Queen of the Isles

Kingdom of the Isles

The Kingdom of the Isles comprised the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde and the Isle of Man from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norse as the Suðreyjar, or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland...

 

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse King of Mann The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles....
	Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of Sweden Margaret Fredkulla Margaret Fredkulla of Sweden was a medieval Scandinavian queen, Princess of Sweden and Queen consort of Denmark and Norway, married to King Magnus III of Norway and King Niels of Denmark, and regent de facto of Denmark. She is known as Margareta Fredkulla in Sweden, Margret Fredskolla in Norway...	Inge I of Sweden Inge I of Sweden Inge the Elder was a King of Sweden.-Biography:Inge was the son of the former King Stenkil and a Swedish princess. Inge shared the rule of the kingdom with his probably elder brother Halsten Stenkilsson, but little is known with certainty of Inge's reign... (Stenkil House of Stenkil The House of Stenkil was a dynasty on the Swedish throne from c. 1060 to c. 1125. Stenkil probably originated from Västergötland.Line before Stenkil, according to the Norse sagas:... )	1080s	1101		August 1103 husband's death	4 November 1130	Magnus III of Norway Magnus III of Norway Magnus Barefoot or Magnus III Olafsson was King of Norway from 1093 until 1103 and King of Mann and the Isles from 1099 until 1103.-Background:...
	Blathmin Ua Briain Blathmin Ua Briain Blathmin Ní Briain, also called Blathmin Ua Briain or Blathmin O'Brien, , was an Irish princess and a Norwegian Queen consort, the first spouse of King Sigurd I of Norway....	Muirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland (Ua Briain)	1094/97	after 1102	August 1103 husband's accession	? husband abandon her after taking the throne	-	Sigurd I of Norway Sigurd I of Norway Sigurd I Magnusson , also known as Sigurd the Crusader , was King of Norway from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his brother Eystein I of Norway , has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the medieval Kingdom of Norway...
	Aufrica of Galloway	Fergus, Lord of Galloway	-					Olaf I Godredsson
	Ingeborg Haakonsdottir	Haakon Paulsson, jarl of Orkney Haakon Paulsson Haakon Paulsson was a Norwegian Jarl and jointly ruled the Earldom of Orkney together with his cousin Magnus Erlendsson....	-
	Ragnhildis Ólafsdóttir	Olaf I Godredsson	-					Somerled Somerled Somerled was a military and political leader of the Scottish Isles in the 12th century who was known in Gaelic as rí Innse Gall . His father was Gillebride...
	Findguala of Ireland	Eóghan MacDubhghaill, Lord of Argyll Eóghan of Argyll Eóghan MacDubhghaill was a 13th century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll"...	-	1176		10 November 1187 husband's death	-	Godred II Olafsson
	Christina of Ross	Fearchar mac in tSagairt , Earl of Ross Fearchar, Earl of Ross Fearchar of Ross or Ferchar mac in tSagairt , was the first Mormaer or Earl of Ross we know of from the thirteenth century, whose career brought Ross into the fold of the Scottish kings for the first time, and who is remembered as the founder of the Earldom of Ross.-Origins:The traditional...	-	1220s		-	-	Olaf the Black

Queen of Mann and the Isles

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse King of Mann The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles....
	Cecilia Haakonsdottir	Haakon IV of Norway Haakon IV of Norway Haakon Haakonarson , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under his rule, medieval Norway reached its peak.... (Fairhair)	1225	1246/47		1248 husband and wife drowned		Harald Olafsson
	Mary of Argyll	Eóghan MacDubhghaill, Lord of Argyll Eóghan of Argyll Eóghan MacDubhghaill was a 13th century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll"...	-	-	-	24 November 1265 husband's death	1300–1303	Magnus Olafsson

Montagu family, 1333–1392

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Ceased to be consort	Death	Spouse King of Mann The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles....
	Catherine Grandison	William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison	1304	around 1320 or 1329, or before	9 August 1333 husband's recognition	30 January 1344 husband's death	23 November 1349	William I Montagu
	Joan Plantagenet Joan of Kent Joan, Countess of Kent , known to history as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the first English Princess of Wales...	Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent was a member of the English Royal Family.-Early life:He was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the son of Edward I Longshanks, King of England and his second wife, Margaret of France. He was 62 years younger than his father, who died when Edmund of Woodstock... (Plantagenet House of Plantagenet The House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the... )	29 September 1328	before 10 February 1341	30 January 1344 husband's accession	17 November 1349 marriage annulled by Pope Pope Clement VI Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...	7 August 1385	William II Montagu William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury Sir William II Montague, alias de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, 4th Baron Montacute, King of Mann, KG was an English nobleman and commander in the English army during King Edward III's French campaigns in the Hundred Years War.He was born in Donyatt in Somerset, the eldest son of William...
	Elizabeth de Mohun	John de Mohun, 9th Lord of Mohun of Dunster	1343	-		1392 Isle of Mann sold	14/16 January 1415

