List of Italian queens

Queen of Italy (regina Italiae in Latin and regina d'Italia in Italian) is a title adopted by many spouses of the rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. The details of where and how the ruling kings ruled are in the article about them. The elective dignity of Roman Emperor was restricted to males only, therefore there was never an Italian Queen regnant, though women such as Adelaide of Italy and Theophanu and Maria Theresa of Austria, who controlled the power of ruling, ruled as de facto Queens Regnant.

Iron Crown of Lombardy, used in Italian coronations from the Lombard era to the 19th century

Queen consorts of Italy, under Odoacer

Unknown

Ostrogothic Queen consorts of Italy

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Audofleda of the Salian Franks	Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks (Merovingian)	470	493		30 August 526 husband's death	?	Theodoric
	Mathesuentha of the Visigoths	Eutharic (Areal line)	517	536		540 husband's death	after 550	Witiges
	Berthora of Rheims	Theudebert I, King of Rheims (Merovingian)	535	549		1 July 552 husband's death	555	Totila
No names of Ostrogothic queens are mention during beyond this point.
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Lombardic Queen consorts of Italy

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Chlothsind of the Franks	Chlothar I, King of the Franks (Merovingian)	?	?	?	?	?	Alboin
	Rosamund of the Gepids	Cunimund, King of the Gepids	?	567		28 June 572/573 husband's death	?	Alboin
	Theodelinda of Bavaria	Garibald I, Duke of Bavaria (Agilolfings)	?	15 May 589		5 September 590 husband's death	22 January 627	Authari
	Theodelinda of Bavaria	Garibald I, Duke of Bavaria (Agilolfings)	?	May 591		616 husband's death	22 January 627	Agilulf
	Gundiberga of the Lombards	Authari	591	?	626 husband's accession, locked in monastery	636 husband's death	?	Arioald
	Gundiberga of the Lombards	Authari	591	after 636		652 husband's death	?	Rothari
	Theodota of the Lombards	Aripert I	?	after 662		?	?	Grimoald I
No names of Lombardic queens are mentioned until 739.
	Guntrude	?	?	?	712 husband's ascension	744 husband's disposition	?	Liutprand
	Tassia	?	?	?	744 husband's ascension	749 husband's disposition	?	Ratchis
	Ansa	Verissimo	?	?	744 husband's ascension	5 June 774 husband's disposition	?	Desiderius
	Hildegard of Vinzgouw	Gerold of Vinzgouw	758	771	774 husband's coronation as Lombardic king	30 April 783		Charles I
	Fastrada of Franconia	Raoul III de Franconie et d'Aéda de Bavière	765	784 as Queen consort the Lombards		10 October 794
	Luitgard of Sundgau	Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau	776	794 as Queen consort the Lombards		4 June 800
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Queen consorts of Italy

Carolingian dynasty, (774–887)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Hildegard of Vinzgouw	Gerold of Vinzgouw (Agilolfings)	758	771	5 June 774 husband's coronation as Lombardic king	30 April 783		Charles I
	Fastrada of Franconia	Raoul III of Franconia	765	784 as Queen consort the Lombards		10 October 794
	Luitgard of Sundgau	Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau (Etichonids)	776	794 as Queen consort the Lombards		4 June 800
	Bertha of Gellone	William of Gellone, Count of Toulouse	?	795?	781 as Queen consort of Italy	8 July 810 husband's death	?	Pepin
	Cunigunda of Laon	?	?	813		17 April 818 husband's death	?	Bernard I
	Ermengarde of Tours	Hugh of Tours (Etichonids)	804	15 October 821 as sole queen 15 June 844 as senior queen		20 March 851		Lothair I
	Engelberga of Parma	Adelchis I, Count of Parma (Supponids)	830	5 October 851		12 August 875 husband's death	896/901	Louis II
	Richilde of Provence	Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes (Bosonid)	845	870	12 August 875 husband's ascension	6 October 877 husband's death	2 June 910	Charles II
	Richardis of Swabia	Erchanger, Count of the Nordgau (Ahalolfinger)	840	1 August 862	879 husband's ascension	887 husband's death	18 September, between 894 and 896	Charles III
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

After 887, Italy fell into instability, with many rulers claiming the Kingship simultaneously:

