List of Italian queens


Queen of Italy is a title adopted by many spouses of the rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. The details of where and how the ruling kings ruled are in the article about them The details of where and how the ruling kings ruled are in the article about them. The elective dignity of Roman Emperor was restricted to males only, therefore there was never an Italian Queen regnant, though women such as Adelaide of Italy and Theophanu and Maria Theresa of Austria, who controlled the power of rule, Ruling as de facto Queens Regnant..

Queen consorts of Italy, under Odoacer

Lombardic Queen consorts of Italy

Queen consorts of Italy

[Carolingian dynasty], (774–887)

After 887, Italy fell into instability, with many rulers claiming the Kingship simultaneously:

[Unruoching dynasty], (887–924)

[Widonid dynasty], (889–896)

[Carolingian Dynasty], (896–899)

[Bosonid dynasty], (900–905)

[Elder Welf dynasty], (922–926)

[Bosonid dynasty], (926–950)

[Anscarid dynasty], (950–963)

[Ottonian dynasty], (951–1002)

In 951 Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and was crowned "King of the Lombards". In 952, Berengar and Adalbert became in vassals but remained Kings until being deposed by Otto.

[Anscarid dynasty], (1002–1014)

After the brief interruption by Arduin of Ivrea and after the restoration of the Holy Roman Emperor as the sole holder of the title King of Italy, the title became one of the many appanages of the Holy Roman Empress.

[Ottonian dynasty], (1004–1024)

[Salian dynasty], (1026–1125)

House of Supplinburg, (1128–1137)

[House of Hohenstaufen], (1154–1197)

[House of Welf], (1208–1215)

[House of Hohenstaufen], (1212–1250)

[House of Luxembourg], (1308–1313)

[House of Wittelsbach], (1327–1347)

[House of Luxembourg], (1355–1437)

[House of Habsburg], (1437–1745)

[House of Wittelsbach], (1742–1745)

[House of Habsburg-Lorraine], (1745–1806)

[House of Bonaparte], (1805–1814)

[House of Savoy], (1861–1946)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Margherita of Savoy-GenoaFerdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa
20 November 185121 April 18689 January 1878
husband's accession		29 July 1900
husband's death		4 January 1926Umberto I
Elena of MontenegroNicholas I of Montenegro
8 January 187324 October 189629 July 1900
husband's accession		9 May 1946
husband's abdication		28 November 1952Victor Emmanuel III
Marie-José of BelgiumAlbert I of Belgium
4 August 19068 January 19309 May 1946
husband's accession		12 June 1946
monarchy abolished		27 January 2001Umberto II
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse