This is a list of the Duchesses, Electresses and Queens of Saxony; the consorts of the Duke of Saxony and its successor states; including the Electorate of Saxony, the Kingdom of Saxony, the House of Ascania, Albertine, and the Ernestine Saxony.
Ducal Saxony
Duchess of Saxony ? – 800: Geva of Westfold, wife of Widukind, daughter of the Danish king Goimo I and sister of the Danish kings Ragnar and Siegfried, d. a. 800
Liudolfing Dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband Oda Billung, princep 805 before 830 845 866husband's death 17 May 913 Liudolf Hedwiga Henry of Franconia(Babenberg) 850/55 869/70 2 February 880husband's accession 24 December 903 Otto I Matilda Dietrich, Count of Westphalia(Immedinger) 895 909 30 November 912husband's accession 2 July 936husband's death 14 March 968 Henry I Eadgyth Edward the Elder(Wessex) 910 September 929 2 July 936husband's accession 26 January 946 Otto II Adelaide of Italy and Burgundy Rudolph II of Burgundy(Elder Welf) 931 October/November 951 961the Liudolfings replaced by the Billungs 16 December 999 Billung Dynasty Oda - - - - - 15 March in an unknown year Hermann Hildesuith of Westerbourg - - - - - - Hildegarde of Stade Henry I, Count of Stade 974/7 990 9 February 1011husband's death 3 October 1011 Bernard I Eilika of Schweinfurt Henry of Schweinfurt 1000 1020 10 December 1055/1056 Bernard II Wulfhild of Norway Olaf II of Norway(Fairhair) - November 1042 29 June 1059husband's accession 24 May 1071 Ordulf Gertrude of Haldensleben Conrad, Count of Haldensleben - 1071, after May 28 March 1072husband's death 21 February 1116 Sophia of Hungary Béla I of Hungary(Árpád) 1045/50 after 6 March 1070 28 March 1072husband's accession 18 June 1095 Magnus Süpplingenburg Dynasty Richenza of Northeim Henry, Margrave of Frisia(Northeim) 1087/89 1100 23 August 1106husband's accession 4 December 1137husband's death 10 June 1141 Lothair Welf Dynasty (1) Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Lothair(Süpplingenburg) 18 April 1115 29 May 1127 4 December 1137husband's accession 20 October 1139husband's death 18 April 1143 Henry II Ascanian Dynasty (1) Sophie of Winzenburg Herman I, Count of Winzenburg - 1124, after 7 December 20 October 1139husband's accession 1142husband renounces claims 25 March 1160 Albert I Welf Dynasty (2) Clementia of Zähringen Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen(Zähringen) - 1147 23 November 1162divorce 1167 Henry III Matilda of England Henry II of England(Plantagenet) June 1156 1 February 1168 1180husband lost duchy 13 July 1189 Ascanian Dynasty (2) Judith of Poland Mieszko III the Old(Piast) before 1154 1173 1180husband gained duchy after 12 December 1201 Bernard III Agnes of Austria Leopold VI, Duke of Austria(Babenberg) 19 February 1205 1222 29 August 1226 Albert I Agnes of Thuringia Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia(Ludowinger) 1205 1238 1246 Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg(Welf) 18 March 1223 1247 7 October 1260husband's death 6 September 1273
Ascanian Ducal Saxony
Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
Ascanian Dynasty (3) – Saxe-Lauenburg line Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband Ingeborg Birgersdotter Birger Jarl(Bjälbo) 1253 1270 1282husband resigned 30 June 1302 John I Agnes of Habsburg Rudolph I of Germany(Habsburg) 1257 October 1273 1282husband turned from co-ruling duke into regent for his minor nephewsAccording to different interpretations of when Duke John I and his brother Duke Albert II definitely split their commonly ruled Duchy of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg, either in 1269, 1272 or 1282, one can argue, that Agnes was a co-consort (if the definite split was in 1282 only) or not (if it happened before her marriage in 1273). 11 October 1322 Albert II Ascanian Dynasty (4) – Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln line Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg(Schaumburg) 1300 1315 22 April 1322husband's death before 1340 John II Beata of Schwerin Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin - by 30 May 1334 before 1341 Albert IV Sophie of Werle-Güstrow John II, Lord of Werle-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Werle) 1329 1341 February 1343husband's death 5 September 1364 Katharina of Werle-Güstrow Nicholas III, Lord of Werle-Güstrow(Mecklenburg-Werle) - by 25 January 1366 1370husband's death after 17 December 1402 Albert V Ascanian Dynasty (5) – Saxe-Lauenburg line (1305–1401 as Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg distinguished from Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln) Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel(Ascania) 1270 24 September 1302Papal dispensation October 1308husband's death 1 May 1315 Albert IIIAlbert III ruled 1296–1305 with his brothers John II and Eric I. Albert ruled alone in his partitioned branch duchy Saxe-Ratzeburg until his childless death in 1308. Elisabeth of Pomerania Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania(Pomerania) 1291 1318 1338husband resigned after 16 October 1349 Eric IEric I ruled between 1296 and 1305 with his brothers John II and Albert III, thereafter alone in his partitioned branch duchy Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg until his resignation in 1338. Agnes of Holstein-Plön John III, Count of Holstein-Plön(Schaumburg) - 1342/1349 1368husband's death 1386/7 Eric II Sophie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Welf) 1358 8 April 1373 21 June 1411husband's death by 28 May 1416 Eric IV Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg Nikolaus, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg(Schaumburg) 1384 1404 21 June 1411husband's accession 28 May 1416 Eric VEric V rule with his brother John IV, who never married, until the latter's death in 1414. Elisabeth of Weinsberg Conrad IX of Weinsberg 1397 before 1422 at latest end of 1436husband's death after 26 January 1498 Adelheid of Pomerania Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania(Pomerania) 1410 2 February 1429 end of 1436husband's accession after 1444/45 Bernard II Dorothea of Brandenburg Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg(Hohenzollern) 1446/1448 12 February 1464 15 August 1507husband's death March 1519 John V Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Welf) 1488 17/20 November 1509 1 August 1543husband's death 29 June 1563 Magnus I Sibylle of Saxony Henry IV, Duke of Saxony(Wettin) 2 May 1515 8 February 1540 1 August 1543husband's accession1574husband's reaccession 1571husband's retirement19 March 1581husband's death 18 July 1592 Francis I Sophia of Sweden Gustav I of Sweden(Vasa) 29 October 1547 4 July 1568, however, since 1578 permanently separated 1571husband's accession on his father's retirement19 March 1581husband's accession on his father's death 1574husband deposed by reaccession of his father1588husband deposed by his brothers 17 March 1611 Magnus IIMagnus II ruled with his brothers Francis II and Maurice. Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast(Pomerania) 9 March 1553 26 December 1574 19 March 1581husband's accession 7 August 1581 Francis IIFrancis II ruled with his brothers Magnus II (till 1588) and Maurice (till 1612). Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(Welf) 13 January 1566 10 November 1582 2 July 1619husband's death 13 August 1626 Katharina von Spörck ? von Spörck ? 25 November 1581 1582divorce ? MauriceMaurice ruled with his brothers Magnus II (till 1588) and Francis II. Elisabeth Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp(Holstein-Gottorp) 12 December 1599 5 March 1621 25 November 1627 Augustus Catharina of Oldenburg John VII, Count of Oldenburg(Oldenburg) 20 September 1582 4 June 1633 29 February 1644 Anna Magdalene Popel of Lobkowitz William the Younger Popel of Lobkowicz(Lobkowicz) 20 July 1606 18 August 1632 18 January 1656husband's accession 20 November 1665husband's death 7 September 1668 Julius Henry Sibylle Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg(Ascania) 30 July 1625 1654 20 November 1665husband's accession 30 July 1666husband's death 1 August 1703 Francis Erdmann Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach(Wittelsbach) 15 April 1650 9 April 1668 23 November 1681 Julius Francis Welf Dynasty (3) – Brunswick and Lunenburg-Celle line Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse Alexandre II d'Esmier d'Olbreuse(d'Olbreuse) 3 January 1639 1676 28 August 1705husband's death 5 February 1722 George William Welf Dynasty (4) – cadet branch House of Hanover Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach(Hohenzollern) 1 March 1683 22 August 1705 11 June 1727husband's accession 20 November 1737 George II Augustus Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg(Mecklenburg-Strelitz) 19 May 1744 8 September 1761 about 6 April 1814dynastic redeployment following Congress of Vienna17 November 1818 George III House of Oldenburg Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 28 October 1767 31 July 1790 after 6 April 1814husband gained duchy 3 December 1839husband's death 21/22 March 1852 Frederick I Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg) 28 July 1796 22 May 1815 3 December 1839husband's accession 20 January 1848husband's death 9 March 1881 Christian I Louise of Hesse-Kassel Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel(Hesse-Kassel) 7 September 1817 26 May 1842 5 November 1863husband's accession 30 October 1864Conquest by Prussia 29 September 1898 Christian II House of Hohenzollern Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach(Wettin) 30 September 1811 11 June 1829 30 October 1864husband gained duchy 1876'title turned void, when Saxe-Lauenburg merged in real union into Prussia 7 January 1890 William Bismarck family Johanna von Puttkamer Eugen von Puttkamer, Oberpräsident of Posen(Puttkamer) 11 April 1824 28 July 1847 1890husband received courtesy title 27 November 1894 Otto von Bismarck
Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg Ascanian Dynasty (3) – Saxe-Wittenberg line Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband Agnes of Habsburg Rudolph I of Germany(Habsburg) 1257 October 1273 25 August 1298husband's death 11 October 1322 Albert II Judith of Brandenburg Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel(Ascania) 1275/86 1298 25 August 1298husband's accession 9 May 1328 Rudolph I Kunigunde of Poland Władysław I the Elbow-high(Piast) before 1298 28 August 1328 9 April 1333 Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin 18 December 1314 1333 9 May 1343 Elisabeth of Hesse Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse(Hesse) - before 8 May 1336 11 March 1356husband's accession 6 December 1370husband's death 30 May 1373 Rudolph II Cecilia of Carrara Francesco I da Carrara, Count of Padua(Carrara) - before 11 May 1371 or 23 January 1376 15 May 1388husband's death 1427/1435 Wenceslas I Anna of Thuringia Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia(Wettin) 1377 before 30 November 1389 15 May 1388husband's accession 4 July 1395 Rudolph III Barbara of Legnica Rupert I of Legnica(Piast) 1372/84 6 March 1396 11 June 1419husband's death 17 May 1435/6 Euphemia of Oels Konrad III the Old(Piast) 1390 14 January 1402 or 14 January 1420? 11 June 1419husband's accession 12 November 1422husband's death 1444 Albert III
Saxe-Meißen, incorporating Saxe-Wittenberg in 1547