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The Queen of Ireland or sometimes Royal Consort of Ireland was the spouse of the rulers and monarch of Ireland.

There have been no native Queens of Ireland since the late 12th century, following the complex sequence of the Norman invasion of Ireland, Treaty of Windsor (1175), and death of the last true High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, in 1198.

From 1542 it was a style if not always a reality of the wife of the foreign Monarch of England and later Great Britain, or that of the Queen of these realms in her own right.

Queens of Ireland edit

Semi-historical Queens edit

Queen Husband's Reign Spouse Remarks
Brigid ingen Cobthaig
[1] 		564–566 Ainmuire mac Sétnai Daughter of Cobthaig of the Uí Cheinnselaig. She was the mother of Cobthaig.
Eithne 595–600 Áed Sláine She may have been mother to Áed's recorded children: at least six sons, including Diarmait and Blathmac, and a daughter named Rontud.
Findelb ingen Chellaig
[1] 		665–669 Sechnassach Probably daughter of Cellach Cualann, king of Leinster (died 715) of the Uí Máil. She was probably the mother of Bé Fáil, Murgal and Mumain, all being daughters.
Muirenn ingen Cellaig 694–701 Loingsech mac Óengusso Daughter of Cellach Cualann, king of Leinster (died 715) of the Uí Máil. She was the mother of Flaithbertach, was later High King, and Fergal.
? ingen Congal Cendmagair
[2] 		709–718 Fergal mac Máele Dúin Daughter of Congal Cennmagair, High King of Ireland (died 710) of the Cenél Conaill. According to Fáistine Fergaile meic Máele Dúin ("Fergal mac Máele Dúin's Prophecy") to have been an illicit union; she was mother of Áed Allán.
?
[2] 		Of the Ciannachta. According to Fáistine Fergaile meic Máele Dúin ("Fergal mac Máele Dúin's Prophecy"), she was mother of Niall Frossach.
Ailbíne ingen Ailello
[3][4] 		739–758 Domnall Midi Daughter of Ailello of Ard Ciannacht, a minor kingdom of the coast north of the River Boyne. Only recorded wife of Domnall Midi.
Dunlaith ingen Flaithbertaich
[2] 		759–765 Niall Frossach Daughter of Flaithbertach mac Loingsig, High King of Ireland (died 765) of the Cenél Conaill. She was mother of Áed Oirdnide, and died in 798.
Bé Fáil ingen Cathail
[3][4] 		766–792 Donnchad Midi Daughter of Cathal mac Muiredaig, eponym of the Leth Cathail in Ulster. She was mother of Óengus and Máel Ruanaid, and her death in 801 is recorded in the Annals of Ulster: "Be Fáil daughter of Cathal, Donnchad's queen, died.".
Euginis ingen Donnchada
[2] 		793–817 Áed Oirdnide Daughter of Donnchad Midi, High King of Ireland (died 797) of the Clann Cholmáin. She died in 802.
Maedhbh ingen Indrechtach
[2] 		Daughter of Indrechtach mac Muiredaig, King of Connacht (died 723) of the Uí Briúin. Also known simply as Medb. According to the 12th century Banshenchas (Lore of Women), she was mother of Niall Caille, and died in 798.
Gormflaith ingen Donnchada
[2] 		823–846 Niall Caille Daughter of Donnchad Midi, High King of Ireland (died 797) of the Clann Cholmáin. She was mother of Áed Findliath, and died in 861 and the notice of her death in the Annals of Ulster calls her "a most charming queen of the Irish".
Queen Husband's Reign Spouse Remarks