Unruoching dynasty, (887–924)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Bertila of Spoleto	Suppo II of Spoleto (Supponids)	860	880	26 December 887 husband's ascension	December 915		Berengar I
	Anna of Provence	Louis the Blind (Bosonids)	-	by December 915		7 April 924 husband's death	after May 930	Berengar I
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Widonid dynasty, (889–896)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Ageltrude of Benevento	Adelchis, Prince of Benevento	?	early 880s	889 husband's coronation	12 December 894 husband's death	27 August 923	Guy
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Carolingian Dynasty, (896–899)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Ota of Neustria	Berengar I of Neustria (Conradines)	874	before the end of 888	22 February 896 husband's coronation	8 December 899 husband's death	after 30 November 903	Arnulf
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Bosonid dynasty, (900–905)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Anna of Constantinople [1]	Leo VI the Wise (Macedonian)	885	around 900	12 October 900 husband's coronation	21 July 905 husband relinquished titles	912	Louis III
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Elder Welf dynasty, (922–926)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Bertha of Swabia	Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (Hunfridings)	907	922	922 husband's coronation	926 husband's deposition 933 husband relinquished titles	after 2 January 966	Rudolph
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Bosonid dynasty, (926–950)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Alda (or Hilda)	A German	?	after 924		before 932 marriage annulled	?	Hugh
	Marozia of Tusculum, Senatrix and Patricia of Rome	Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (Tusculani)	890	932		December 932 933 husband fled, her imprisonment	932/937
	Bertha of Swabia	Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (Hunfridings)	907	12 December 937		10 April 948 husband's death	after 2 January 966
	Adelaide of Burgundy and Italy	Rudolf II of Burgundy and Italy (Elder Welf)	931	12 December 947	10 April 948 husband's coronation	22 November 950 husband's death	16 December 999	Lothair II
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Anscarid dynasty, (950–963)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Willa of Tuscany	Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (Bosonids)	910	930/931	15 December 950 husband's coronation	953 husband's imprisonment	963/after 966	Berengar II
	Gerberga of Mâcon	Lambert of Chalon	945	960/62		963 husband's desposition	11 December 986/991	Adalbert
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Ottonian dynasty, (951–1002)

In 951 Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and was crowned "King of the Lombards". In 952, Berengar and Adalbert became in vassals but remained Kings until being deposed by Otto.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Adelaide of Burgundy and Italy	Rudolf II of Burgundy and Italy (Elder Welf)	931	951		7 May 973 husband's death	16 December 999	Otto I
	Theophanu of Constantinople		960	14 April 972		7 December 983 husband's death	15 June 991	Otto II
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Anscarid dynasty, (1002–1014)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Bertha	probably Otbert II, Margrave of Milan	?	before 1000	c. 1002 husband accession	c. 1014 husband gave up claim	?	Arduin
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

After the brief interruption by Arduin of Ivrea and after the restoration of the Holy Roman Emperor as the sole holder of the title King of Italy, the title became one of the many appanages of the Holy Roman Empress.

