List of Royal Consorts of Scottish Monarchs

The list of the Royal Consorts of the Scottish Monarchs chronologically lists all spouses of the Scottish monarchs known to date . The list does not include the Queen Regnant of Scotland (see → List of Rulers of Scotland ), who ruled in their own right , as well as those spouses of the Scottish monarchs who died before their accession to the throne.

The wife of the Scottish King is usually referred to as the Queen Consort or often just as the Queen . Women as ruling queens ( Queen Regnant ) are rarer, which is why there is no fixed designation for the position of a male royal consort . The usual title for the Scottish Queens Consort was Queen consort of Scotland . From 1603 they also carried the title Queen consort of England and Ireland , since from this point on the kingdoms of Scotland and England were ruled in personal union.

Malcolm III and his wife Saint Margaret of Scotland , Forman Armorial, 1562

With the final amalgamation of England and Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, there are no Scottish, but only British Royal Consorts (see → List of Royal Consorts of British Monarchs ).

Queens Consort of Scotland (until 1286)

Legend

• Royal Consort

• Name: Provides the usual name in German and English, as well as the life data of the Royal Consorts.
• Duration: indicates the period during which the person was the royal consort of a Scottish monarch.
• Origin: Names the parents or other known information about the origin.

• married with

• Name: Provides the name, the period of reign and the dates of life of the Scottish monarch who is married to the Royal Consort.
• Date: states the date of marriage with the respective Scottish monarch.

list

Little more is known of the royal consorts of the early Scottish monarchs than their existence. The first Scottish queen who can be historically verified with names and dates was Gruoch , who later became known as Lady Macbeth through Shakespeare . Of the twelve on Macbeth following Scottish monarch of their consorts were four either not married or names not known, this includes Lulach (1057-1058), Donald III. (1093-1094; 1094-1097), Malcolm IV. (1153-1165) and Margarete (1286-1290).

Royal Consort			married to
Surname	Duration	origin	Surname	date
House Alpin
Gruoch * around 1005 †? between 1035 and 1057	1040–?	Daughter of Bodhe and granddaughter of Kenneth III. Her son Lulach came from her first marriage to Gille Coemgáin, Mormaer von Moray .	Macbeth (1040-1057) † August 15, 1057	circa 1032
House Dunkeld
Ingibiorg † before 1069?	approx. 1059–?	Daughter of Jarl Finn Arnesson and great-niece of Harald Hardråde , King of Norway. She was the widow of Thorfinn Sigurdsson , Jarl of Orkney .	Malcolm III (1058-1093) † November 13, 1093	circa 1059
St. Margaret * around 1046 † November 16, 1093	1070-1093	Daughter of Eduard Ætheling and granddaughter of Edmund II , King of England. Was canonized in 1251.		1070
Ethelreda / Octreda	1094	Daughter of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria and Lord of Dunbar .	Duncan II (1094) † November 2, 1094	around 1090
Sybilla (English Sybilla of Normandy ) † July 12, 1122	? -1122	Illegitimate daughter of Henry I , King of England.	Alexander I (1107–1124) † April 1124	circa 1108
Mathilde (English Maud of Huntingdon ) † approx. 1130/31	1124 - approx. 1130/31	Daughter of Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria and Judith von Lens , a niece of William I , King of England. After the death of her father, Countess of Huntingdon . Widow of Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Northampton .	David I (1124–1153) † May 24, 1153	circa 1113
Ermengarde de Beaumont † February 11, 1233	1186-1214	Daughter of Richard I, Viscount de Beaumont and his wife, an illegitimate daughter of Henry I , King of England.	Wilhelm I (1165–1214) † December 4, 1214	September 5, 1186
Joan of England (Engl. Joan of England ) 4. † March 1238	1221-1238	Daughter of Johann Ohneland and Isabella von Angoulême .	Alexander II. (1214–1249) * August 24, 1198 † July 8, 1249	June 19, 1221
Marie de Coucy († 1284)	1239-1249	Daughter of Enguerrand III. de Coucy and Marie de Montmirail.		May 15, 1239
Margaret of England (Engl. Margaret of England ) * 29 September 1240 † February 26, 1275	1251-1275	Daughter of Heinrich III. , King of England and Eleanor of Provence .	Alexander III (1249–1286) * September 4, 1241 † March 19, 1286	December 26, 1251
Yolande de Dreux † after 1324	1285-1286	Daughter of Robert IV, Count von Dreux .		October 14, 1285

Royal Consorts of Scotland (1306–1567)

Legend

The male Royal Consorts are highlighted in blue, unlike their female counterparts, the Queen Consorts.

• Royal Consort

• Image: Shows a portrait of the respective Royal Consort. Wherever possible, the portrait closest to the date of the actual lifetime was chosen.
• Name: Provides the usual name in German and English, as well as the life data of the Royal Consorts.
• Duration: indicates the period during which the person was the royal consort of a Scottish monarch.

• coronation

• Date: states the date of the coronation to the "Queen Consort".
• Place: Names the place of the coronation to the "Queen Consort".

• married to

• Name: Provides the name, the period of reign and the dates of life of the Scottish monarch who is married to the Royal Consort.
• Date: states the date of marriage with the respective Scottish monarch.

list

From 1290 to 1292 and from 1296 to 1306 there were two Interregna between which only John Balliol ruled from 1292 to 1296. His wife Isabella de Warenne probably died before his accession to the throne and is therefore not one of the Queens Consort of Scotland. The same is true of Isabella von Mar , first wife of Robert I (1306-1329), Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan , first wife of Robert II (1371-1390) and Anne Hyde , first wife of James II (1437– 1460).