Historical Queens edit

Queen Husband's Reign Spouse Remarks
Gormlaith Rapach ingen Muiredach
[2] 		855–879 Áed Findliath Daughter of Muiredach mac Eochada, King of Ulster (died 839) of the Dal Fiatach. Known as "the Harsh". According to the 12th century Banshenchas (Lore of Women), she was mother of Domnall mac Áeda and Eithne ingen Áeda.
Land ingen Dúnlainge
[2] 		Daughter of Dúngal mac Fergaile, King of Osraige (died 842) and sister of Cerball mac Dúnlainge. She was widow of High King Máel Sechnaill. According to the 12th century Banshenchas (Lore of Women), she was mother of Domnall mac Áeda and Eithne ingen Áeda. She died in 842.
Máel Muire ingen Cináeda
[2] 		Daughter of Cináed mac Ailpín, King of the Picts (died 858) of the House of Alpin. She was mother of Niall Glúndub by her first marriage. According to Annals of Ulster, she died in 913. She remarried after her husband's death.
Gormlaith ingen Flainn
[4] 		879–916 Flann Sinna Daughter of Flann mac Conaing, King of Brega (died 868) of the Síl nÁedo Sláine. She was mother of Donnchad Donn.[5]
Eithne ingen Áeda
[4] 		Daughter of Áed Findliath, High King of Ireland (died 879) of the Cenél nEógain. She was mother of Máel Ruanaid. She was also married to Flannácan, King of Brega, by whom she had a son named Máel Mithig, although whether this preceded her marriage to Flann is unclear. It is likely that Flann divorced Eithne in order to follow the tradition of marrying his predecessor's widow, Eithne's stepmother. Eithne died as a nun in 917.[6]
Máel Muire ingen Cináeda
[4] 		Daughter of Cináed mac Ailpín, King of the Picts (died 858) of the House of Alpin. She was mother of Domnall mac Flainn, King of Brega, and Lígach ingen Flainn (died 923). According to Annals of Ulster, she died in 913.
Gormlaith ingen Flainn
[2] 		916–919 Niall Glúndub Daughter of Flann Sinna, High King of Ireland (died 879) of the Clann Cholmáin. Was the widow of Cerball mac Muirecáin, the King of Leinster and before that Cormac mac Cuilennáin, the King of Munster. Legend depicted her as a tragic figure; she was resorted to begging from door to door after Niall's death. She was mother of Muirchertach mac Néill. The Annals of Ulster record her death in 948.
Cainnech ingen Canannáin
[4] 		919–944 Donnchad Donn Daughter of Canannán mac Flaithbertach, King of the Cenél Conaill of Tír Connaill. She died in 929.
Órlaith ingen Cennétig
[4] 		Daughter of Cennétig mac Lorcáin, King of the Dál gCais of Thomond. She was killed in 941, apparently on Donnchad's order, perhaps due to a sexual relationship between her and her stepson Óengus.
Dublemna ingen Tigernán
[4] 		Daughter of a Tigernán, a lord or king of Bréifne of the Ua Ruairc. She died in 943.
Gormflaith ingen Murchada
[4] 		980–1002 Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill Daughter of Murchad mac Finn, king of Leinster, and also widow of Olaf Cuaran, the Viking king of Dublin and York. She remarried to Brian Boru.
Mór
[7] 		1002–1014 Brian Boru Daughter of Gilla Brigte Ua Maíl Muaid of the Cenél Fiachach. Mother of his successor Murchad mac Brian, who was slain with his father at the Battle of Clontarf.
Echrad
[7] 		Mother of his successor Donnchad mac Brian.
Gormflaith ingen Murchada
[7] 		Daughter of Murchad mac Finn, king of Leinster. Widow of Olaf Cuaran, the Viking king of Dublin and York, and former wife of Máel Sechnaill. Mother of his successor Donnchad mac Brian, later King of Munster. She was said to be his true love, having mistakeningly challenged his authority one too many times, they divorced. Though she is said to be the cause of his death, she was also said to be the one to mourn him the most. She died in 1030.
Dub Choblaig
[7] 		Daughter of a king of Connacht. Mother of Cénnetig mac Briain (Kennedy).
Máel Muire ingen Amlaíb
[4] 		1014–1022 Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
(second reign) 		Daughter of Amlaíb Cuarán of the Norse-Irish Uí Ímair, she is the first known Queen of Ireland of Norse descent. Máel Muire died in 1021, a year before her husband, to whom she may have been wed for over two decades. The Annals of Clonmacnoise actually style her Queen of Ireland.[8]
Cacht ingen Ragnaill
[7] 		died 1064 (with opposition) Donnchad mac Briain Possibly sister of Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, king of Dublin, also of the Uí Ímair. The marriage was in 1032.[9] Cacht died in 1054, styled Queen of Ireland.[10]
Derbforgaill ingen Donnchad
[11] 		died 1072 (with opposition) Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó Daughter of Donnchad mac Briain, king of Munster of the Dál gCais.
Dubchoblaig of the Uí Cheinnselaig
[7] 		died 1086 (with opposition) Toirdelbach Ua Briain Of the Uí Cheinnselaig. Mother of Diarmait Ua Briain, perhaps named for her kinsman and Toirdelbach's protector Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó. She died in 1088
Derbforgaill of Osraige
[7] 		Mother of Tadc and Muirchertach.
Gormlaith of Ua Fógarta
[7] 		Of the Ua Fógarta.

Ladies of Ireland edit

The Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541) was all-island. Irish state created in the wake of the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71.

House of Plantagenet edit

This long-lived dynasty is usually divided into three houses: the Angevins, the House of Lancaster, and the House of York.

