List of queens of Portugal

During the existence of the Portuguese monarchy (1143–1910), Portugal had only two female monarchs, Maria I and Maria II , who ruled over the country as queens in their own right (like the British Queen Elizabeth II today, for example . ).

All other queens listed on the following list bore this title as a wife, not as a ruler in their own right (comparable to today's Queen Silvia of Sweden ). But through their husbands they had, in some cases, considerable influence on Portuguese politics. Some also ruled for longer periods of time as regents, for example when their sons were minors.

Queens during the reign of the House of Burgundy

Queen from – to	Surname	dynasty	wife of
1146-1157	Mathilde of Savoy	Savoy	Alfons I. Henriques
1185-1198	Dulce of Barcelona	Barcelona	Sancho I.
1211-1220	Urraca of Castile	Burgundy (Castile)	Alfonso II
1239-1246	Mécia Lópes de Haro	Haro	Sancho II.
1248-1253	Mathilde von Dammartin	Boulogne	Alfons III
1253-1279	Beatrix of Castile	Burgundy (Castile)	Alfons III
1282-1325	Saint Elizabeth	Aragon	Dionysius
1325-1357	Beatrix of Castile	Burgundy (Castile)	Alfons IV
1371-1383	Leonore Teles de Menezes		Ferdinand I.
1383-1385	Beatrix of Portugal ( de jure , not de facto )	House of Burgundy	Johann I.

Queens during the reign of the House of Avis

Queen from – to	Surname	dynasty	wife of
1387-1415	Philippa of Lancaster	Anjou-Plantagenet / House Lancaster	Johann I.
1433-1438	Eleanor of Aragon		Edward I.
1447-1455	Isabel of Portugal	House Avis	Alfons V.
1475-1481	Joan of Castile	House Trastámara	Alfons V.
1481-1495	Eleanor of Portugal	Advice	Johann II.
1497-1498	Isabella of Aragon and Castile	House Trastámara	Emanuel I, the lucky one
1500-1517	Mary of Aragon	House Trastámara	Emanuel I, the lucky one
1518-1521	Eleanor of Castile	Habsburg	Emanuel I, the lucky one
1525-1557	Catherine of Castile	Habsburg	Johann III.

Queens during the rule of the Spanish Habsburgs (Dinastia Filipina) /
Portugal's personal union with Spain

The following persons were also queens of Spain in personal union between Portugal and Spain .

Queen from – to	Surname	dynasty	wife of
1580	Anna of Austria	Habsburgs (Austrian Habsburgs)	Philip I (of Portugal = Philip II of Spain)
1599-1611	Margaret of Austria	Habsburgs (Austrian Habsburgs)	Philip II (of Portugal = Philip III of Spain)
1621-1640	Isabella of Bourbon ( Élisabeth de Bourbon )	Bourbons	Philip III (from Portugal = Philip IV of Spain)

Queens during the reign of the House of Braganza

Queen from – to	Surname	dynasty	wife of
1640-1656	Luisa from Guzmán	Medina-Sidonia	Johann IV.
1666-1668	Maria Francisca Elisabeth of Savoy , for the first time	Savoy	Alfonso VI
1683	Maria Francisca Elisabeth of Savoy, for the second time	Savoy	Peter II
1687-1699	Marie Sophie of the Palatinate	Wittelsbacher	Peter II
1708-1750	Maria Anna of Austria	Habsburgs	Johann V.
1750-1777	Maria Anna Viktoria of Spain	Bourbons (Spanish Bourbons)	Joseph I.
1777-1816	Maria I (reigning queen, together with her husband)	Braganza	Peter III
1816-1826	Charlotte Johanna of Spain	Bourbons (Spanish Bourbons)	Johann VI.
1826	Maria Leopoldine of Austria , also Empress of Brazil	Habsburgs	Peter IV
1826-1828	Maria II (as ruler in her own right, for the first time, practically does not rule)	Braganza
1834-1853	Maria II. (As ruler in her own right, for the second time, from 1837 together with her husband)	Braganza	Ferdinand II.

Queens during the reign of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen from – to	Surname	dynasty	wife of
1858-1859	Stephanie von Hohenzollern	Hohenzollern ( Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen )	Peter V.
1861-1889	Maria Pia of Savoy	Savoy	Ludwig I.
1889-1908	Amélie d'Orléans , last Queen of Portugal	Bourbons (French Bourbons) / House Orléans	Charles I.