The list of countesses and duchesses of Orléans comprises the wives of the monarchs of Orléans in northern France until the abolition of the Duchy of Orléans in the 19th century.
Countess of Orléans Merovingian countesses NN, wife of Count Willachar and the mother Chalde of Orléans, wife of Chramn son of King Chlothar I.
Carolingian countesses Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Waldrada de Wormsgau Erphold ?(NibelungidorWidonid) - - - 821husband's death 824 Adrian There are no mentions of Matfrid, Count of Orléans, having a wife or if he did what her name was. Engeltrude de Fézensac Leuthard I, Count of Paris and Fézensac(Girardid) 805 825 827husband's ascension 834husband's death 853 Odo I Richilde of VermandoisPepin, Count of Vermandois - - - - -William Agane - - - - before 862 Robert Adelaide of Tours Hugh, Count of Tours(Etichonid) 805 after 862 15 September 866husband's death 886 Théodrate of Troyes Aleran, Count of Troyes 868 881/before 885 29 February 888became Queen consort 903 Odo II Judith - - 922 925 Hugh I Eadhild of England Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons(Wessex) 907/910 926/7 26 January 937 Hedwige of Saxony Henry I the Fowler, King of the East Franks(Liudolfings) 910/22 14 September 938 16 June 956husband's death 10 May 965 Adelaide of Aquitaine William III, Duke of Aquitaine(Ramnulfids) 945 970 3 July 987became Queen consort15 June 1004/06 Hugh II
Capetian countesses Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Isabella of Aragon James I of Aragon(Barcelona) 1247 28 May 1262 25 August 1270became Queen 28 January 1271 Philip of France
Duchess of Orléans
House of Valois
First creation Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Blanche of France Charles IV of France (Capet) 1 April 1328 8 January 1345 1 September 1376husband's death 8 February 1393 Philippe of Valois
Second creation Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Valentina Visconti Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (Visconti) 1366 17 August 1389 23 November 1407husband's death 4 December 1408 Louis I Isabella of Valois Charles VI of France (Valois) 9 November 1389 29 June 1406 23 November 1407husband's accession 13 September 1409 Charles I Bonne d'Armagnac Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac (Armagnac) 19 February 1392 15 August 1410 1430/5 Marie de Clèves Adolph I, Duke of Cleves(De la Marck) 19 September 1426 27 November 1440 5 January 1465husband's death 23 August 1487 Joan of France, Duchess of Berry Louis XI of France (Valois) 23 April 1461 8 September 1476 7 April 1498became Queen consort 4 February 1505 Louis II
Third creation Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Catherine de' Medici Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (Medici) 13 April 1519 28 October 1533 10 August 1536title passed to brother-in-law 5 January 1589 Henri I
House of Bourbon
Fourth creation None
Fifth creation Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Marie de Bourbon,Mademoiselle de MontpensierDuchess of Montpensier Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier) 15 October 1605 6 August 1626 4 June 1627 Gaston Marguerite of Lorraine Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) 22 July 1615 2 to 3 January 1632 2 February 1660husband's death 13 April 1672
House of Orléans
Sixth creation Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Princess Henrietta of England and Scotland Charles I of England and Scotland (Stuart) 26 June 1644 31 March 1661 30 June 1670 Philippe de France Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame PalatineBorn Elizabeth Charlotte, Countess Palatine of Simmern Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (Palatinate-Simmern) 27 May 1652 16 November 1671 9 June 1701husband's death 9 December 1722 Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de FranceMademoiselle de BloisKnown as "la seconde Mademoiselle de Blois" or "the second Mademoiselle de Blois", the style having been held by her half sister Marie Anne de Bourbon Louis XIV of France (Bourbon (Illegitimate)) 25 May 1677 18 February 1692 9 June 1701husband's accession 2 December 1723husband's death 1 February 1749 Philippe d'Orléans Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (Zähringen) 10 November 1704 13 July 1724 8 July 1726 Louis d'Orléans Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de ContiDuchess of Étampes Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (Bourbon) 20 June 1726 17 December 1743 4 February 1752husband's accession 9 February 1759 Louis Philippe d'Orléans Louise Marie Adélaïde de BourbonMademoiselle de Penthièvre Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre(Bourbon) 13 March 1753 8 May 1768 18 November 1785husband's accession 6 November 1793husband's execution 23 June 1821 Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies(Two Sicilies) 26 April 1782 25 November 1809 9 August 1830became Queen consort 24 March 1866 Louis Philippe d'Orléans Duchess Helen of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin(Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 24 January 1814 30 May 1837 13 July 1842husband's death 17 May 1858 Ferdinand Philippe
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Other links Dauphine and Princess of France Duchess of Valois Duchess of Chartres Duchess of Montpensier Duchess of Châtellerault Dauphine of Auvergne Princess of Joinville Duchess of Anjou Duchess of Guise Duchess of Penthièvre Duchess of Galliera Duchess of Vendôme Duchess of Aumale Duchess of Angoulême Duchess of Alençon Duchess of Étampes Duchess of Saint-Fargeau Countess of Évreux Countess of Eu Countess of Clermont Countess of La Marche Dauphine of Auvergne
See also List of Frankish kings Duke of Orléans Count of Orléans