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Astrid of Sweden (Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra; 17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant. [2]
Astrid Olofsdotter (Norwegian: Astrid Olavsdatter; English: Aestrith [citation needed]; died 1035) was the queen consort of Saint Olaf, who reigned over Norway from 1019 to 1028. [1] She is the only woman to have a surviving skaldic praise-poem dedicated to her for her decisive address of the Swedish army in support of her stepson, Magnus the ...
Estrid of the Obotrites (c. 979 – 1035) was Queen of Sweden in the Viking age, a West Slavic princess married to the King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung c. 1000–1022. [1] She was the mother of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Kievan Rus' saint and grand princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter.
Princess Margaretha of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1899–1977) Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (1901–1954), née Princess of Sweden and Norway; Queen Astrid of the Belgians (1905–1935), Princess of Sweden; Prince Eugen of Sweden and Norway (1865–1946), Duke of Närke; Prince August of Sweden and Norway (1831–1873), Duke of Dalarna
Leopold of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden on their wedding day. Queen Astrid Memorial in Brussels. Prince Leopold was born in Brussels , the first child of Prince Albert, heir to the Belgian throne, and his consort, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria .
Astrid Njalsdotter (or Ástríðr Njálsdóttir) of Skjalgaätten was a Norwegian noblewoman who married Ragnvald the Old and became the ancestress of the Swedish Stenkil dynasty (c. 1060 – c. 1125). She is sometimes assumed to have been a Swedish queen, though the evidence is inconclusive.
The Danish queen celebrated her golden jubilee this year. Here, take a look back at Queen Margrethe's life—from her childhood in Copenhagen through her annual summer vacation in France.
Finland was from the Middle Ages a part of Sweden, and although there was no official title, such as "Queen Consort of Finland", from the 16th century until the year of 1809; the queen consort of Sweden also held the title "Grand Princess of Finland." [citation needed] Sweden has had three female monarchs. One of the consorts listed below is male.