Angevins edit

As the leader of the Norman invasion of Ireland Henry II of England created the title of Lord of Ireland for his youngest son John in 1177. The title came to be held by the monarchs of England when John later, and unexpectedly, inherited the English crown in 1199.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Isabel de Clare
[12] 		William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
(Fitz Robert) 		c.1173 29 August 1189 uncrowned 1199
marriage annulled by the Pope after husband ascended as King 		14 October 1217 John
File:Isabella of Angouleme.jpg Isabella of Angoulême
[13][14] 		Aymer, Count of Angoulême
(Taillefer) 		c. 1187 24 August 1200 8 October 1200 18 or 19 October 1216
husband's death 		31 May 1246
  Eleanor of Provence
[13][14] 		Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
(Barcelona) 		c. 1223 14 January 1236 20 January 1236 16 November 1272
husband's death 		24 June 1291 Henry III
  Eleanor of Castile
[13][14] 		Ferdinand III of Castile
(Anscarids) 		1241 1 November 1254 16 November 1272
husband's ascension 		19 August 1274 28 November 1290 Edward I
  Marguerite of France
[13][14] 		Philip III of France
(Capet) 		1282 8/10 September 1299 1299? 7 July 1307
husband's death 		14 February 1317
  Isabella of France
[13][14] 		Philip IV of France
(Capet) 		between 1288 and 1296 25 January 1308 25 February 1308 20 January 1327
husband's deposition 		22 August 1358 Edward II
  Philippa of Hainault
[13][14] 		William I, Count of Hainaut
(Avesnes) 		24 June 1314 24 January 1328 18 February 1330 15 August 1369 Edward III
  Anne of Bohemia
[13] 		Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
(Luxembourg) 		11 May 1366 20 January 1383 (?) 22 January 1383 (?) 7 June 1394 Richard II
  Isabella of Valois
[13] 		Charles VI of France
(Valois) 		9 November 1387 31 October or 1 November 1396 8 January 1397 30 September 1399
husband's deposition 		13 September 1409

House of Lancaster edit

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Joanna of Navarre.jpg Joanna of Navarre
[13] 		Charles II of Navarre
(Évreux) 		c. 1370 7 February 1403 26 February 1403 20 March 1413
husband's death 		9 July 1437 Henry IV
  Catherine of Valois
[13] 		Charles VI of France
(Valois) 		27 October 1401 2 June 1420 23 February 1421 31 August 1422
husband's death 		3 January 1437 Henry V
  Margaret of Anjou
[13] 		René of Anjou
(Valois-Anjou) 		23 March 1430 23 April 1445 30 May 1445 21 May 1471
husband's death[15] 		25 August 1482 Henry VI

House of York edit

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Elizabeth Woodville
[13] 		Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers c. 1437 1 May 1464[16] 26 May 1465 9 April 1483
husband's death 		8 June 1492 Edward IV
  Anne Neville
[13] 		Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
(Neville) 		11 June 1456 12 July 1472 26 June 1483
husband's ascension 		6 July 1483 16 March 1485 Richard III

House of Tudor edit

The Tudors were of partial Welsh ancestry, and in 1536 Wales was fully incorporated into the English state (having been under English control since 1284). With Henry VIII's break from the Roman Catholic Church the monarch became the Supreme Head of the Church of Ireland.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Elizabeth of York
[13] 		Edward IV of England
(York) 		11 February 1466 18 January 1486 25 November 1487 11 February 1503 Henry VII
  Catherine of Aragon
[13] 		Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara) 		16 December 1485 11 June 1509 24 June 1509 23 May 1533
marriage annulled 		7 January 1536 Henry VIII
  Anne Boleyn
[13] 		Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire between 1501 and 1507 28 May 1533 1 June 1533 17 May 1536
marriage annulled 		19 May 1536 (executed)
  Jane Seymour
[13] 		Sir John Seymour
(Seymour) 		between 1507 and 1509 30 May 1536 uncrowned;
proclaimed queen 4 June 1536 		24 October 1537
  Anne of Cleves
[13] 		John III, Duke of Cleves
(La Marck) 		22 September 1515 6 January 1540 uncrowned 9 July 1540
marriage annulled 		16 July 1557
  Catherine Howard
[13] 		Lord Edmund Howard
(Howard) 		between 1520 and 1525 28 July 1540 uncrowned 1541
became queen 		13 February 1542

Royal consorts of Ireland (Kingdom of Ireland and after) edit

See also: Kingdom of Ireland and Tudor conquest of Ireland

In 1542 the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, stating that Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. This was not recognized in Europe until circa 1555, by which time Henry was dead. More importantly, Gaelic Ireland, with its many overkings and sub-kings, was not completely brought under control until after the so-called Flight of the Earls in 1607, following the Nine Years' War. From 1555 to 1603 the quasi-official monarchs of Ireland, or at least a large part of it, were the Tudors, Mary I of England and Elizabeth I of England.

