* 1699 – Queen Maria Josepha of Poland ( d. 1757 )

* 1751 – Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen consort of Spain ( d. 1819 )

* 1847 – Queen Maria Pia of Savoy of Portugal ( d. 1911 )

In his memory, the Dowager Queen Maria arranged to establish a King's chapel at the accident place, which was consecrated one year later.

On-site work began in January 1876 and was complete by the end of October 1877: the bridge was ceremonially opened by King Luis I and Queen Maria Pia, after whom the bridge was named, on 4 November.

Upon the death of the Queen ( Maria Luisa of Savoy ), Alberoni in concert with La Trémoille arranged for a marriage in 1714 between the widowed King and Elisabetta Farnese, daughter of the Duke of Parma.

After the accession of King Louis II, George was aided in his reforming efforts by Queen Maria, a sister of Charles V and Ferdinand I, who was favorably inclined toward the new doctrine.

* 1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.

* 1805 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, Queen consort of Saxony ( d. 1877 )

The Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, briefly regained the castle, with the earls of Monmouth acting as stewards once again, but after her death Charles II gave the castle to Sir Edward Hyde, whom he created Baron Hyde of Hindon and Earl of Clarendon.

* 1743 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

* 1801 – Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia ( d. 1855 )

" Maria Feodorovna was the younger sister of Alexandra, Queen Consort of King Edward VII and mother of George V of the United Kingdom, which helps to explain the striking resemblance between their sons Nicholas II and George V. Her older brother was King George I of Greece.

Although Queen Alexandra never treated her sister badly and they spent time together at Marlborough House in London and at Sandringham House in Norfolk in Great Britain, Maria felt that she was now " number two ".

This was not surprising as Maria was merely a deposed Dowager Empress while her older sister was a popular Dowager Queen.

On 13 October 1928 at Hvidøre near Copenhagen, in a house she had once shared with her sister Queen Alexandra, Maria died at the age of 80, having outlived four of her six children.

* 1609 – Queen Henrietta Maria of France ( d. 1669 )

Urban contrived to take advantage of the anarchy which had ensued ( as well as of the presence of the feeble Maria as Queen of Sicily ) to seize Naples for his nephew Francesco Moricotti Prignani.

During the Civil War ( 1642 – 49 ) in England and Ireland, Innocent X strongly supported the independent ( and Catholic ) Confederate Ireland, over the objections of Mazarin and the former British Queen and at that time Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, exiled in Paris.

* June 23 – Portugal: King Miguel I overthrows his niece Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars.

* February 6 – Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain ( b. 1858 )

* July 5 – Liberal Wars – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: The forces of Queen Maria II of Portugal win decisively.

* September 29 – Three-year old Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mother, Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

* December 15 – Ferdinand II of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria II ( b. 1816 )

He was a son of Peter III of Aragon and his Queen consort Constance of Sicily, daughter and heiress of Manfred of Sicily.

* Elvira Alfonso, Queen of Sicily.

He married Queen Constance of Sicily, and a death in his wife's family in 1194 gave him possession of the Kingdom of Sicily, a source of vast wealth.

13th-century depiction of Henry II of England | Henry II and John's siblings: ( l to r ) William IX, Count of Poitiers | William, Henry the Young King | Henry, Richard I of England | Richard, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony | Matilda, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Geoffrey, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile | Eleanor, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily | Joan and John

Under Mary's marriage treaty with Philip, the official joint style reflected not only Mary's but also Philip's dominions and claims: " Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Princes of Spain and Sicily, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Milan, Burgundy and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol ".

Richard proposed that his sister, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, should marry Saladin's brother and that Jerusalem could be their wedding gift.

* August 26 – Anne Marie d ' Orléans Queen consort of Sicily and Sardinia ( b. 1669 )

* August 13 – Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily ( d. 1814 )

* After the death of Queen Maria of Sicily, her husband Martin I of Sicily becomes sole ruler.

* Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1198 )

Regardless, on the strength of the donation of Avignon, Queen Joanna I of Sicily, as countess of Provence, sold the city to Clement VI for 80, 000 florins on 9 June 1348 and, though it was later the seat of more than one antipope, Avignon belonged to the Papacy until 1791, when, during the disorder of the French Revolution, it was reincorporated with France.

* August 27 – Anne Marie d ' Orléans, Queen of Sicily and Sardinia ( d. 1728 )

* Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, daughter of Henry II of England ( d. 1199 )

* July 2 – Maria of Sicily, Queen of Sicily ( d. 1401 )

* November 27 – Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor ( b. 1154 )

* September 4 – Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily ( b. 1165 )

Some examples of these de facto rulers are Empress Dowager Cixi of China ( for son Tongzhi and nephew Guangxu Emperors ), Prince Alexander Menshikov ( for his former lover Empress Catherine I of Russia ), Grigori Rasputin through Tsarina Alexandra ( for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ), Cardinal Richelieu of France ( for Louis XIII ), and Queen Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily ( for her husband King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ).