Marie-Antoinette, 1775 - Musée Antoine Lécuyer

This is a list of the women who were

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or empresses as wives of

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from the 843

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, which gave rise to

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, until 1870, when the Third Republic was declared. Living wives of reigning monarchs technically became queen consorts, including Margaret of Burgundy and

Blanche of Burgundy Blanche of Burgundy ( 1296 – 1326) was Queen of France and Navarre for a few months in 1322 through her marriage to King Charles IV the Fair. The daughter of Count Otto IV of Burgundy and Countess Mahaut of Artois, she was led to a dis ...

who were kept in prison during their whole queenships.

Carolingian dynasty

Capetian dynasty

Direct Capetians

House of Valois

House of Lancaster

Some sources refer to

Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Anjou (french: link=no, Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England and nominally Queen of France by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Born in the Duchy of Lorrain ...

as Queen of France,Mary Ann Hookham: "The life and times of Margaret of Anjou, queen of England and France ", 1872 but her right to enjoy that title is disputed. She was briefly recognized only in English-controlled territories of France. (See also: Dual monarchy of England and France)

Capetian dynasty

House of Valois

House of Valois-Orléans

House of Valois-Angoulême

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Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who secretly married

Louis XIV Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the Li ...

in 1683, was never publicly acknowledged as his wife.

Bonaparte dynasty

Capetian dynasty

House of Bourbon

House of Orléans

Bonaparte dynasty

References

* Joy Law, Fleur de lys: The kings and queens of France. * Rene de La Croix, duc de Castries, The Lives of the Kings & Queens of France. * Elsie Thornton-Cook, Royal Line of France: The Story of the Kings and Queens of France. {{DEFAULTSORT:French Consorts * * Consorts Lists of queens

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