This list of Danish consorts includes each queen consort (wife of a reigning king) and each prince consort (husband of a reigning queen). Due to unions (personal and real), the queens of 1380–1814 (effectively from 1406) were also queens of Norway, and the queens of 1389–1521/23 (effectively from 1406) were also (though with interruptions) queens of Sweden. The Australian-born Mary, wife of King Frederik X, became queen consort on 14 January 2024, following the abdication of Margrethe II.
House of Knýtlinga Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Thyra Danebod Thyra may have been the daughter of one of the regional Danish chiefs, probably from southern Jutland and some sagas claims that Thyra was a daughter of a duke named Klak-Harald. According to the Gesta Danorum Thyra was the daughter of Aethelred, King of England.Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum Book IX Presumably Ethelred of Wessex is intended: if Ethelred the Unready, then this is anachronistic. 9??(prior to 943)husband's accession (950)-(958) ? Gorm Tove of the Obotrites Mstivoj – January 963 ? Harald I Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden[legendary] Olof (II) Björnsson(Munsö) – 98? 985/6husband's death – Gunhild of Wenden[legendary] Burislav of Wendland perhaps identical to Sigrid and or the daughter of Mieszko I. Sweyn I Sigrid Storråda[legendary] Skagul Toste Den Store Danske Encyklopædi identifies the consort of Sweyn I as Gunhild, and considers the Sigrid the Haughty of the sagas to be based on her, but predominantly a work of "complete fiction". Source: Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, CD-ROM edition, entries Gunhild and Sigrid Storråde. (name unknown; reconstructed as Świętosława) Mieszko I of Poland(Piast) perhaps identical to one or both of previous Emma of NormandyAlso Queen consort of England Richard I, Duke of Normandy(Normandy) 985 July 1017 12 November 1035 husband's death 6 March 1052 Canute II
House of Estridsen Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Gyda Anundsdotter of Sweden Anund Jacob of Sweden(Munsö) – 1047/48 1048/49Sweyn II Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir Sveinn Hákonarson – 1050 1051/52marriage annulled 1060 Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen – 1076 17 April 1080husband's death – Harald III Adela of Flanders Robert I, Count of Flanders(Flanders) 1064 17 April 1080 10 July 1086husband's murder April 1115 Canute IV Ingegerd Haraldsdotter of NorwayAlso Countess consort of Schleswig Harald III of Norway(Hardrada) 1046 1070 10 July 1086husband's accession 18 August 1095 husband's death 1120 Olaf I Boedil Thurgotsdatter Earl Thrugot Fagerskind 1056 before 1086 18 August 1095husband's accession 10 July 1103husband's death late 1103 Eric I Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden Inge I of Sweden(Stenkil) 1080s 1105 4 November 1130Niels Ulvhild Håkansdotter Haakon Finnsson(Thjotta) 1095 1130 25 June 1134husband's murder 1148 Malmfred Mstislavna of Kiev Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev(Rurikids) 1105 1131 4 June 1134husband's accession 18 July 1137husband's murder after 1137 Eric II Lutgard of Salzwedel Rudolf, Margrave of Salzwedels(Udonen) 1110 1144 8 August 1146husband's abdication 29/30 January 1152 Eric III Adela of Meissen Conrad, Margrave of Meissen(Wettin) – 1152 23 October 1157husband's murder 23 October 1181 Sweyn III Helena Sverkersdotter of Sweden Sverker I of Sweden(Sverker) 1130s 1156 9 August 1157husband's murder after 1157 Canute V Sophia of MinskAlso Duchess consort of Schleswig. Prince Volodar of Minsk(Rurikids) 1138/41 1157 12 May 1182husband's death 5 May 1198 Valdemar I Gertrude of BavariaAlso Queen consort of the Wends. Henry the Lion(Welf) 1152/55 February 1177 12 May 1182husband's accession 1 June 1197 Canute VI Non-contemporary Dagmar of Bohemia Ottokar I of Bohemia(Přemysl) 1186 1205 24 May 1212/13 Valdemar II Berengaria of Portugal Sancho I of Portugal(Burgundy) 1191/14 December 1194 18/24 May 1214 27 March/1 April 1221 Non-contemporary Eleanor of Portugal Afonso II of Portugal(Burgundy) 1211 24 June 1229as junior-queen consort 13 May 1231 Valdemar the Young Jutta of Saxony Albert I, Duke of Saxony(Ascania) 1223 17 November 1239 17 November 1239as junior-queen consort28 March 1241husband's accession as sole king 10 August 1250husband's death before 2 February 1267 Eric IV Mechtild of Holstein Adolf IV, Count of Holstein(Schaumburg) 1220/25 25 April 1237 1 November 1250husband's accession 29 June 1252husband's death 1288 Abel Margaret Sambirsdatter Sambor II, Duke of Pomerania(Sobiesław) 1230 1248 25 December 1252husband's accession 29 May 1259husband's death 1 December 1282 Christopher I Agnes of Brandenburg John I, Margrave of Brandenburg(Ascania) 1257 11 November 1273 22 November 1286husband's murder 29 September 1304 Eric V Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden Magnus Ladulås(Bjälbo) 1277 June 1296 5 April/15 August 1319 Eric VI Euphemia of Pomerania Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania(Pomerania) 1285 1300 25 January 1320husband's accession 26 July 1330 Christopher II Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg(Schauenburg) 1300 1330as junior-queen consort 1331divorce before 1340 Eric Christoffersen of Denmark Interregnum (1332–1340) Helvig of SchleswigAlso Queen consort of the Goths.Also Queen consort of the Geats. Eric II, Duke of Schleswig(Abelslægten) – before 4 June 1340 1355enter convent1374death Valdemar IV
