The Countesses and Duchesses of Anjou

Anjou

Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...

were the wives of the ruling counts of Anjou and later the nominal French counts and dukes of Anjou.

Angevins 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Adelais d'Amboise	perhaps a Count Foulque brother-in-law of Adalard, Archbishop of Tours and Raino, Bishop of Angers (Amboise House of Amboise The House of Amboise was a French noble house, taking its name from Amboise, a town which it possessed as a seigneurie. The oldest of the house's family lines to be attested in the written sources comes from Touraine and dates to 1155... )	?	?	?	?	?	Ingelger Ingelger Ingelger was a Frankish nobleman, who stands at the head of the Plantagenet dynasty. Later generations of his family believed he was the son of Tertullus and Petronilla....
	Roscilla de Loches	Warnerius, seigneur de Loches	?	before 5 July 905		?	?	Fulk I
	Gerberge	?	?	937	942 husband's ascension	before 952		Fulk II
	? of Blois	Theobald the Ancient, Viscount of Blois (Blois)	?	954		960 husband's death	?
	Adele of Meaux Adele of Meaux Adele of Meaux Also known as "Adele of Vermandois" was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois and Adelaide-Werra de Chalon.-Marriage:...	Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux Robert of Vermandois Robert of Vermandois was Count of Meaux after his father, Heribert II, Comte de Vermandois and his wife, Adele of France.... (Carolingian-Vermandois Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD. The name "Carolingian", Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old High German *karling, kerling The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the... )	?	965		974/982		Geoffrey I
	Adelaise de Chalon	?	925	March 979		21 July 987 husband's death	?
	Elisabeth de Vendôme	Bouchard I, Count of Vendôme (Bouchardides)	958	989		1000		Fulk III
	Hildegard de Metz	?	964	after 1000		21 June 1040 husband's death	1 April 1046
	Agnes of Burgundy Agnes of Burgundy Agnes of Burgundy was the daughter of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg.-Marriage and issue:...	Otto-William, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea)	995	1 January 1032	21 June 1040 husband's ascension	1049/52 divorce	1068	Geoffrey II
	Grécie of Langeais	? (Langeais Langeais Langeais is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-Sights:Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourré, minister of Louis XI. Here the... )	?	before 15 August 1052		? divorce	?
	Adele Le Teutonne	probably Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II , Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims, and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes and Meaux from 1022, was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy...	?	before 22 May 1060		? divorce	after 1062
	Grécie of Langeais	? (Langeais Langeais Langeais is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-Sights:Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourré, minister of Louis XI. Here the... )	?	?		14 November 1060 husband's death	?
	Julienne de Langeais	Hamelin, seigneur de Langeais (Langeais Langeais Langeais is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-Sights:Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourré, minister of Louis XI. Here the... )	?	before 1060	14 November 1060 husband's ascension	after 7 August 1067		Geoffrey III
	Hildegarde of Beaugency	Lancelin II, seigneur de Beaugency (Beaugency Beaugency Beaugency is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is located on the Loire river, upriver from Blois and downriver from Orléans.-History:... )	?	?	1068 husband's ascension	before 1070		Fulk IV
	Ermengarde de Bourbon-Dampierre	Archambaud IV, seigneur de Bourbon (Bourbon-Dampierre)	?	1070		before 1076 divorce	?
	Orengarde de Châtellailon	Isembard, seigneur de Châtel-Aillon (Châtellailon)	?	1076		1080 divorce	?
	Mantie de Brienne	Walter I, Count of Brienne (Brienne)	?	around 1080		1087 divorce	?
	Bertrade de Montfort Bertrade de Montfort Bertrade de Montfort was the daughter of Simon I de Montfort and Agnes, Countess of Evreux. Her brother was Amaury de Montfort.-Marriages:...	Simon I, seigneur de Montfort Simon I de Montfort Simon I de Montfort born about 1025 in Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France and died 1087. He is buried in Epernon, Normandy, France. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort and Bertrade de Gometz.-Progeny:... (Montfort)	1070	1089		1092 abducted	14 February 1117
	Eremburga, Countess of Maine	Elias I, Count of Maine (Beaugency Beaugency Beaugency is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is located on the Loire river, upriver from Blois and downriver from Orléans.-History:... )	1096	11 July 1110		15 January/12 October 1126		Fulk V

