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Throughout its History, the Portuguese monarchy has had only two queens regnant: Maria I and Maria II of Portugal (and, arguably, Beatrice for a short period of time in the 14th century). The other women who used the title of "Queen of Portugal" were merely queens consort, wives of the Portuguese kings. Nevertheless, many of them were highly influential in the country's history, having ruled as regents for their minor children and heirs, as well has having a great influence over their spouses.

House of Burgundy

Name	Other Names	House of Origin	From	Until	Spouse
Maud of Savoy	Mafalda (Portuguese, modern Italian)Matilde (alternative Portuguese) Mahaut (original Italian) Matilda (alternative English)	Savoy (Italy)	1146	1157	Afonso I
Dulce of Aragon	Dolça (Catalan)	Aragon	1185	1198	Sancho I
Urraca of Castile		Castile	1211	1220	Afonso II
Mécia Lopes de Haro	Mecia Lopez de Haro (Castilian)	Haro, Biscay	1239	1246	Sancho II
Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne	Matilde (Portuguese)Mathilde (French)	Boulogne	1248	1253	Afonso III
Beatrice of Castile	Beatriz (Portuguese, Castilian)Brites (old Portuguese spelling)	Castile	1253	1279	Afonso III
Elisabeth of Aragon	Isabel (Portuguese) Elisabet (Catalan) Rainha Santa Isabel (Queen Saint Elisabeth)	Aragon	1282	1325	Denis
Beatrice of Castile	Beatriz (Portuguese, Castilian)Brites (old Portuguese spelling)	Castile	1325	1357	Afonso IV
Inês de Castro (¹)		Castile	1360		Peter I
Leonor Telles de Menezes	Eleanor (English)	Meneses	1372	1383	Ferdinand I
Beatrice (²)	Beatriz (Portuguese)	Portugal (Burgundy)	1383	1385	John I of Castile

House of Avis

Name	Other Names	House of Origin	From	Until	Spouse
Philippa of Lancaster	Filipa (Portuguese)	Lancaster, Plantagenet (England)	1387	1415	John I
Leonor of Aragon	Leonor (Portuguese)Elionor (Catalan)	Aragon	1433	1438	Edward
Isabella of Portugal	Isabel (Portuguese)	Portugal, Avis	1447	1455	Afonso V
Joan of Castile	Joana (Portuguese) Juana (Castilian) The Beltraneja The Excellent Lady	Castile	1475	1479	Afonso V
Eleanor of Portugal	Leonor (Portuguese)	Portugal, Avis	1481	1495	John II
Isabella, Princess of Asturias	Isabel (Portuguese and Castilian)	Castile and Aragon	1497	1498	Manuel I
Maria of Castile and Aragon	Mary (English)	Castile and Aragon	1500	1517	Manuel I
Eleanor of Habsburg	Leonor (Portuguese, Castilian) Eleonore (German) Éléonore (French)	Habsburg (Spain)	1518	1521	Manuel I
Catherine of Habsburg	Catarina (Portuguese) Catalina (Castilian Katharina (German)	Habsburg (Spain)	1525	1557	John III

House of Habsburg (also Royal Consorts of Spain)

Name	Other Names	House of Origin	From	Until	Spouse
Anne of Austria	Ana (Portuguese, Spanish)Anna (German)	Habsburg (Austria)	1580	1580	Philip I
Margaret of Austria	Margarida (Portuguese) Margarita (Spanish) Margaretha (German)	Habsburg (Austria	1599	1611	Philip II
Elisabeth of Bourbon	Isabel (Portuguese, Spanish) Élisabeth (French)	Bourbon, France	1621	1640	Philip III

House of Braganza

Name	Other Names	House of Origin	From	Until	Spouse
Louise of Guzman	Luísa de Gusmão (Portuguese)	Medina-Sidonia	1640	1656	John IV
Marie-Françoise of Nemours (³)	Maria Francisca (Portuguese)Mary Frances (alternative English)	Savoy (France)	1666 1683	1668 1683	Afonso VI (1st marriage)Peter II (2nd marriage)
Maria Sophia of Neuburg	Maria Sofia (Portuguese)Marie Sophie (German)	Wittelsbach (Germany)	1687	1699	Peter II
Maria Anna of Austria	Maria Ana (Portuguese)Mary Anne (alternative English)	Habsburg (Austria)	1708	1750	John V
Marianne Victoria of Bourbon	Mariana Vitória (Portuguese)Mariana Victoria (Spanish)	Bourbon	1750	1777	Joseph
Maria I	Mary (alternative English)	Portugal, Braganza	1777	1816	Peter III
Charlotte Joaquina of Bourbon	Carlota Joaquina (Portuguese, Spanish)	Bourbon, Spain	1816	1826	John VI
Maria Leopoldina of Austria	Maria Leopoldine German)	Habsburg-Lorraine Austria	1826	1826	Peter IV
Maria II	Mary (alternative English)	Portugal, Bragança	1834	1853	Auguste of Beauharnais (1st marriage)Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha (2nd marriage)
Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg(⁴)		Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg	(1851)	(1866)	Michael
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	Estefânia (Portuguese)	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Germany)	1858	1859	Peter V
Maria Pia of Savoy		House of Savoy (Italy)	1861	1889	Louis
Amélie of Orléans	Amélia (Portuguese)Amelia (alternative English)	Bourbon-Orléans (France)	1889	1908	Charles I
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, in exile(⁵)	Augusta Vitória (Portuguese)Augusta Viktoria (German)	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen	(1913)	(1932)	Manuel II

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