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Earlier medieval history

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Moving Queens

Chess Queen: https://art.thewalters.org/object/71.145/

Recently, I’ve been working on the mobility of medieval queens. I thought a quantitative approach might be useful. To that end, I’ve made a list of 84  95 marriages for which a woman moved country to become a queen, 950-1150 (thank you to everyone who’s made suggestions so far!)*

I’m sure there are missing names. Who have I missed out?

 

name from to husband date
Predslava Budapest Kyiv Sviatoslav I 950
Adelheid Burgundy Aachen Otto I 951
Urraca Burgos Leon Ordono III 951
Urraca Burgos Pamplona Sancho II 962
Matilda Paris Geneva Conrad I 964
Emma Pavia Paris Lothar III 965
Theophanu Constantinople Aachen Otto II 972
Malfrida Prague Kyiv Volodimir I 980
Geira Berlin Oslo Olaf I 982
Judith Budapest Krakow Boleslaw I 985
Rozala (Susanna) Pavia Paris Robert II 988
Anna Constantinople Kyiv Volodimir I 989
Tyra Copenhagen Oslo Olaf I 990
Gunhild (Swatislav Krakow Copenhagen Swein I 990
Gisela Munich Budapest Stephen 995
Urraca Pamplona Cordoba Al-Mansur 995
Berta Geneva Paris Robert II 996
Tyra Copenhagen Berlin Burislav 1000
Estrid Mecklenburg Stockholm Olaf 1000
N Budapest Sofia Gavril 1000
Emma Rouen London Aethelred 1002
Richeza Essen Krakow Mieszko II 1002
Maria Argyropoulina Constantinople Venice John Orseolo 1004
Grimelda (Maria) Budapest Venice Otto Orseolo 1009
Astrid Stockholm Oslo Olaf II 1019
Ingegerd Stockholm Kyiv Jaroslav 1019
Judith Schweinfurt Prague Brestislav 1034
Matilda Leeuwarden Paris Henry I 1034
Gunhild Denmark Aachen Henry III 1036
Richeza (Adelaide) Krakow Budapest Bela 1039
Maria (Dobronega) Kyiv Krakow Kasimir I 1040
Agnes Poitou Aachen Henry III 1043
Gertrude Krakow Kyiv Iziaslav I 1043
Elisiv (Elisabeth) Kyiv Oslo Harald III 1044
Anastasia Kyiv Budapest Andrew 1046
Gyda Stockholm Copenhagen Swein II 1047
Catherine Sofia Constantinople Isaac I 1050
Anna Kyiv Paris Henry I 1051
Matilda Gent London William I 1051
Gunhild Oslo Copenhagen Swein II 1052
Agnes Poitiers Aragon Ramiro I 1054
Adelheid Budapest Prague Vratislav II 1057
Ingeborg Copenhagen Edinburgh Malcolm III 1059
Swatislav Krakow Prague Vrastislaus II 1062
Judith Aachen Budapest Solomon 1063
Helen Budapest Zagreb Zwonimir 1063
Ingerid Copenhagen Oslo Olaf III 1067
Ingegerd Oslo Copenhagen Olaf I 1067
Margaret Budapest Edinburgh Malcolm III 1068
Anna Kharkov Kyiv Vsevelod I 1068
Berta Amsterdam Paris Philip I 1072
Agnes Poitiers Leon Alfonso VI 1073
Gytha Winchester Smolensk Vladimir II 1074
Felicia Ramerupt Aragon Sancho Ramirez 1076
Adelheid Zaehringen Budapest Ladislaus 1077
Constance Lyon Leon Alfonso VI 1079
Adele Gent Copenhagen Knut II 1080
Judith Prague Krakow Wladislaw I 1080
Agnes Poitiers Aragon Peter I 1086
Eupraxia Kyiv Aachen Henry IV 1089
Judith Aachen Krakow Wladislav I 1089
Zaida Seville Leon Alfonso VI 1091
Berta Dijon Leon Alfons VI 1093
Olena Kharkov Kyiv Sviatopolk II 1094
Christina Stockholm Kyiv Mstislaw I 1095
N Palermo Budapest Coloman I 1097
Arda Yerevan Jerusalem Baldwin I 1097
Helbirga Vienna Prague Borivoj 1100
Matilda Edinburgh London Henry I 1100
Ingegerd Oslo Stockholm Philip 1100
Margaret Stockholm Oslo Magnus III 1101
Morphia Melitene Jerusalem Baldwin II 1101
Blathmin Dublin Oslo Sigurd I 1102
Zbyslava Kyiv Krakow Boleslaw III 1102
Irene (Piroska) Budapest Constantinope John Komnenos 1104
Sibylla London Edinburgh Alexander I 1107
Matilda London Aachen Henry V 1110
Euphemia Kyiv Budapest Coloman I 1112
Adelaide Vasto Jerusalem Baldwin I 1112
Matilda Huntingdon Edinburgh David I 1113
Salome Berg Krakow Boleslaw III 1113
Malmfred Novgorod Oslo Sigurd I 1120
Adelheid Regensburg Budapest Stephen II 1121
Adeliza Louvain London Henry I 1121
Agnes Babenberg Krakow Wladislaw II 1125
Richeza Krakow Copenhagen Magnus the Strong 1129
Helena Belgrade Budapest Bela II 1129
Margaret L’Aigle Aragon Garcia VI 1130
Christine Copenhagen Oslo Magnus IV 1132
Viacheslava  choslawa Novgorod Krakow Boleslaw IV 1137
Elisabeth Budapest Krakow Mieszko III 1140
Lutgarde Stade Copenhagen Eric III 1144
Euphrosyne Kyiv Budapest Geza II 1146
Berta Sulzbach Constantinople Manuel I 1146
Sibylla Dijon Palermo Roger II 1149

 

Thanks to Fanny Madeleine, Thomas Kohl, Meg Hyland, Adam Cain and Marc Morris for pointing out omissions.

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