List of French royal consorts


This is a list of the women who were queens or empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared.
Living wives of reigning monarchs technically became queen consorts, including Margaret of Burgundy and Blanche of Burgundy who were kept in prison during their whole queenships.

Carolingian dynasty (751–987)

House of Valois (1328–1589)

House of Lancaster

Some sources refer to Margaret of Anjou as Queen of France, but her right to enjoy that title is disputed. She was briefly recognized only in English-controlled territories of France.

[House of Valois]

[House of Bourbon] (1589–1792)

, who secretly married Louis XIV in 1683, was never publicly acknowledged as his wife.
Louis XVIII became "titular" King in 1795 and his wife Marie Josephine of Savoy became the Queen until her death in 1810.

Bonaparte dynasty (1804–1814, 1815)

Capetian dynasty

House of Bourbon (1815–1830)

House of Orléans (1830–1848)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame queenCoronationCeased to be queenDeathSpouseArms
Maria Amalia of Naples and SicilyFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies26 April 178225 November 18099 August 1830
husband's ascension
Not crowned24 February 1848
husband's abdication
24 March 1866Louis-Philippe160px

Bonaparte dynasty (1852–1870)