List of Lithuanian royal consorts

The consort (or spouse) of the royal rulers of Lithuania and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was in all cases a woman and nearly all took the title of Grand Duchess.

Queen consort of Lithuania

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Morta and her sister were the only Queens of Lithuania; her successors took the title of "Grand Duchess" instead.

The short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania of 1918 had a King-Elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania: but his first wife, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, had died six years earlier, and his second marriage, to Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria, occurred six years after the Kingdom was replaced by a Republic.

Grand Duchess of Lithuania

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Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
- Morta - - around 1219 1235
husband's accession
1263 Mindaugas
- Sister of Morta - - after 1263 12 September 1263
husband's death
-
- Ramunė
[1][2]
Mindaugas
(Mindaugas)
- 1254/5 1267
husband's accession
1269
husband's death
- Shvarn
- Ludmila of Masovia? Konrad I of Masovia
(Piast)
1223 1238 1270
husband's accession
1282
husband's death
- Traidenis
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
Vida Vidmund It is uncertain how many wives Gediminas had. The Bychowiec Chronicle mentions three wives: Vida from Courland; Olga from Smolensk; and Jaunė from Polotsk, who was Eastern Orthodox and died in 1344 or 1345.[3] Most modern historians and reference works say Gediminas' wife was Jaunė, dismissing Vida and Olga as fictitious, since no sources other than this chronicle mention the other two wives.[4] Gediminas
Olga Vsevolodovna of Smolensk Vsevolod of Smolensk
(Rurikids?)
Jaunė (Ievna Ivanovna of Polotsk) Ivan Vsevolodich, Prince of Polotsk
(Rurikids?)
? - Winter of 1341
husband's death
1344/5
Maria Yaroslavna of Vitebsk Yaroslav Vasilievich, Prince of Vitebsk
(Rurikids?)
? 1318 1345
husband's accession
before 1349 Algirdas
Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver
(Rurikids)
1325 1350 May 1377
husband's death
Autumn of 1392
Birutė - - before 1349 3/15 August 1382
husband's death
Fall 1382 Kęstutis
  Jadwiga of Poland Louis I of Hungary
(Anjou-Hungary)
18 February 1373 18 February 1386 1392
power passed to Vytautas
17 July 1399 Jogaila
Anna probably a Lithuanian noble or a Rurikid ? around 1370 4 August 1392
husband's accession
31 July 1418 Vytautas
Uliana Olshansky Ivan Olshansky
(Olshanski)
? 9 November 1418 27 October 1430
husband's death
1448?
Anna of Tver Ivan Ivanovich of Tver
Rurikid
? 1430? 1430? 1 September 1432
power passed to Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Between 1471 and 1484[5] Švitrigaila
Unknown Unknown - January 1416 1 September 1432
husband's accession
Middle 1434 Sigismund Kęstutaitis
  Elisabeth of Austria
[6]
Albert II of Germany
(Habsburg)
1435/36/possibly 1437 10 March 1454 7 June 1492
husband's death
30 August 1505 Casimir I
  Helena of Moscow
[6]
Ivan III of Russia
(Rurikids)
19 May 1476 18 February 1495 19 August 1506
husband's death
20 January 1513 Alexander
  Barbara Zápolya
[6]
Stephen Zápolya
(Zápolya)
1495 8 February 1512 2 October 1515 Sigismund I
  Bona Sforza
[6]
Gian Galeazzo Sforza
(Sforza)
13 February 1495 18 April 1518
in Wawel Cathedral
1 April 1548
husband's death
7 November 1558
  Elisabeth of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
9 July 1526 5 May 1543 15 June 1545 Sigismund II Augustus
  Barbara Radziwiłł
[6]
Jerzy Radziwiłł
(Radziwiłł)
6 December 1520 1547 8 May 1551
  Catherine of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
15 September 1533 23 June 1553 28 February 1572
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
  Anna of Austria
[6][7][8]
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
16 August 1573 31 May 1592 10 February 1598 Sigismund III
  Constance of Austria
[6]
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
24 December 1588 11 December 1605 10 July 1631
  Cecilia Renata of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
16 July 1611 13 September 1637 24 March 1644 Władysław IV
  Ludwika Maria Gonzaga
[6]
Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga)
18 August 1611 5 November 1645 15 July 1646 20 May 1648
husband's death
10 May 1667
30 May 1649 10 May 1667 John II
  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria
[6]
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
31 May 1653 27 February 1670 10 November 1673
husband's death
17 December 1697 Michael
  Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien
[6]
Henri Albert de La Grange d'Arquien
(La Grange)
28 June 1641 5 July 1665 19 May 1674
husband's election
17 June 1696
husband's death
1 January 1716 John III
  Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
[6][9]
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(Hohenzollern)
19 December 1671 20 January 1693 15 September 1697
husband's coronation
1 September 1706
husband's abdication
4 September 1727 Augustus II, 1st reign
  Catherine Opalińska
[6]
Jan Karol Opaliński
(Opaliński)
13 October 1680 10 May 1698 12 July 1704
husband's election
1709
husband's desposation
19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 1st reign
  Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
[6][9]
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(Hohenzollern)
19 December 1671 20 January 1693 1709
husband's restoration
4 September 1727 Augustus II, 2nd reign
  Catherine Opalińska
[6]
Jan Karol Opaliński
(Opaliński)
13 October 1680 10 May 1698 1733
husband's restoration
1736
husband's abdication
19 March 1747 Stanisław I, 2nd reign
  Maria Josepha of Austria
[6][9]
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
8 December 1699 20 August 1719 1734
husband's election
17 November 1757 Augustus III

Notes

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  1. ^ Also Kneginja of Galicia.
  2. ^ Also Kneginja of Kholm.
  3. ^ (in Lithuanian) Ivinskis, Zenonas (1953–1966). "Jaunė". Lietuvių enciklopedija. Vol. IX. Boston, Massachusetts: Lietuvių enciklopedijos leidykla. p. 335. LCCN 55020366.
  4. ^ Vytautas Spečiūnas, ed. (2004). "Jaunutis". Lietuvos valdovai (XIII-XVIII a.): enciklopedinis žinynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 38, 46. ISBN 5-420-01535-8.
  5. ^ Matusas, Jonas (1991). Švitrigaila Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis (2nd ed.). Vilnius: Mintis. p. 166. ISBN 5-417-00473-1.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Also Queen consort of Poland.
  7. ^ Also Queen consort of Sweden.
  8. ^ Also Grand Duchess consort of Finland.
  9. ^ a b c Also Electress and Duchess consort of Saxony.

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