Stanley family, 1405-1504

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse King of Mann The King of Mann was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles....
	Isabel Lathom	Sir Thomas Lathom	-	1385	6 April 1406 husband's appointment	1414 husband's death	-	John I Stanley John I Stanley of the Isle of Man Sir John I Stanley, KG was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and titular King of Mann, the first of that name. The Stanley family later became the Earls of Derby and remained prominent in English history into modern times.-Early years:...
	Isabel Harington	Sir Robert Harington	-					John II Stanley John II Stanley of the Isle of Man Sir John II Stanley was Knight, Sheriff of Anglesey, Constable of Carnarvon, Justice of Chester, Steward of Macclesfield and titular King of Mann, the second of that name.-Biography:...
	Joan Goushill	Sir Robert Goushill	-					Thomas I Stanley Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, titular King of Mann, KG , was an English politician.-Life:Stanley was the son of Sir John Stanley and Isabell Harington, daughter of Robert de Harington and Isabel Loring...
	Eleanor Neville	Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, jure uxoris 5th Earl of Salisbury and 7th and 4th Baron Montacute, KG, PC was a Yorkist leader during the early parts of the Wars of the Roses.-Background:... (Neville House of Neville The House of Neville is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later middle ages... )	1447	after 10 May 1457	20 February 1459 husband's accession	before November 1482		Thomas II Stanley Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG was titular King of Mann, an English nobleman and stepfather to King Henry VII of England...
	Margaret Beaufort	John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG was an English noble and military commander.-Family:Baptised on 25 March 1404, he was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, and succeeded his elder brother Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset to become the 3rd Earl of... (Beaufort)	31 May 1443	June 1472		29 July 1504 husband's death	29 June 1509

Stanley family, 1504-1651

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse Lord of Mann The title Lord of Mann is used on the Isle of Man to refer to Queen Elizabeth II, who is the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state.-Relationship with the Crown:The title is not correctly used on its own...
	Anne Hastings	Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, KB was an English peer born in Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire, England to Sir William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Katherine Neville. He succeeded to his title on the execution of his father William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings on 13 June 1483...	1485	about 1507		23 May 1521 husband's death	17 November 1550	Thomas III Stanley Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby was an English peer.-Parents:Derby was the eldest son of George Stanley and Joan Strange, 9th Baroness Strange and 5th Baroness Mohun. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby was his grandfather...
	Dorothy Howard	Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal , styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1514, was the only son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns... (Howard)	1497	21 February 1530		1545		Edward Stanley Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby was an English nobleman.At the age of thirteen, Edward received the titles and estates of his father, the 2nd Earl of Derby, and King Henry VIII took responsibility for bringing him up until he was of age...
	Margaret Clifford	Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was married to Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of Henry VIII of England.-Family:... (Clifford)	1540	7 February 1554	24 October 1572 husband's accession	25 September 1593 husband's death	28 September 1596	Henry Stanley Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG was a prominent English nobleman who served as Lord High Steward during the trial of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel....
	Alice Spencer Alice Spencer Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby was an aristocratic English woman, and a noted patron of the arts. Poet Edmund Spenser represented her as "Amaryllis" in his pastoral poem Colin Clouts Come Home Againe and dedicated his The Teares of the Muses to her. Her first husband was Ferdinando Stanley, 5th...	Sir John Spencer, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (Spencer Spencer family The Spencer family are a British noble family descended in the male line from Henry Spencer, claimed to be a descendant of the cadet branch of the ancient House Le Despencer , male-line ancestor of the Earls of Sunderland, the later Dukes of Marlborough, and the Earls Spencer... )	4 May 1559	about 1579	25 September 1593 husband's accession	16 April 1594 husband's death	23 January 1637	Ferdinando Stanley Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby and Lady Margaret Clifford. According to the will of Henry VIII, his mother was heiress presumptive of Elizabeth I of England from 1578 to her own death in 1596...
Succession dispute (1594–1607)
Interim Lords (1607–1609)
	Elizabeth de Vere Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, Lord of Mann was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of Elizabethan courtier, poet, and playwright Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford....	Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, lyric poet, sportsman and patron of the arts, and is currently the most popular alternative candidate proposed for the authorship of Shakespeare's works.... (Vere)	2 July 1575	26 June 1594	1609 husband's accession	1612 became Lady of Mann in her own right	10 March 1627	William I Stanley William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby was an English nobleman. Stanley inherited a prominent social position that was both dangerous and unstable, as his mother was heir to Queen Elizabeth I under the Third Succession Act, a position that fell to his deceased brother's oldest daughter in 1596,...
	Charlotte de La Trémoille Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby , born Charlotte de La Trémoille, was the daughter of the French nobleman Claude de La Trémoille, Duke of Thouars, and his wife Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau...	Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars (La Trémoille)	1599	26 June 1626	10 March 1627 husband's accession	15 October 1651 husband's death	22 March 1668	James I Stanley James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby KG was a supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.Born at Knowsley, he is sometimes styled the Great Earl of Derby, eldest son of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby and Lady Elizabeth de Vere. During his father's life he was known as Lord Strange...

