List of Galician consorts
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the royal consort
of the Kingdom of Galicia
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It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian consorts.
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
of the Kingdom of Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
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It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian consorts.
Suebic queens in Gallaecia
- NN (February 449–456), daughter of Theodoric I of the OstrogothsTheodoric ITheodoric I sometimes called Theodorid and in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Teodorico, was the King of the Visigoths from 418 to 451. An illegitimate son of Alaric, Theodoric is famous for defeating Attila at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, where he was mortally wounded.-Early...
, wife of RechiarRechiarRechiar or Rechiarius was the Suevic King of Galicia from 448 until his death. He was the first Catholic Germanic king in Europe and one of the most innovative and belligerent of the Suevi monarchs... - NN (464–469), mention as a Gothic princess possibly daughter of Theodoric II of the OstrogothsTheodoric IITheodoric II was King of Visigoths from 453 to 466.Theoderic II, son of Theodoric I, obtained the throne by killing his elder brother Thorismund...
, wife of RechiarRechiarRechiar or Rechiarius was the Suevic King of Galicia from 448 until his death. He was the first Catholic Germanic king in Europe and one of the most innovative and belligerent of the Suevi monarchs... - Sisegutia (570–583, 584–585), wife of Miro and 2nd wife of AndecaAndecaAndeca or Audeca was the last de facto Suevic King of Galicia from 584 until his deposition the next year . He deposed Eboric and usurped the throne by marrying the young king's mother, Siseguntia , the widow of Eboric's father and predecessor, Miro...
- NN (584), daughter of Miro, 1st wife of AndecaAndecaAndeca or Audeca was the last de facto Suevic King of Galicia from 584 until his deposition the next year . He deposed Eboric and usurped the throne by marrying the young king's mother, Siseguntia , the widow of Eboric's father and predecessor, Miro...
House of Alfonso
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvira Menéndez of Coimbra |
Hermengildo Gutierrez, Count of Coimbra | 864-75 | 890-900 | 20 December 910 husband's ascession |
914 husband's ascession to León |
Ordoño II Ordoño II of León Ordoño II was king of Galicia from 910, and king of Galicia and León from 914 until his death. He was the second son of King Alfonso III the Great and his wife, Jimena of Pamplona.... |
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| Goto Muñiz | Munio Gutiérrez, Lord of Amaía | - | before 927 | July 925 husband's accession |
after 10 June 929 husband's death |
after 1 March 963 | Sancho I Ordóñez Sancho I Ordóñez Sancho I Ordóñez was king of Galicia from 926 and until his death, in 929. He was the eldest son of king Ordoño II, and as his father did before him, he acquired the rights to Galicia when he and his brothers divided the kingdom among themselves.... |
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See also
- List of Gothic queens
- List of Hispanic consorts
- List of Asturian consorts
- List of Castilian consorts
- List of Aragonese consorts
- List of Leonese consorts
- Royal Consorts of SpainRoyal Consorts of Spain- House of Habsburg :- House of Bourbon :- House of Bonaparte :- House of Bourbon :- House of Savoy :- House of Bourbon :-See also:*List of Spanish monarchs*List of Aragonese consorts...