Plantagenets 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Matilda of England	Henry I of England Henry I of England Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106... (Normandy)	7 February 1101	17 June 1128	before 2 June 1129 husband's ascension	7 September 1151 husband's death	10 September 1167	Geoffrey V
	Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine	William X, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfid)	1122	18 May 1152		6 July 1189 husband's death	1 April 1204	Henry I Henry II of England Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
	Margaret of France	Louis VII of France Louis VII of France Louis VII was King of France, the son and successor of Louis VI . He ruled from 1137 until his death. He was a member of the House of Capet. His reign was dominated by feudal struggles , and saw the beginning of the long rivalry between France and England... (Capet House of Capet The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians. As rulers of France, the dynasty... )	November 1157	2 November 1160	June 1170 husband's accession	11 June 1183 husband's death	August/September 1197	Henry II Henry the Young King Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.-Early life:Little is known of the young prince Henry before the events...
	Berengaria of Navarre Berengaria of Navarre Berengaria of Navarre was Queen of the English as the wife of King Richard I of England. She was the eldest daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. As is the case with many of the medieval queens consort of the Kingdom of England, relatively little is known of her life...	Sancho VI of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre Sancho VI Garcés , called the Wise , was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.... (Jiménez Jiménez dynasty The Jiménez or Ximenes were an Iberian ruling family from the 10th century to the 13th century. They were the first Europeanisers of Spain and brought her back within the wider European political scene while also giving her the political character and division that persisted until the end of the... )	between 1165 and 1170	12 May 1191		6 April 1199 husband's death	23 December 1230	Richard I Richard I of England Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...

Capetian House of Anjou

Capetian House of Anjou

The Capetian House of Anjou, also known as the House of Anjou-Sicily and House of Anjou-Naples, was a royal house and cadet branch of the direct House of Capet. Founded by Charles I of Sicily, a son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian king first ruled the Kingdom of Sicily during the 13th century...

 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Beatrice of Provence Beatrice of Provence Beatrice of Provence , was a countess regnant of Provence. She was also a Queen consort of Sicily by marriage to King Charles I of Sicily....	Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy... )	1234	31 January 1246	1247 husband's ascension	23 September 1267		Charles I Charles I of Sicily Charles I , known also as Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282...
	Margaret of Burgundy Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily Margaret of Burgundy was the second wife of Charles I of Sicily, and by marriage Queen consort of Sicily.The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death...	Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre Eudes of Burgundy Odo of Burgundy was Count of Nevers and Auxerre and the heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. His mother was Yolande of Dreux.He never inherited the duchy, due to his death before his father; Burgundy was thereafter ruled by Odo's brother Robert... (Burgundy House of Burgundy The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of Robert II of France.... )	1250	18 November 1268		7 January 1285 husband's death	4 September 1308
	Maria of Hungary	Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V , was King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272.-Early years:... (Árpád)	1257	May/June 1270	7 January 1285 husband's ascension	1290 husband's death	25 March 1323	Charles II Charles II of Naples Charles II, known as "the Lame" was King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea and Count of Anjou.-Biography:...

House of Valois 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Joan the Lame Joan the Lame Joan of Burgundy , also known as Joan the Lame , was Queen consort of France as the first wife of Philip VI...	Robert II, Duke of Burgundy Robert II, Duke of Burgundy Robert II of Burgundy was duke of Burgundy between 1271 and 1306, inheriting the title from his brother Eudes of Burgundy, who had no male heirs. Robert was the third son of duke Hugh IV and Yolande of Dreux... (Burgundy House of Burgundy The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of Robert II of France.... )	24 June 1293	July 1313		1 April 1328 became Queen of France	12 September 1348	Philip I Philip VI of France Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328...

House of Valois 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Bonne of Bohemia Bonne of Bohemia Bonne of Luxemburg, Duchess of Normandy, Countess of Anjou and of Maine , was born Jutta , the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and his first wife Elisabeth of Bohemia. She was the first wife of King John II of France; however, as her death occurred a year prior to his...	John of Bohemia (Luxembourg House of Luxembourg The House of Luxembourg was a late medieval German dynasty, which between 1308 and 1437 ruled the Holy Roman Empire, twice interrupted by the rivaling House of Wittelsbach.-History:... )	20 May 1315	6 August 1332		11 September 1349		John II John II of France John II , called John the Good , was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England.The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame,...
	Jeanne I, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne	William XII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne (Auvergne)	8 May 1326	13 February 1349		22 August 1350 became Queen of France	29 September 1360

House of Valois-Anjou

House of Valois-Anjou

The Valois House of Anjou, or the Younger House of Anjou, was a noble French family, deriving from the royal family, the House of Valois. They were monarchs of Naples, as well as various other territories....

