefan Berislavić

Bakić family (1537)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Theodora - - - 1537
husband's accession
1537
husband's death
after 1540 Pavle Bakić

Modern

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Consort of the Grand Leader

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Karađorđević dynasty (1804–13)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Jelena Jovanović Nikola Jovanović (Jovanović) 1765 or 1771 1785 15 February 1804 21 September 1813 9 February 1842 Karađorđe Petrović

Princess consorts

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Obrenović dynasty (1815–42)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Ljubica Vukomanović Radosav Vukomanović (Vukomanović) September 1788 1805 6 November 1817
husband's election
25 June 1839
husband's abdication
26 May 1843 Miloš Obrenović I

Karađorđević dynasty (1842–58)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Persida Nenadović Voivode Jevrem Nenadović (Nenadović) 15 February 1813 1 June 1830 14 September 1842
husband's election
24 October 1858
husband's abdication
29 March 1873 Alexander Karađorđević

Obrenović dynasty (1858–82)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely Count Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely
(Hunyady de Kéthely)
26 August 1831 1 August 1853 26 September 1860
husband's accession
10 June 1868
husband's assassination
19 February 1919 Michael Obrenović III
  Natalia Keshko Peter Keshko
(Keshko)
15 May 1859 17 October 1875 6 March 1882
became queen of Serbia
8 May 1941 Milan Obrenović IV

Queen consorts

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Obrenović dynasty (1882–1903)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Natalia Keshko Peter Keshko
(Keshko)
15 May 1859 17 October 1875 6 March 1882
became queen of Serbia
24 October 1888
controversial divorce
8 May 1941 Milan I
  Draga Mašin Pantelija Lunjevica Milićević
(Lunjevica)
23 September 1861 5 August 1900 11 June 1903 Alexander I

Queen consort of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

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Karađorđević dynasty (1918–29)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Maria of Romania Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
6 January 1900 8 June 1922 6 January 1929
became queen of Yugoslavia
22 June 1961 Alexander I

Queen consorts of Yugoslavia

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Karađorđević dynasty (1929–45)

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Maria of Romania Ferdinand I of Romania
(Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
6 January 1900 8 June 1922 6 January 1929
became queen of Yugoslavia
9 October 1934
husband's death
22 June 1961 Alexander I
  Alexandra of Greece and Denmark Alexander of Greece
(Glücksburg)
25 March 1921 20 March 1944 29 November 1945
kingdom abolished
30 January 1993 Peter II

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 7–37.
  2. ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 38–52.
  3. ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 53–82.
  4. ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 83–97.

Sources

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  • Ivić, Aleksa (1928). Родословне таблице српских династија и властеле. Novi Sad: Matica Srpska.
  • Laskaris, Mihailo (1926). Vizantiske princeze u srednjevekovnoj Srbiji [Byzantine princesses in medieval Serbia]. Belgrade: Knj. Franja Baha.
  • Nikolić, Dejan (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Resavska škola.
  • Purković, Miodrag (1996). Принцезе из куће Немањића. Belgrade.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2002). Rodoslovi srpskih dinastija. Platoneum. ISBN 9788683639021.