List of British royal consorts

A royal consort is the spouse of a reigning king or queen. Consorts of monarchs of the United Kingdom and Great Britain have no legal status or power but many have had significant influence.; ;  There have been 11 royal consorts since Britain's union of the crowns in 1707, eight women and three men.

The current consort is Queen Camilla. She became queen when her husband, Charles II, became king on 8 September 2022.

List of consorts
 Picture Name Arms Birth Marriage Became consort Coronation Ceased to be consort Death Burial place Time as consort Spouse 125px Prince George of Denmark and Norway 100px 2 April 1653Son of Frederick III of Denmark and Norway and Duchess Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 28 July 1683 1 May 1707Creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain; previously English / Scottish royal consort since her husband became king, 8 March 1702  Not crowned 28 October 1708 Westminster Abbey  Anne 125px Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 100px 1 March 1683Daughter of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 22 August 1705 11 June 1727Husband became king 11 October 1727 20 November 1737  George II 125px Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 100px100px100px 19 May 1744Daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 8 September 1761 8 September 1761Married the king 22 September 1761 17 November 1818 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle  George III 125px Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 100px 17 May 1768Daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Augusta of Great Britain 8 April 1795 29 January 1820Husband became king Not crowned 7 August 1821 Brunswick Cathedral  George IV 125px Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 100px 13 August 1792Daughter of Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Princess Louise Eleanore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 13 July 1818 26 June 1830Husband became king 8 September 1831 20 June 1837Husband died 2 December 1849 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle  William IV 125px Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 100px 26 August 1819Son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 10 February 1840 10 February 1840Married the queen Not crowned 14 December 1861 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle then Frogmore Mausoleum  Victoria 125px Princess Alexandra of Denmark 100px 1 December 1844Daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel 10 March 1863 22 January 1901Husband became king 9 August 1902 6 May 1910Husband died 20 November 1925 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle  Edward VII 125px Princess Victoria Mary of Teck 100px 26 May 1867Daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge 6 July 1893 6 May 1910Husband became king 22 June 1911 20 January 1936Husband died 24 March 1953  George V 125px Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 100px 4 August 1900Daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck 26 April 1923 11 December 1936Husband became king 12 May 1937 6 February 1952Husband died 30 March 2002  George VI 125px Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark 100px 10 June 1921Son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg 20 November 1947 6 February 1952Wife became queen Not crowned 9 April 2021  Elizabeth IIframeless|125pxCamilla Shandframeless|106x106px17 July 1947Daughter of Bruce Shand and The Hon. Rosalind Cubitt9 April 20058 September 2022Husband became king 6 May 2023Incumbent Age:  LivingCharles III

References

Other websites
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