Mothers of English monarchs

The list Mothers of English monarchs includes Mary, Queen of Scots, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Of Aragon, Jane Seymour and Lady Margaret Beaufort. The list consists of 26 members and 1 sublist.

English queen mothers
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Mary, Queen of Scots

Scottish monarch

Overview: Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

Date of birth: 8 December 1542

Date of death: 8 February 1587

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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People involved in anti-Protestantism 44T

Remarried royal consorts 118T

16th-century Scottish women 61T
2.

Anne Boleyn

English, Royalty

Overview: Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution for treason and other charges by beheading, made her ...

Date of birth: 1500

Date of death: 19 May 1536

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Women who experienced pregnancy loss 281T

Hereditary peeresses created by Henry VIII 2T

Court of Francis I of France 30T
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Jane Seymour

Queen consort of Henry VIII

Overview: Jane Seymour (c. 1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII of England from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen f ...

Date of birth: 1508

Date of death: 24 October 1537

Age: 29 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Household of Catherine of Aragon 17T

Household of Anne Boleyn 17T

16th-century English women 268T
4.

Catherine Of Aragon

Queen Consort of Henry VIII

Overview: Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, Spanish: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their ...

Date of birth: 16 December 1485

Date of death: 7 January 1536

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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16th-century viceregal rulers 15T

Spanish women ambassadors 4T

Burials at Peterborough Cathedral 11T
5.

Lady Margaret Beaufort

Mother of King Henry VII

Overview: Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: BOH-fərt or BEW-fərt; 31 May 1441/3 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century.

Date of birth: 31 May 1443

Date of death: 29 June 1509

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

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Wives of knights 133T

16th-century English women 268T

15th-century English women 121T
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Empress Matilda

Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (1102–1167)

Overview: Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 1102 – 10 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1102

Date of death: 10 September 1167

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Children of Henry I of England 2T

Remarried royal consorts 118T

Daughters of kings 141T
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Elizabeth of York

Queen of England from 1486 to 1503

Overview: Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. Elizabeth married Henry after his victory at ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1466

Date of death: 11 February 1503

Age: 37 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Children of Edward IV of England 11T

16th-century English women 268T

15th-century English women 121T
8.

Isabella of Portugal

Holy Roman Empress from 1530 to 1539

Overview: Isabella of Portugal (Portuguese: Isabel de Portugal; 24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort of her cousin Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1503

Date of death: 1 May 1539

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: Portuguese

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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16th-century women of the Holy Roman Empire 3T

16th-century House of Habsburg 53T

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 17T
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Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

English noblewoman

Overview: Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman. She was the second child - and eldest daughter - of King Henry VIII's younger sister ...

Date of birth: 16 July 1517

Date of death: 20 November 1559

Age: 42 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Gender: Female

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16th-century English women 268T

16th-century English nobility 440T

English duchesses by marriage 120T
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Matilda of Scotland

Queen of England from 1100 to 1118

Overview: Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud or Matilda of Blessed Memory, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King ...

Date of birth: 30 April 1080

Date of death: 1 May 1118

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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12th-century Scottish women 8T

11th-century Scottish women 6T

11th-century English women 26T
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Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

Daughter of Charles I of England (1631–1660)

Overview: Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta Stuart; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660), was an English princess, a member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau. She ...

Date of birth: 4 November 1631

Date of death: 24 December 1660

Age: 29 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Children of Charles I of England 7T

17th-century Scottish women 57T

British expatriates in the Dutch Republic 10T
12.

Anne Hyde

First wife of James II of England

Overview: Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) was Duchess of York and Albany as the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later (after her death) became King James II and VII.

Date of birth: 12 March 1637

Date of death: 10 April 1671

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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British maids of honour 63T

Mistresses of James II of England 4T

James II of England 11T
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Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

English noblewoman

Overview: Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III. Cecily Neville was ...

Date of birth: 3 May 1415

Date of death: 31 May 1495

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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People from Staindrop 15T

15th-century English women 122T

Burials at the Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay 4T
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Matilda of Flanders

Queen of England from 1066 to 1083

Overview: Matilda of Flanders (French: Mathilde; Dutch: Machteld) (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his ...

Date of birth: 1031

Date of death: 2 November 1083

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Medieval letter writers 4T

11th-century French women 49T

11th-century English women 26T
15.

Joan of Kent

14th-century English noblewoman

Overview: Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1328 – 7 August 1385), known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first English Princess of Wales. The French chronicler Froissart called her "the most beautiful ...

Date of birth: 29 September 1328

Date of death: 7 August 1385

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Earls of Kent (1321) 4T

14th-century English women 104T

Holland family 17T
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Anne of Denmark

Queen of Scotland (1589–1619); Queen of England and Ireland (1603–1619)

Overview: Anne of Denmark (Danish: Anna; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland ...

Date of birth: 12 December 1574

Date of death: 2 March 1619

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Danish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Danish women philanthropists 18T

17th-century Scottish women 57T

17th-century Norwegian women 7T
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Blanche of Lancaster

14th-century English noblewoman

Overview: Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Plantagenet and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1345

Date of death: 12 September 1369

Age: 24 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

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Earls of Lancaster 5T

14th-century English nobility 83T

14th-century English women 108T
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Eleanor of Castile

Queen of England from 1272 to 1290

Overview: Eleanor of Castile (1241 – 28 November 1290) was the first queen consort of Edward I of England. She was also Countess of Ponthieu in her own right from 1279 until her death in 1290, succeeding her mother ...

Date of birth: 1241

Date of death: 28 November 1290

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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Daughters of kings 141T

13th-century Castilians 28T

13th-century Spanish women 34T
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Mary de Bohun

14th-century English noblewoman

Overview: Mary de Bohun (c. 1368 – 4 June 1394) was the first wife of King Henry IV of England and the mother of King Henry V. Mary was never queen, as she died before her husband came to the throne.

Date of birth: 1368

Date of death: 4 June 1394

Age: 25 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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14th-century English women 104T

Bohun family 21T

Henry IV of England 9T
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Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Queen of the English from 939 to 944

Overview: Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Saint Elgiva (died 944) was the first wife of Edmund I (r. 939–946), by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig (r. 955–959) and Edgar (r. 959–975). Like her ...

Date of death: 944

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

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10th-century English women 12T

Christian royal saints 38T

House of Wessex 54T