Maria Borisovna of Tver (1442 – 1467) was Grand Princess consort of Muscovy, married in 1452, to Grand Prince Ivan III (Tsar of Russia) Tsar Ivan III died in 1505, 38 years later.
Princess Marie Louise d'Orléans (February 12, 1689) was Queen of Spain as the first wife of King Carlos II of Spain. He died on November 1, 1700, 11 years later.
Princess Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy (February 14, 1714) Queen of Spain by marriage to Felipe V of Spain who died on July 9, 1746, 32 years later.
King Fernando VII of Spain outlived his first three wives. Technically his first wife was never Queen as her husband was Prince of Asturias at the time of her death.
Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily
(m. 1802; died 1806)
Infanta Maria Isabel of Portugal
(m. 1816; died 1818)
Princess Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony
(m. 1819; died 1829)
I know that there have been plenty of queens CONSORTS in history whose husbands survived them. Most married queens regnant, however, seem to have become widows -- the most recent examples being Beatrix of the Netherlands, Margrethe II of Denmark, and Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
However, there have been exceptions: Isabel I of Castile, Maria II of Portugal, and Juliana of the Netherlands were all outlived by their husbands. Have there been additional examples?
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