Fairfax family, 1651-1660

Stanley family, 1660-1736

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse Lord of Mann The title Lord of Mann is used on the Isle of Man to refer to Queen Elizabeth II, who is the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state.-Relationship with the Crown:The title is not correctly used on its own...
	Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven	Jehan, Lord of Heenvliet	1599	1650	1660 husband's restoration	21 December 1672 husband's death	6 April 1673	Charles Stanley Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby , an English nobleman, was the only son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille....
	Elizabeth Butler	Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory Vice-Admiral Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, KG, PC, PC was the eldest son of the James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lady Elizabeth Preston, and an Irish politician born at Kilkenny Castle.-Life and career:... (Butler Butler dynasty Butler dynasty refers to the several branches of the Butler family that has its origins in the Cambro-Norman family that participated in the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Variant spellings include le Boteler and le Botiller. The surname has its origins in the hereditary office of... )	1660	10 July 1673		5 November 1702 husband's death	5 July 1717	William II Stanley William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer.Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirkhoven...
	Mary Morley	Sir William Morley	-	February 1705		1 February 1736 husband's death	29 March 1752	James II Stanley James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...

Murray family, 1736-1765

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse Lord of Mann The title Lord of Mann is used on the Isle of Man to refer to Queen Elizabeth II, who is the island's Lord Proprietor and head of state.-Relationship with the Crown:The title is not correctly used on its own...
	Jane Frederick	Thomas Frederick	1693	28 April 1726	1 February 1736 husband's accession	13 June 1748		James III Murray James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl KT PC , styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1715 and 1746, was a Scottish peer.-Background:...
	Jean Drummond	John Drummond, 10th of Lennoch (Drummond Clan Drummond Clan Drummond is a Scottish clan deriving its name from the parish of Drymen, in what was western Stirlingshire. Legend gives Maurice of Hungary as founder of the clan... )	-	7 May 1749		8 January 1764 husband's death	22 February 1795

House of Hanover

House of Hanover

The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

, 1765-1901

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...	Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (Mecklenburg House of Mecklenburg The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with... )	19 May 1744	8 September 1761	10 May 1765 Isle of Man sold to British government Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 The Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765 , also known as the Act of Revestment purchased the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lords of Man over the Isle of Man, and revested them into the British Crown....	17 November 1818		George III of Great Britain
	Caroline of Brunswick Caroline of Brunswick Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...	Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Welf)	17 May 1768	8 April 1795	29 January 1820 husband's ascension	7 August 1821		George IV of the United Kingdom George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...	George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Wettin)	13 August 1792	13 July 1818	26 June 1830 husband's ascension	20 June 1837 husband's death	2 December 1849	William IV of the United Kingdom William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a German dynasty, the senior line of the Saxon House of Wettin that ruled the Ernestine duchies, including the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....

; renamed House of Windsor

House of Windsor

The House of Windsor is the royal house of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on the 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of his family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom...

, 1901-present

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Alexandra of Denmark Alexandra of Denmark Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...	Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish... (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	1 December 1844	10 March 1863	22 January 1901 husband's ascension	6 May 1910 husband's death	20 November 1925	Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
	Mary of Teck Mary of Teck Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....	Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Duke of Teck , was a member of the German nobility, and later of the British Royal Family. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V... (Teck Teck Teck was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter Teck , taking its name from the ridge, 2544 feet high, which it crowned. It was destroyed in the German Peasants' War... )	26 May 1867	6 July 1893	6 May 1910 husband's ascension	20 January 1936 husband's death	24 March 1953	George V of the United Kingdom George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...	Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.... (Bowes-Lyon Bowes-Lyon Bowes-Lyon is a Scottish family; see the following articles for more information, including information on individual members:*Baron Bowes*Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne*Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne*Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon*Gibside... )	4 August 1900	26 April 1923	11 December 1936 husband's ascension	6 February 1952 husband's death	30 March 2002	George VI of the United Kingdom George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
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See also

• List of Norwegian consorts
• List of Irish consorts
• List of Scottish consorts
• List of English consorts
• List of British consorts
• History of the Isle of Man
  History of the Isle of Man
  The Isle of Man became separated from Britain and Ireland by about 8000 BC. It appears that colonisation took place by sea sometime before 6500 BC. The island has been visited by various raiders and trading peoples over the years. After being settled by people from Ireland in the first millennium,...
  
  

Sources

• LORDS of the ISLES