List of Finnish royal consorts

This list presents the consorts associated with the rulers of Finland across its various historical periods. It includes the spouses of the Dukes of Finland during the Middle Ages and the early modern era (up to 1563), when the title was usually held by members of the Swedish royal family; the spouses of the Grand Dukes of Finland during the Swedish period (from the 1580s to 1809); and the consorts of the Russian emperors, who held the title of Grand Duke of Finland during the period of the Grand Duchy of Finland (1809–1917). The list also includes the spouse of Friedrich Karl of Hesse, the German prince elected King of Finland in 1918, who never assumed the throne.

Swedish Duchy of Finland (until 1563)

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Christina Torgilsdotter Torkel Knutsson - 1302, after 2 December 9 December 1305
divorce
- Valdemar
Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway Eric II of Norway
(Fairhair)
1297 29 September 1312 16 February 1318
husband's death
1353-7
Ingeborg Ulvsdotter of Tofta Ulf Abjörnsson
(Sparre)
- - 1353
husband inherit title
1356 - Bengt Algotsson
Catherine Jagellon Sigismund I the Old
(Jagellon)
1 November 1526 4 October 1562 1563
husband imprisoned and stripped of title
16 September 1583 John

Swedish Grand Duchy of Finland (1580s–1809)

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Catherine Jagiellon Sigismund I the Old
(Jagiellon)
1 November 1526 4 October 1562 1580s
husband adopted title
16 September 1583 John III
Gunilla Bielke Johan Axelsson Bielke
(Bielke)
25 June 1568 15 February 1585 17 November 1592
husband's death
19 July 1597
Anna of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
16 August 1573 31 May 1592 17 November 1592
husband inherit title
10 February 1598 Sigismund
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
(Holstein-Gottorp)
13 April 1573 8 July 1592 22 March 1604
husband inherit title
30 October 1611
husband's death
8 December 1625 Charles IX
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern)
11 November 1599 25 November 1620 6 November 1632
husband's death
28 March 1655 Gustav II Adolf
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
(Holstein-Gottorp)
23 October 1636 24 October 1654 13 February 1660
husband's death
24 November 1715 Charles X Gustav
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark Frederick III of Denmark
(Oldenburg)
11 September 1656 6 May 1680 26 July 1693 Charles XI
Title fell into disuse

Grand Duchy of Finland under Russian Empire (1809–1917)

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Spouse
Louise of Baden Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
(Zähringen)
24 January 1779 28 September 1793 29 March 1809
husband gain title
1 December 1825
husband's death
16 May 1826 Alexander I
Charlotte of Prussia Frederick William III of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
13 July 1798 13 July 1817 1 December 1825
husband's ascension
2 March 1855
husband's death
1 November 1860 Nicholas I
Marie of Hesse and by Rhine Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
8 August 1824 16 April 1841 2 March 1855
husband's ascension
8 June 1880 Alexander II
Dagmar of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
26 November 1847 9 November 1866 13 March 1881
husband's ascession
1 November 1894
husband's death
13 October 1928 Alexander III
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
(Hesse-Darmstadt)
6 June 1872 26 November 1894 1 November 1894
husband's ascession
15 March 1917
Russian monarchy abolished
17 July 1918 Nicholas II

Kingdom of Finland (1918)

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Spouse
Margaret of Prussia Frederick III, German Emperor
(Hohenzollern)
22 April 1872 25 January 1893 9 October 1918
husband's election
14 December 1918
husband renounced throne
22 January 1954 Friedrich Karl of Hesse

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