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List of queens
This is a list of queens and queen consorts organized alphabetically by kingdom and chronologically by years of rule. See also monarchy.
Belgium
- Mathilde (2013β )
Bohemia
- Elizabeth Stuart (1619β20; from 1620, in exile)
- Maria Theresa (1740β80)
Brigantes
- Cartimandua (flourished mid-1st century ce)
Caria
- Artemisia II (c. 353β350 bce)
Cyprus
- Caterina Cornaro (1472β89)
Denmark
- Margaret I (1375β1412)
- Ingrid (1947β72)
- Margrethe II (1972β2024)
Egypt
- Sebeknefru (c. 1760β56 bce)
- Hatshepsut (c. 1473β58 bce)
- Tiy (1390β53 bce)
- Nefertiti (1353β36 bce)
- Ankhesenamen (1332β22 bce)
- Berenice I (290β275 bce)
- Arsinoe II (300/299β270 bce)
- Berenice II (245β221 bce)
- Arsinoe III (220β204 bce)
- Cleopatra I Syra (193β176 bce)
- Berenice III (101β80 bce)
- Berenice IV (58β55 bce)
- Cleopatra (51β30 bce)
England
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1053β83)
- Eleanor of Provence (1236β72)
- Eleanor of Castile (1272β90)
- Isabella of France (1308β27)
- Philippa of Hainaut (1327β69)
- Joan of Navarre (1403β13)
- Catherine of Valois (1420β22)
- Margaret of Anjou (1445β61; 1470β71)
- Elizabeth Woodville (1464β83)
- Anne Neville (1483β85)
- Elizabeth of York (1486β1503)
- Catherine of Aragon (1509β33)
- Anne Boleyn (1533β36)
- Jane Seymour (1536β37)
- Anne of Cleves (January 6βJuly 9, 1540)
- Catherine Howard (1540β42)
- Catherine Parr (1543β47)
- Lady Jane Grey (1553)
- Mary I (1553β58)
- Elizabeth I (1558β1603)
- Anne of Denmark (1603β19)
- Henrietta Maria (1625β44)
- Catherine of Braganza (1662β85)
- Mary of Modena (1673β88)
- Mary II (1689β94)
- Anne (1702β14)
- Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1727β37)
- Charlotte (1761β1811)
- Alexandra (1901β10)
France
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (1137β52)
- Blanche of Castile (1226β34; 1248β52)
- Margaret of Provence (1234β48)
- Joan I (1285β1305)
- Isabella of Bavaria (1385β1422)
- Anne of Brittany (1488β1514)
- Mary Tudor (1514β15)
- Claude of France (1515β47)
- Catherine de MΓ©dicis (1547β59 [queen consort]; 1560β74 [queen regent])
- Marie de MΓ©dicis (1600β14)
- Anne of Austria (1615β51)
- Marie-ThΓ©rΓ¨se of Austria (1660β83)
- FranΓ§oise dβAubignΓ©, marquise de Maintenon (1683/97β1715)
- Marie LeszczyΕska (1725β68)
- Marie-Antoinette (1774β93)
- Marie-AmΓ©lie de Bourbon (1830β48)
Frankish kingdom
- Saint Clotilde (493β531)
- Brunhild (567β613)
Halicarnassus
- Artemisia I (flourished 5th century bce)
Hawaii
- Kaahumanu (1823β32)
- Liliuokalani (1891β93)
Holland
- Hortense (1806β14)
Hungary
- Maria Theresa (1740β80)
- Elizabeth (1867β98)
Israel
- Jezebel (died c. 843 bce)
Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Isabella I (1192β1205)
- Isabella II (1212β28)
Italy
- Maria JosΓ© of Savoy (May 9βJune 2, 1946)
Kingdom of Naples
- Joan I (1343β82)
- Joan II (1414β35)
- Maria Carolina (1768β1811)
- Caroline Bonaparte (1808β15)
Kingdom of Sicily
- Constance (1189, 1194β98)
Jhansi
- Lakshmi Bai (1857β58)
Jordan
- Noor al-αΈ€ussein (1978β99)
- Rania al-ΚΏAbdullah (1999β )
Lovedu (people, South Africa)
- Modjadji V (1982β2001)
- Modjadji VI (2003β05)
- Masalanabo Modjadji VII (2024β )
MΔori (people, New Zealand)
- Te Atairangikaahu (1966β2006)
- Nga Wai hono i te po (2024β )
Navarra
- Joan I (1274β1305)
- Margaret of AngoulΓͺme (1527β49)
- Margaret of Valois (1572β99)
The Netherlands
- Wilhelmina (1890β1948)
- Juliana (1948β80)
- Beatrix (1980β2013)
- MΓ‘xima (2013β )
Ostrogothic kingdom
- Amalasuntha (526β534)
Palmyra
- Zenobia (267/268β272)
Poland
- Jadwiga (1384β99)
Portugal
- Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1282β1325)
- Maria I (1777β1816)
- Maria II (1834β53)
Prussia
Scotland
- Saint Margaret of Scotland (c. 1070β93)
- Margaret (1286β90)
- Margaret Tudor (1503β14)
- Mary of Lorraine (1538β42; 1554β60)
- Mary (1542β67)
- Anne of Denmark (1589β1619)
Soissons
- Saint Radegunda (c. 540β587)
- Galswintha (c. 567β568)
- Fredegund (c. 568β596/597)
Spain
- Isabella Farnese(1714β46)
- MarΓa Cristina de BorbΓ³n (1829β40)
- Isabella II (1833β68)
- MarΓa Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena (1879β1902)
Kingdom of Aragon
- Isabella I (1479β1504)
- Joan (1516β55)
Kingdom of Castile
- Urraca (1109β26)
- Isabella I (1474β1504)
- Joan (1504β55)
Sweden
- Christina (1644β54)
- Ulrika Eleonora (1718β20)
- Silvia (1976β )
United Kingdom
- Caroline of Brunswick-LΓΌneburg (1820β21)
- Victoria (1837β1901)
- Mary of Teck (1910β36)
- Elizabeth (1936β52)
- Elizabeth II (1952β2022)
- Camilla, queen of the United Kingdom (2023β )
The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Shatarupa Chaudhuri.

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