List of Serbian royal consorts
This is a list of consorts of Serbian monarchs during the history of Serbia.
Middle Ages
Princess- and Grand Princess consorts (–1217)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Kosara | Samuel of Bulgaria (Cometopuli) | fl. 1010–16 | 1010–14 | 22 May 1016 husband's death | Jovan Vladimir | ||
Monomachina | niece of Constantine IX Monomachos (Monomachos) | – | – | –1081 (husband's death) | Mihailo I | |||
Jaquinta of Bari | Archiriz of Bari (Normans) | – | – | –1101 (husband's death) | Konstantin Bodin | |||
Anna Diogenissa | Constantine Diogenes II (Diogenes) | c. 1074 – 1145 | Before 1112 | –1140 (husband's abdication) | Uroš I | |||
![]() | Anastasija | Undetermined | fl. 1196 – d. 22 June 1200 | –1196 (husband's abdication) | Stefan Nemanja | |||
Eudokia Angelina | Alexios III Angelos (Angeloi) | fl. 1186–1211 | 1186–91 | after 1198 or 1201–02 (divorce) | Stefan Nemanjić[1] |
Queen consorts
Nemanjić dynasty (1217–1365)
Image | Name | Ancestry | Lifespan | Marriage | Term | Spouse |
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![]() | Anna Dandolo | Raniero Dandolo (Dandolo) | ?–1264 | 1216/1217 | 1217 – 24 September 1228 | Stefan Nemanjić |
![]() | Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina[2] | Theodore Komnenos Doukas (Angeloi) | –1258 | 1219/20 | 24 September 1228 – 1233 | Stefan Radoslav |
![]() | Beloslava of Bulgaria | Ivan Asen II (Asen dynasty) | – after 1285 | 1233 | 1233/4–1243 | Stefan Vladislav |
![]() | Helen of Anjou | (Capetian) | 1236–8 February 1314 | 1245/50 | 1236–autumn 1276 | Stefan Uroš I |
![]() | Catherine of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) | 1256 – after 1314 | 1268–71 | 1276–1282 | Stefan Dragutin |
Helena Doukaina Angelina | John Doukas, Sebastokratōr (Angeloi) | – after 1294 | after 1272 | 1282–1283 | Stefan Milutin | |
![]() | Elizabeth of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) | 1255–1313/26 | 1283 | 1283–1284 | |
![]() | Ana Terter | George I of Bulgaria (Terter) | 1256 – after 1304 | before 11 August 1284 | 1284–1299 | |
![]() | Simonis Palaiologina[3] | Andronikos II Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | 1289/94–1340 | 1299 | 1299 – 29 October 1321 | |
![]() | Teodora of Bulgaria | Smilets of Bulgaria (Smilets) | – 20 December 1322 | 24 August 1296 | 29 October 1321 – 20 December 1322 | Stefan Dečanski |
![]() | Maria Palaiologina[4] | John Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | 1313/14–1355 | 1325/26 | 1326 – 8 September 1331 | |
![]() | Helena of Bulgaria | Sratsimir of Kran (Shishman) | –1374 | 19 April 1332 | 1332 – 16 April 1346 | Stefan Dušan |
Empress consorts
Nemanjić dynasty (1346–71)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Helena of Bulgaria | Sratsimir of Kran (Shishman) | - | 19 April 1332 | 16 April 1346 became Empress | 20 December 1355 husband's death | 1374 | Stefan Dušan |
![]() | Anna of Wallachia | Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (Basarab) | - | July 1360 | 4 December 1371 husband's death | - | Stefan Uroš V |
Magnate era
Mrnjavčević family (1365–95)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Alena | - | - | - | August/September 1365 husband's coronation as co-King under Stefan Uroš V | 26 September 1371 husband's death | - | Vukašin of Serbia | |
Helena Hlapena | Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa (Hlapen) | - | - | 1366 husband's association as junior-King 26 September 1371 husband's accession | - repudiated | - | Marko Mrnjavčević | |
26 September 1371 husband's accession | ||||||||
Teodora | Grgur | - | - | - | - | |||
Helena Hlapena | Radoslav Hlapen, Lord of Kastoria and Edessa (Hlapen) | - | - remarried | 17 May 1395 husband's death | - |
Lazarević family (1371–1402)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Milica Nemanjić of Serbia | Prince Vratislav Nemanjić (Nemanjić) | 1300s | 1353 | 2/4 December 1371 husband's accession | 28 June 1389 husband's death | 11 November 1405 | Lazar Hrebeljanović |
Despotess consort
Lazarević dynasty (1402–27)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Helena Gattilusio | Francesco II Gattilusio (Gattilusio) | - | 1405 | 19 July 1427 husband's death | - | Stefan Lazarević |
Branković dynasty (1427–59)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Irene Kantakouzene | Theodore Kantakouzenos (Kantakouzenoi) | 1400 | 26 December 1414 | 1427 husband's accession | 24 December 1456 husband's death | 2 May/3 May 1457 | Đurađ Branković |
![]() | Helena Palaiologina, Despotess of Serbia | Thomas Palaiologos (Palaiologos) | 1430 | 1446 | 24 December 1456 husband's accession | 20 January 1458 husband's death | 7 November 1473 | Lazar II Branković |
Kotromanić dynasty (1459)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Helena-Maria of Serbia | Lazar II Branković (Branković) | 1447 | 1 April 1459 | 20 June 1459 Ottoman conquest | 1498 | Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia |
Despotess consorts (in exile)
Branković dynasty (1459–1504)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Angjelina Arianiti | Gjergj Arianiti (Arianiti) | - | November 1460 | 9 October 1476 husband's death | 30 July 1520 | Stefan Branković | |
![]() | Barbara Frankopan | Sigismund Frankopan (Frankopan) | - | 1482 | 16 April 1485 husband's death | 1508 | Vuk Grgurević Branković | |
