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
image | Queen from – to |
Surname | dynasty | wife of |
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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
image | Queen from – to |
Surname | dynasty | wife of |
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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 .
image | Queen from – to |
Surname | dynasty | wife of |
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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
image | Queen from – to |
Surname | dynasty | wife of |
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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
image | Queen from – to |
Surname | dynasty | wife of |
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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. |