Other Notable Queen Mothers in History
The title "queen mother" has been widely used. Other well-known queen mothers include:
- Bathsheba - Mother of Solomon of Ancient Kingdom of Israel
- Tiye - An Egyptian queen and grandmother of Tutankhamun
- Blanche of Castile - Queen mother of France (1226–1252)
- Catherine of Bosnia - Queen mother of Bosnia (1463–1478)
- Bona Sforza - Queen mother of Poland-Lithuania (1548–1557)
- Catherine de Medici - Queen mother of France (1559–1589)
- Marie de' Medici - Queen mother of France (1610–1642)
- Anne of Austria - Queen mother of France (1643–1666)
- Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont - Queen mother (and Regent 1890-1898) of the Netherlands (1890-1934)
- Margaret of Savoy - Queen mother of Italy (1900–1926)
- Maria Christina of Austria - Queen mother of Spain (1906–1929)
- Nazli Sabri - Queen mother of Egypt (1936–1950)
- Maria of Romania - queen mother of Yugoslavia (1934–1961)
- Helen of Greece and Denmark - queen mother of Romania (1940–1948)
- Zein al-Sharaf Talal - Queen mother of Jordan (1952–1994)
- Frederica of Hanover - Queen mother of Greece (1964–1981)
- Catherine of Valois - queen mother of England and France
- Keōpūolani of Hawaiʻi
- Saovabha Phongsri - queen mother of Siam (later Thailand) (1910–1919)
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