![]() | Isabella del Balzo | Agilberto, Duke of Nardò (del Balzo) | - | 1486 | c. 1497 husband's retirement | - | Đorđe Branković | |
![]() | Jelena Jakšić | Stefan Jakšić (Jakšić) | - | - | 10 December 1502 husband's death | after 1529 | Jovan Branković |
Berislavić dynasty (1504–36)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Jelena Jakšić | Stefan Jakšić (Jakšić) | - | May 1504 | 1514 husband's death | after 1529 | Ivaniš Berislavić | |
![]() | Catherine Batthyány | Boldizsár Batthyány, Ban of Jajce (Batthyány) | - | - | 1536 husband's death | after 1542 | Stefan Berislavić |
Bakić family (1537)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Theodora | - | - | - | 1537 husband's accession | 1537 husband's death | after 1540 | Pavle Bakić |
Modern
Consort of the Grand Leader
Karađorđević dynasty (1804–13)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Jelena Jovanović | Nikola Jovanović (Jovanović) | 1765 or 1771 | 1785 | 15 February 1804 | 21 September 1813 | 9 February 1842 | Karađorđe Petrović |
Princess consorts
Obrenović dynasty (1815–42)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Ljubica Vukomanović | Radosav Vukomanović (Vukomanović) | September 1788 | 1805 | 6 November 1817 husband's election | 25 June 1839 husband's abdication | 26 May 1843 | Miloš Obrenović I |
Karađorđević dynasty (1842–58)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Persida Nenadović | Voivode Jevrem Nenadović (Nenadović) | 15 February 1813 | 1 June 1830 | 14 September 1842 husband's election | 24 October 1858 husband's abdication | 29 March 1873 | Alexander Karađorđević |
Obrenović dynasty (1858–82)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely | Count Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely (Hunyady de Kéthely) | 26 August 1831 | 1 August 1853 | 26 September 1860 husband's accession | 10 June 1868 husband's assassination | 19 February 1919 | Michael Obrenović III |
![]() | Natalia Keshko | Peter Keshko (Keshko) | 15 May 1859 | 17 October 1875 | 6 March 1882 became queen of Serbia | 8 May 1941 | Milan Obrenović IV |
Queen consorts
Obrenović dynasty (1882–1903)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Natalia Keshko | Peter Keshko (Keshko) | 15 May 1859 | 17 October 1875 | 6 March 1882 became queen of Serbia | 24 October 1888 controversial divorce | 8 May 1941 | Milan I |
![]() | Draga Mašin | Pantelija Lunjevica Milićević (Lunjevica) | 23 September 1861 | 5 August 1900 | 11 June 1903 | Alexander I |
Queen consort of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Karađorđević dynasty (1918–29)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Maria of Romania | Ferdinand I of Romania (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) | 6 January 1900 | 8 June 1922 | 6 January 1929 became queen of Yugoslavia | 22 June 1961 | Alexander I |
Queen consorts of Yugoslavia
Karađorđević dynasty (1929–45)
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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![]() | Maria of Romania | Ferdinand I of Romania (Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) | 6 January 1900 | 8 June 1922 | 6 January 1929 became queen of Yugoslavia | 9 October 1934 husband's death | 22 June 1961 | Alexander I |
![]() | Alexandra of Greece and Denmark | Alexander of Greece (Glücksburg) | 25 March 1921 | 20 March 1944 | 29 November 1945 kingdom abolished | 30 January 1993 | Peter II |
See also
References
- ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 7–37.
- ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 38–52.
- ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 53–82.
- ^ Laskaris 1926, pp. 83–97.
Sources
- Ivić, Aleksa (1928). Родословне таблице српских династија и властеле. Novi Sad: Matica Srpska.
- Laskaris, Mihailo (1926). Vizantiske princeze u srednjevekovnoj Srbiji [Byzantine princesses in medieval Serbia]. Belgrade: Knj. Franja Baha.
- Nikolić, Dejan (1996). Svi vladari Srbije. Resavska škola.
- Purković, Miodrag (1996). Принцезе из куће Немањића. Belgrade.
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Royal consorts of Serbia
- Kosara
- Monomachina
- Jaquinta of Bari
- Raška re-emerging as seat (Grand Principality)
- Anna Diogenissa
- Anastasia
- Eudokia Angelina
- Proclamation of Kingdom
Serbian Empire, 1346–1371
- Anna Dandolo
- Anna Angelina Komnene Doukaina
- Beloslava of Bulgaria
- Helen of Anjou
- Catherine of Hungary
- Helena Doukaina Angelina
- Elizabeth of Hungary
- Ana Terter
- Simonida
- Teodora of Bulgaria
- Maria Palaiologina
- Helena of Bulgaria
- Proclamation of Empire
- Helena of Bulgaria
- Anna of Wallachia
- Fall of the Serbian Empire
Serbian Despotate, 1402–1537
- Milica of Serbia
- Proclamation of Despotate
- Helena Gattilusio
- Irene Kantakouzene
- Helena Palaiologina
- Maria of Serbia
- Ottoman annexation, titular:
- Angelina Arianiti
- Barbara Frankopan
- Isabella del Balzo
- Jelena Jakšić
- Catherine Batthyány
- Theodora
- Ottoman annexation
- Jelena Jovanović
- Ljubica Vukomanović
- Ljubica Vukomanović
- Persida Nenadović
- Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely
- Natalija Obrenović
- Proclamation of Kingdom
- Natalija Obrenović
- Draga Mašin
- Proclamation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes