List of Hungarian royal consorts

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This is a short version about the queens consort of Hungary—the wives of the kings who ruled Hungary.

Over the centuries, after the Árpád dynasty and later the Angevin dynasty, many Hungarian kings were rulers from outside Hungary. The throne often stayed with leaders from other lands, with a few exceptions.

Since 1526, the title Queen of Hungary belonged to the wife of the Habsburg emperor who was also king of Hungary. These queens also held the titles Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Bohemia.

From Leopold I onward, Hungarian kings used the title Apostolic King of Hungary (a title given by the Pope to Saint Stephen I), and their wives were called Apostolic Queens of Hungary. The title was used for about nine centuries, from 1000 to 1918.

Hungary had two queens regnant—women who ruled as kings in their own right: Maria I and Maria II Theresa.

There were some cases where the throne and the titles were only titular or disputed. For example, Charles Martel of Anjou claimed the throne in 1290 and became a titular king, but he never ruled properly; his wife, Klementia of Habsburg, was a titular queen consort. Ulászló I had no children and reportedly did not marry. In Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon succeeded after a short interregnum in 1447, while in Hungary Ladislaus the Posthumous ruled and died in 1457 before marrying Magdalena of Valois. There were ongoing disputes with the Habsburgs about the throne during these periods.