 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Marie of Blois-Châtillon	Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany Charles, Duke of Brittany Charles of Blois , claimed the title Duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death.Charles is the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of king Philip VI of France. He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh... (Châtillon House of Châtillon The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to... )	1343/5	9 July 1360		before October in 1360 elevated to duchess	12 November 1404	Louis I Louis I of Naples Louis I of Anjou , or Louis I of Naples, was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg...

House of Valois-Anjou

House of Valois-Anjou

The Valois House of Anjou, or the Younger House of Anjou, was a noble French family, deriving from the royal family, the House of Valois. They were monarchs of Naples, as well as various other territories....

 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Marie of Blois-Châtillon	Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany Charles, Duke of Brittany Charles of Blois , claimed the title Duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death.Charles is the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of king Philip VI of France. He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh... (Châtillon House of Châtillon The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to... )	1343/5	9 July 1360	before October in 1360 elevated from a countess	20 September 1384 husband's death	12 November 1404	Louis I Louis I of Naples Louis I of Anjou , or Louis I of Naples, was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg...
	Yolande of Aragon Yolande of Aragon Yolande of Aragon, , was a throne claimant and titular queen regnant of Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, Duchess of Anjou, Countess of Provence, and regent of Provence during the minority of her son...	John I of Aragon John I of Aragon John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of... (Barcelona House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy... )	11 August 1384	2 December 1400		29 April 1417 husband's death	14 November 1442	Louis II Louis II of Naples Louis II of Anjou was the rival of Ladislaus as King of Naples. He was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou.-Biography:...
	Margaret of Savoy	Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy House of Savoy The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia... )	1410s or 7 August 1420	1424/31 August 1432		12 November 1434 husband's death	30 September 1479	Louis III Louis III of Naples Louis III was titular King of Naples 1417–1426, Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and Duke of Anjou 1417–1434, and Duke of Calabria 1426–1434....
	Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Isabella was suo jure Duchess of Lorraine, from 25 January 1431 to her death in 1453. She was the first wife of Duke Rene of Anjou, King of Naples, and the mother of his children, which included Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England as the wife of Henry VI.From 1435 to 1442, Isabella was...	Charles II, Duke of Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine Charles II , called the Bold was the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425.... (Lorraine House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe... )	c. 1400	24 October 1420	12 November 1434 husband's ascension	28 February 1453		René
	Jeanne de Laval Jeanne de Laval -Sources:*Accounts of John Legay, fundraiser for the Queen of Sicily, the manuscript of the library of Angers, published in the History Anjou in 1900.*King Lecoy by René de la Marche.*Conduct of King René J. Levron....	Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval Guy XIV de Laval Guy XIV de Laval, François de Montfort-Laval, , comte de Laval, baron de Vitré and of La Roche-Bernard, seigneur of Gâvre, of Acquigny, of Tinténiac, of Montfort and Gaël, of Bécherel, was a French nobleman, known for his account of Joan of Arc... (Laval)	10 November 1433	10 September 1454		10 July 1480 husband's death	19 December 1498
	Jeanne de Lorraine	Frederick II of Vaudémont Frederick II of Vaudémont Frederick II of Vaudémont , also known as Frederick II of Lorraine, was Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville from 1458 to 1470. He was son of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville and Marie, Countess of Aumale and Baroness of Elbeuf... (Lorraine House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe... )	1458	21 January 1474	10 July 1480 husband's ascension	25 January 1480		Charles IV

Fifth creation

Most dukes actually did marry but only after they ceased to be Dukes of Anjou because it was a tradition to award the son with the title of Duke of Orléans when they marry.

House of Bourbon

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy Marie Joséphine of Savoy was the wife of the future King Louis XVIII of France...	Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until declaring war on revolutionary France in 1792... (Savoy House of Savoy The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia... )	2 September 1753	16 April 1771		1790 ceased to be duchess	13 November 1810	Louis VIII Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...

See also

• List of consorts of Maine
• List of Norman consorts
• List of English consorts
• List of consorts of Provence
• List of consorts of Lorraine
• List of consorts of Sicily
• List of consorts of Naples