Ottonian dynasty, (1004–1024)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Cunigunde of Luxembourg	Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)	975	1000	14 May 1004 husband's coronation	13 July 1024 husband's death	3 March 1033	Henry II
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Salian dynasty, (1026–1125)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Gisela of Swabia	Hermann II, Duke of Swabia (Conradines)	11 November 995	1016	1026 husband's coronation as King of Italy	4 June 1039 husband's death	14 February 1043	Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Agnes de Poitou	William V, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfids)	1025	21 November 1043		5 October 1056 husband's death	14 December 1077	Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
	Bertha of Savoy	Otto, Count of Savoy (Savoy)	21 September 1051	13 July 1066	25 June 1080 husband's coronation as King of Italy	27 December 1087		Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
	Eupraxia of Kiev	Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids)	1071	14 August 1089		1093 stepson's coronation	20 July 1109	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
	Constanze of Sicily	Roger I of Sicily (Hauteville)	1077–1087	1095		April 1098 husband's deposition	1138	Conrad II of Italy
	Matilda of England	Henry I of England (Normandy)	7 February 1101	7 January 1114		23 May 1125 husband's death	10 September 1167	Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Supplinburg, (1128–1137)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Richenza of Northeim	Henry, Margrave of Frisia (Northeim)	1087/89	1100	1128 husband's coronation as King of Italy	4 December 1137 husband's death	10 June 1141	Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen, (1154–1197)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy	Renaud III, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea)	1148	9 June 1156		15 November 1184		Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Constance of Sicily	Roger II of Sicily (Hauteville)	2 November 1154	27 January 1186	14 April 1191 husband's coronation as Emperor	28 September 1197 husband's death	27 November 1198	Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Welf, (1208–1215)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Beatrice of Swabia	Philip of Swabia (Hohenstaufen)	April/June 1198	23 July 1212		11 August 1212		Otto IV
	Marie of Brabant	Henry I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	1190	after 19 May 1214		5 July 1215 husband's deposition	9 March/14 June 1260	Otto IV
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen, (1212–1250)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort ojbor;ph4p[l] ,f[3[3 pm[2	Death	Spouse
	Constance of Aragon	Alfonso II of Aragón (Barcelona)	1179	5 August 1209	9 December 1212 husband's coronation as Roman king 22 November 1220 husband's coronation as Emperor	23 June 1222		Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Yolande of Jerusalem	John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem (Brienne)	1212	9 November 1225		25 April 1228
	Isabella of England	John of England (Plantagenet)	1214	15/20 July 1235		1 December 1241
	Bianca Lancia	A child of Manfred I Lancia (Aleramici-Lancia)	c. 1200	c. 1244? Evidence for marriage is dubious			c. 1244
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Luxembourg, (1308–1313)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Margaret of Brabant	John I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven)	4 October 1276	9 July 1292	27 November 1308 husband's became Roman king 6 January 1311 husband's coronation as King of Italy	14 December 1311		Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Wittelsbach, (1327–1347)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Margaret, Countess of Hainaut	William I, Count of Hainaut (Avesnes)	c. 1311	26 February 1324	23 October 1327 husband's coronation as King of Italy	11 October 1347 husband's death	23 June 1356	Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Luxembourg, (1355–1437)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Anna of Świdnica	Henry II, Duke of Świdnica (Piast)	c. 1339	27 May 1353	January 1355 husband's coronation as King of Italy	11 July 1362		Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
	Elizabeth of Pomerania	Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (Pomerania-Wolgast)	c. 1347	21 May 1363		29 November 1378 husband's death	14 February 1393	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
	Joanna of Bavaria	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	c. 1362	29 September 1370	29 November 1378 husband's accession	31 December 1386		Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
	Sofia of Bavaria	John II, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1376	2 May 1389		20 August 1400 husband's deposition 1410 husband's Italian reign ends 16 August 1419 husband's death	26 September 1425	Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
	Barbara of Celje	Hermann II, Count of Celje (Celje)	1390/1395	1408	21 July 1411 husband's election as Emperor 25 November 1431 husband's coronation as King 31 May 1433 husband's coronation as Emperor	9 December 1437 husband's death	11 July 1451	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Habsburg, (1437–1745)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Elizabeth of Bohemia	Sigismund (Luxembourg)	7 October 1409	1422	9 December 1437 husband's accession as King of the Romans 18 March 1438 husband's election as King of the Romans	27 October 1439 husband's death	25 December 1442	Albert II of Germany
	Leonor of Portugal	Edward of Portugal (Aviz)	18 September 1434	16 March 1452	19 March 1452 husband's coronation as Emperor	3 September 1467		Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
	Bianca Maria of Milan	Galeazzo Maria, Duke of Milan (Sforza)	5 April 1472	16 March 1494	4 February 1508 husband declared emperor-elect	31 December 1510		Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Isabella of Portugal	Manuel I of Portugal (Aviz)	23 October 1503	10 March 1526	24 February 1530 husband's coronation Emperor	1 May 1539		Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I and his successor used the title of a King of Italy, though they were never crowned as such:
	Anna of Bohemia and Hungary	Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (Jagiello)	23 July 1503	25 May 1521	16 January 1556 husband's election 1558 husband declared emperor-elect	27 January 1547		Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria of Spain	Charles V (Habsburg)	21 June 1528	13 September 1548	25 July 1564 husband's ascension as emperor-elect	12 October 1576 husband's death	26 February 1603	Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Anna of Austria	Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (Habsburg)	4 October 1585	4 December 1611	20 January 1612 husband's ascension as emperor-elect	14 December 1618		Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
	Eleonore of Mantua	Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua (Gonzaga)	23 September (23 February?) 1598	4 February 1622		15 February 1637 husband's death	27 June 1655	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria Anna of Spain	Philip III of Spain (Habsburg)	18 August 1606	20 February 1631	15 February 1637 husband's ascension as emperor-elect	13 May 1646		Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria Leopoldine of Austria	Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (Habsburg)	6 April 1632	2 July 1648		7 August 1649
The Peace of Westphalia on 24 October 1648, effectively terminated any imperial claims to their lands in Italy, but the Holy Roman Emperors continued their claim until the abdication of Emperor Francis II due to the growing power of Napoleon Bonaparte, who had crown himself King of Italy the previous year.
	Eleanor of Mantua	Charles II, Duke of Nevers and Rethel (Gonzaga)	18 November 1630	30 April 1651		2 April 1657 husband's death	6 December 1686
	Margaret Theresa of Spain	Philip IV of Spain (Habsburg)	12 July 1651	12 December 1666		12 March 1673		Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Claudia Felicitas of Austria	Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (Habsburg)	30 May 1653	15 October 1673		8 April 1676
	Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg	Philip William, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach)	6 January 1655	14 December 1676		5 May 1705 husband's death	19 January 1720
	Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick	John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf)	21 April 1673	24 February 1699	5 May 1705 husband's ascension as emperor-elect	17 April 1711 husband's death	10 April 1742	Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Welf)	28 August (28 September?) 1691	1 August 1708	December 1711 husband's election as emperor-elect	20 October 1740 husband's death	21 December 1750	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Wittelsbach, (1742–1745)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Amalia of Austria	Joseph I (Habsburg)	22 October 1701	5 October 1722	24 January 1742 husband's election	20 January 1745 husband's death	11 December 1756	Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Habsburg-Lorraine, (1745–1806)

Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Maria Theresa of Austria	Charles VI (Habsburg)	13 May 1717	12 February 1736	13 September 1745 husband's election as emperor-elect	18 August 1765 husband's death	29 November 1780	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria Josepha of Bavaria	Charles VII (Wittelsbach)	30 March 1739	23 January 1765	18 August 1765 husband's ascestion as emperor-elect	28 May 1767		Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria Louisa of Spain	Charles III of Spain (Bourbon)	24 November 1745	5 August 1765	30 September 1790 husband's election	March 1792 husband's death	15 May 1792	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
	Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily	Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon-Two Sicilies)	6 June 1772	15 August 1790	5 July 1792 husband's election	6 August 1806 husband's abdication	13 April 1807	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Picture	Name	House	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Bonaparte, (1805–1814)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Joséphine de Beauharnais	Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de la Pagerie (Tascher de la Pagerie)	23 June 1763	9 March 1796	26 May 1805 husband's ascension	10 January 1810 divorce	29 May 1814	Napoleon I
	Marie Louise of Austria	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg-Lorraine)	12 December 1791	1 April 1810		6 April 1814 husband's abdication	17 December 1847	Napoleon I
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

House of Savoy, (1861–1946)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Margherita of Savoy-Genoa	Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa (Savoy)	20 November 1851	21 April 1868	9 January 1878 husband's accession	29 July 1900 husband's death	4 January 1926	Umberto I
	Elena of Montenegro	Nicholas I of Montenegro (Petrović-Njegoš)	8 January 1873	24 October 1896	29 July 1900 husband's accession	9 May 1946 husband's abdication	28 November 1952	Victor Emmanuel III
	Marie-José of Belgium	Albert I of Belgium (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)	4 August 1906	8 January 1930	9 May 1946 husband's accession	12 June 1946 monarchy abolished	27 January 2001	Umberto II
Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse

Notes

Some historians believed that Anna never married Louis the Blind. Although there are proves that they were betrothed to one another, Anna was buried in Constantinople showing that she never left her father's court. The main reason some believe that she was his wife was because of Louis' son, Charles-Constantine's second name.

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[1] Some historians believed that Anna never married Louis the Blind. Although there are proves that they were betrothed to one another, Anna was buried in Constantinople showing that she never left her father's court. The main reason some believe that she was his wife was because of Louis' son, Charles-Constantine's second name.