House of Griffin Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Non-contemporary Philippa of EnglandAlso Queen consort of Norway.Also Queen consort of Sweden. Henry IV of England(Lancaster) 4 June 1394 26 October 1406 5 January 1430 Eric VII
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Dorothea of Brandenburg1st time. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 1430/31 12 September 1445 6 January 1448husband's death 10 November 1495 Christopher III
House of Oldenburg Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Dorothea of BrandenburgAlso Countess consort of Holstein.Also Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein.2nd time. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 1430/31 28 October 1449 21 May 1481husband's death 10 November 1495 Christian I Christina of Saxony Ernest, Elector of Saxony(Wettin) 25 December 1461 6 September 1478 21 May 1481husband's ascession 20 February 1513 husband' death 8 December 1521 John Isabella of Austria Philip I of Castile(Habsburg) 18 July 1501 12 August 1515 13 April 1523royal couple leaving Denmark 19 January 1526 Christian II Sophie of Pomerania Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast(Pomerania) 1498 9 October 1518 13 April 1523husband's ascession 10 April 1533husband's death 13 May 1568 Frederick I Interregnum (1533–1534) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg(Ascania) 9 July 1511 29 October 1525 4 July 1534husband's ascession 1 January 1559 husband's death 7 October 1571 Christian III Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 4 September 1557 20 July 1572 4 April 1588husband's death 14 October 1631 Frederick II Anne Catherine of Brandenburg Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg(Hohenzollern) 26 June 1575 27 November 1597 8 April 1612 Christian IV Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Brunswick-Lüneburg) 24 March 1628 1 October 1643 28 February 1648 husband's ascession 9 February 1670 husband's death 20 February 1685 Frederick III Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 27 April 1650 25 June 1667 9 February 1670 husband's ascession 25 August 1699 husband's death 27 March 1714 Christian V Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Güstrow) 28 August 1667 5 December 1695 25 August 1699husband's ascession 15 March 1721 Frederick IV Anne Sophie Reventlow Conrad, Count Reventlow(Reventlow) 16 April 1693 4 April 1721 12 October 1730husband's death 7 January 1743 Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach(Hohenzollern) 28 November 1700 7 August 1721 12 October 1730 husband's ascession 6 August 1746husband's death 27 May 1770 Christian VI Louise of Great Britain George II of Great Britain(Hanover) 7 December 1724 11 December 1743 6 August 1746husband's ascession 19 December 1751 Frederick V Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Brunswick-Bevern) 4 September 1729 8 July 1752 13 January 1766 husband's death 10 October 1796 Caroline Matilda of Great Britain Frederick, Prince of Wales(Hanover) 11 July 1751 8 November 1766 April 1772 divorce 10 May 1775 Christian VII Marie Sophie of Hesse-KasselAlso Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 28 October 1767 31 July 1790 13 March 1808husband's ascession 3 December 1839husband's death 21 March/22 March 1852 Frederick VI Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) 28 June 1796 22 May 1815 3 December 1839husband's ascession 20 January 1848husband's death 9 March 1881 Christian VIII
House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg PictureCoat of arms Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Louise of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse) 7 September 1817 26 May 1842 15 November 1863 husband's accession 29 September 1898 Christian IX Louise of Sweden and Norway Charles XV of Sweden(Bernadotte) 31 October 1851 28 July 1869 29 January 1906husband's accession 14 May 1912 husband's death 20 March 1926 Frederik VIII Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Also Queen consort of Iceland Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin(Mecklenburg) 24 December 1879 26 April 1898 14 May 1912husband's accession 20 April 1947husband's death 28 December 1952 Christian X Ingrid of Sweden Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden(Bernadotte) 28 March 1910 24 May 1935 20 April 1947husband's accession 14 January 1972husband's death 7 November 2000 Frederik IX Henri de Laborde de Monpezat André, Count de Laborde de Monpezat(Monpezat) 11 June 1934 10 June 1967 14 January 1972wife's accessionWas granted an official position of Prince Consort in 2005, renounced the title in 2016. 13 February 2018 Margrethe II Mary Donaldson John Dalgleish Donaldson 5 February 1972 14 May 2004 14 January 2024husband's accessionIncumbent LivingAge: Frederik X
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See also List of Danish monarchs List of consorts of Schleswig and Holstein List of consorts of Oldenburg List of Norwegian consorts List of Finnish consorts List of Swedish consorts