House of Tudor edit

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Catherine Parr
[13] 		Sir Thomas Parr between 1512 and 1517 12 July 1543 uncrowned 28 January 1547
husband's death 		5 September 1548 Henry VIII

Disputed consort edit

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Guilford Dudley
[13][17] 		John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1536 15 May 1553 10 July 1553
wife's ascension 		uncrowned 19 July 1553
wife's deposition 		12 February 1554 Jane

House of Stuart edit

Following the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 without issue, the Scottish king, James VI, succeeded to the English throne as James I in what became known as the Union of the Crowns. In 1604 he adopted the title King of Great Britain, although the kingdoms remained separate.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Anne of Denmark
[13][18] 		Frederick II of Denmark
(Oldenburg) 		14 October 1574 23 November 1589 24 March 1603
husband's accession 		25 July 1603 4 March 1619 James I
  Henrietta Maria of France
[13][18] 		Henry IV of France
(Bourbon) 		25 November 1609 11 May 1625 (by proxy)
13 June 1625 		uncrowned 30 January 1649
husband's death 		10 September 1669 Charles I
  Catherine of Braganza
[13][18] 		John IV of Portugal
(Braganza) 		25 November 1638 21 May 1662 uncrowned 6 February 1685
husband's death 		30 November 1705 Charles II
  Mary of Modena
[13][18] 		Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena
(Este) 		5 October 1658 30 September 1673 (by proxy) 6 February 1685
husband's accession 		23 April 1685 12 February 1689
husband's deposition 		7 May 1718 James II
  Prince George of Denmark
[13][18][19] 		Frederick III of Denmark
(Oldenburg) 		2 April 1653 28 July 1683 8 March 1702
wife's accession 		uncrowned 28 October 1708 Anne

House of Hanover edit

The Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament. In return for access to the economically alluring plantations in North America,[citation needed] the Hanoverian succession and ultimately the Union was ratified by the English Parliament and subsequently the Scottish Parliament in 1707.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Caroline of Ansbach
[19][20][21][22] 		John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(Hohenzollern) 		1 March 1683 22 August 1705 11 June 1727
husband's ascension 		11 October 1727 20 November 1737 George II
  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[19][20][21][22][23] 		Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg) 		19 May 1744 8 September 1761 22 September 1761 1 January 1801
Act of Union 		17 November 1818 George III

During George III's reign The Kingdom's of Great Britain and Ireland merged to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Act of Union 1800.

For the queens between 1801 and 1927, go to List of British consorts.

House of Windsor edit

Following dominion status being conferred on the Irish Free State in 1922, in 1927 the title King of Ireland was re-introduced, and lasted until Ireland became a republic in 1949.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Mary of Teck
[23][24][25] 		Francis, Duke of Teck
(Teck) 		26 May 1867 6 July 1893 1927
reintroduction of royal titles 		22 June 1911 20 January 1936
husband's death 		24 March 1953 George V
  Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
[23][24][25] 		Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
(Bowes-Lyon) 		4 August 1900 26 April 1923 11 December 1936
husband's ascension 		12 May 1937 28 April 1949
republic declared 		30 March 2002 George VI

For the queens of Northern Ireland, go to List of British consorts.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Also Queen consort of Brega.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Also Queen consort of Ailech.
  3. ^ a b Also Queen consort of Uisnech.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Also Queen consort of Mide.
  5. ^ Doherty, "Flann Sinna".
  6. ^ Woolf. "View", p. 93.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Also Queen consort of Munster.
  8. ^ Annals of Clonmacnoise 1014[recte, 1021]
  9. ^ Annals of Inisfallen
  10. ^ Annals of Tigernach; Chronicon Scotorum
  11. ^ Also Queen consort of Leinster.
  12. ^ Also Countess consort of Mortain.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Also Royal consort of England.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Also Duchess consort of Aquitaine.
  15. ^ Henry VI was deposed 4 March 1461, restored 3 October 1470, and deposed again 11 April 1471. Throughout this time Margaret of Anjou was considered by the Lancastrians to be de jure Queen of England
  16. ^ Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was not made public for several months
  17. ^ disputed
  18. ^ a b c d e Also Royal consort of Scotland.
  19. ^ a b c Also Royal consort of Great Britain.
  20. ^ a b Also Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electress consort of Hanover.
  21. ^ a b Also Duchess and Princess consort of Bremen-Verden.
  22. ^ a b Also Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  23. ^ a b c Also Consorts of the Isle of Man.
  24. ^ a b Also Queen consort of the United Kingdom.
  25. ^ a b Also Empress consort of India.

Sources edit


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