Royal Consort			coronation		married to
image	Surname	Duration	date	place	Surname	date
Bruce House
	Elizabeth de Burgh † October 1327	1306-1327	no coronation		Robert I (1306–1329) * July 11, 1274 † June 7, 1329	circa 1302
	Johanna Plantagenet (English Joan of The Tower ) * July 5, 1321 † September 7, 1362	1329-1362	November 24, 1331	Scone	David II. (1329–1371) * March 5, 1324 † February 22, 1371	July 17, 1328
			together with husband
	Margaret Drummond † January 31, 1375	1364-1371	no coronation			circa February 13, 1364
House steward
	Euphemia de Ross † 1386	1371-1386	? 1372	Scone	Robert II (1371-1390) * March 2, 1316 † April 19, 1390	circa May 1355
	Annabella Drummond † October 1401	1390-1401	August 14, 1390	Scone	Robert III (1390–1406) † April 4, 1406	approx. 1366/67
			together with husband
	Joan Beaufort * 1406 † July 15, 1445	1424-1437	May 21, 1424	Scone	Jacob I (1406–1437) * July 1394 † February 21, 1437	? February 10, 1424
			together with husband
	Maria von Geldern (Queen) (English Mary of Guelders ) † December 1, 1463	1449-1460	July 3, 1449	Holyrood Palace	Jacob II (1437–1460) * October 16, 1430 † August 3, 1460	July 3, 1449
	Margarethe of Denmark (English. Margaret of Denmark ) * June 23, 1456 † July 14, 1486	1469-1486	July 13, 1469	Holyrood Palace	Jacob III (1460–1488) * May 1452 † June 11, 1488	July 13, 1469
	Margaret Tudor * November 28, 1489 † October 18, 1541	1503-1513	August 8, 1503	Holyrood Palace	Jacob IV (1488–1513) * March 17, 1473 † September 9, 1513	August 8, 1503
	Madeleine of France (English Madeleine of Valois ) * August 10, 1520 † July 7, 1537	1537	no coronation		Jacob V (1513–1542) * April 10, 1512 † December 14, 1542	January 1, 1537
	Marie de Guise (English Mary of Guise ) * November 22, 1515 † June 10, 1560	1538-1542	February 22, 1540	Holyrood Palace		June 1538
	Francis II. Of France (Engl. Francis II of France ) † December 5, 1560	1558-1560	no coronation		Maria Stuart (1542–1567) * 7./8. December 1542 † February 8, 1587	April 24, 1558
	Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley * December 7, 1545 † February 10, 1567	1565-1567	no coronation			July 29, 1565
	James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell † April 14, 1578	1567	no coronation			May 15, 1567

Royal Consorts of Scotland (1589–1707)

Legend

The male Royal Consorts are highlighted in blue, unlike their female counterparts, the Queen Consorts.

• Royal Consort

• Image: Shows a portrait of the respective Royal Consort. Wherever possible, the portrait closest to the date of the actual lifetime was chosen.
• Name: Provides the usual name in German and English, as well as the life data of the Royal Consorts.
• Duration: indicates the period during which the person was the royal consort of a Scottish monarch.

• coronation

• Date: states the date of the coronation to the "Queen Consort".
• Place: Names the place of the coronation to the "Queen Consort".

• married to

• Name: Provides the name, the period of reign and the dates of life of the Scottish monarch who is married to the Royal Consort.
• Date: states the date of marriage with the respective Scottish monarch.
• Image: Shows a portrait of the respective Scottish monarch with whom the Royal Consort is in marital relationship. Wherever possible, the portrait closest to the date of the actual lifetime was chosen.

list

From 1603 the Scottish monarch ruled Scotland and England in personal union and their spouses were henceforth also Royal Consorts of England (for the previous Royal Consorts of England → see: List of Royal Consorts of the English Monarchs ). Wilhelm II. (1689-1702) is not to be counted among the Royal Consorts and accordingly is not listed here, because although he was the spouse of Queen Maria II (1689-1694), daughter of James VII. (1685-1688), together with her and also after her death as King of Scotland .

Royal Consort			coronation		married to
image	Surname	Duration	date	place	Surname	date	image
House of Stuart
	Anna of Denmark (English Anne of Denmark ) * December 12, 1574 † March 2, 1619	1589-1619	May 17, 1590	Holyrood Palace	Jacob VI (1567–1625) * July 19, 1566 † March 27, 1625	August 20, 1589
	Henrietta Maria of France (English Henrietta Maria of France ) * November 15, 1609 † September 10, 1669	1625-1649	no coronation		Charles I (1625–1649) * November 19, 1600 † January 30, 1649	June 13, 1625
	Katharina von Braganza (English Catherine of Braganza ) * November 25, 1638 † December 31, 1705	1662-1685	no coronation		Charles II (1660–1685) * May 29, 1630 † February 6, 1685	May 21, 1662
	Maria Beatrice von Modena (English Mary of Modena ) * October 5, 1658 † May 7, 1718	1685-1701	no coronation		Jacob VII (1685–1688) * October 14, 1633 † September 6, 1701	September 30, 1673
	Prince George of Denmark (Engl. George of Denmark ) April 2nd * 1653 † October 28, 1708	1702-1707	no coronation		Anne (1702–1707) * February 6, 1665 † August 1, 1714	July 28, 1683

See also

• List of rulers of Scotland
• List of Royal Consorts of English Monarchs
• List of Royal Consorts of British Monarchs

literature

• EB Fryde, DE Greenway (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology , London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society 1986.
• Rosalind K. Marshall: Scottish Queens (1034-1714) , East Linton: Tuckwell Press 2003.
• Timothy Venning: Compendium of British Office Holders , Basingstoke (et al.): Palgrave Macmillan 2005.
• David Williamson: Brewer's British royalty , London: Cassell 1996.

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