List of Manx royal consorts explained

See also: King of Mann and Lord of Mann.

This is a list of wives and consorts of the sovereign rulers of the Isle of Man. Most of these women used other titles that their husband held rather than Queen or Lady of Mann.

List of consorts

† Husband's death

# Husband's accession or appointment

Queens of the Isles
PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
DeathSpouse
Margaret Fredkulla Ingesdotter of SwedenInge I of Sweden
(Stenkil)
1080s1101August 1103†4 November 1130Magnus III of Norway
Blathmin Ua BriainMuirchertach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland
(Ua Briain)
1094/97after 1102August 1103#?
Husband abandoned her after taking the throne
-Sigurd I of Norway
Aufrica of GallowayFergus, Lord of Galloway-Olaf I Godredsson
Ingeborg HaakonsdottirHaakon Paulsson, jarl of Orkney-
Ragnhildis ÓlafsdóttirOlaf I Godredsson-Somerled
Findguala of IrelandEóghan MacDubhghaill, Lord of Argyll-117610 November 1187†-Godred II Olafsson
Christina of RossFearchar mac in tSagairt, Earl of Ross-1220s--Olaf the Black
Queens of Mann and the Isles
Cecilia HaakonsdottirHaakon IV of Norway
(Fairhair)
12251246/471248
Husband and wife drowned
Harald Olafsson
Maria de ErgadiaEóghan MacDubhghaill, Lord of Argyll---24 November 1265†1302Magnus Olafsson
Queens of Mann
Montagu family, 1333–1392
Catherine GrandisonWilliam de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison1304around 1320
or
1329, or before
9 August 1333
Husband's recognition
30 January 1344†23 November 1349William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Joan PlantagenetEdmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
(Plantagenet)
29 September 1328before 10 February 1341
[1]
30 January 1344#17 November 1349
Marriage annulled by Pope
7 August 1385William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Elizabeth de MohunJohn de Mohun, 9th Lord of Mohun of Dunster1343-1392
Isle of Man sold
14/16 January 1415
Scrope family, 1392–1399: None
Percy family, 1399–1405: None
Stanley family, 1405–1504
Isabel LathomSir Thomas Lathom-13856 April 1406#1414†-Sir John Stanley (died 1414)
Isabel HaringtonSir Robert Harington-Sir John Stanley (died 1437)
Joan GoushillSir Robert Goushill-Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
Eleanor NevilleRichard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
(Neville)
1447after 10 May 145720 February 1459#before November 1482Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Margaret BeaufortJohn Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
(Beaufort)
31 May 1443June 147229 July 1504†29 June 1509
Ladies of Mann
Stanley family, 1504–1651
Anne HastingsEdward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings1485about 150723 May 1521†17 November 1550Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby
Dorothy HowardThomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
(Howard)
149721 February 15301545Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
Margaret CliffordHenry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
(Clifford)
15407 February 155424 October 1572#25 September 1593†28 September 1596Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby
Alice SpencerSir John Spencer, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
(Spencer)
4 May 1559about 157925 September 1593#16 April 1594†23 January 1637Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
Succession dispute (1594–1607)
Interim Lords (1607–1609)
Elizabeth de VereEdward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
(Vere)
2 July 157526 June 15941609#1612
Became Lady of Mann in her own right
10 March 1627William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
Charlotte de La TrémoilleClaude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars
(La Trémoille)
159926 June 162610 March 1627#15 October 1651†22 March 1668James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
Fairfax family, 1651–1660
Anne de VereHorace de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury
(Vere)
161820 June 16371651
?
1660
?
16 October 1665Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Stanley family, 1660–1736
Dorothea Helena KirkhovenJehan, Lord of Heenvliet159916501660
Husband's restoration
21 December 1672†6 April 1673Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby
Elizabeth ButlerThomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
(Butler)
166010 July 16735 November 1702†5 July 1717William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
Mary MorleySir William Morley-February 17051 February 1736†29 March 1752James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
Murray family, 1736–1765
Jane FrederickThomas Frederick169328 April 17261 February 1736#13 June 1748James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
Jean DrummondJohn Drummond, 10th of Lennoch
(Drummond)
-7 May 17498 January 1764†22 February 1795
House of Hanover, 1765–1901
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-StrelitzDuke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg)
19 May 17448 September 176110 May 1765
Isle of Man sold to British government
17 November 1818George III of Great Britain
Caroline of BrunswickCharles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Welf)
17 May 17688 April 179529 January 1820#7 August 1821George IV of the United Kingdom
Adelaide of Saxe-MeiningenGeorge I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(Wettin)
13 August 179213 July 181826 June 1830#20 June 1837†2 December 1849William IV of the United Kingdom
Albert of Saxe-Coburg
as Consort of Mann
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Wettin)
26 August 181910 February 184014 December 1861Victoria of the United Kingdom
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
renamed House of Windsor, 1901–present
Alexandra of DenmarkChristian IX of Denmark
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
1 December 184410 March 186322 January 1901#6 May 1910†20 November 1925King Edward VII
Mary of TeckFrancis, Duke of Teck
(Teck)
26 May 18676 July 18936 May 1910#20 January 1936†24 March 1953King George V
Unmarried while king (20 January – 11 December 1936)King Edward VIII
Elizabeth Bowes-LyonClaude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
(Bowes-Lyon)
4 August 190026 April 192311 December 1936#6 February 1952†30 March 2002King George VI
Philip Mountbatten
as Consort of Mann
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark10 June 192120 November 19476 February 1952
Wife's accession
9 April 2021Queen Elizabeth II
Camilla Shand Major Bruce Shand17 July 19479 April 20058 September 2022#Charles III

See also

Notes and References

  1. This marriage was bigamous because Joan was already married to Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent.