What notable women in European history who came from royal or imperial families, who were never daughters of kings, but became queens -- either consort or regnant?
To date thus far, Victoria has been the only queen regnant in English or Scottish royal history who was never a king's daughter. The other five reigning queens of England were, as well as the other two of Scotland. Princess Margaret ("The Maid") of Norway presents an interesting case, because she was never the daughter of a Scottish king. Nevertheless, she was the daughter of a Norwegian king (Eric II). So she doesn't qualify as queen regnant who was "only a granddaughter, but never daughter", of a king -- even though she inherited the throne of her maternal grandfather, not father.
As for queens consort: the examples of such princesses (whose fathers were younger sons of kings and never succeeded) are legion. But notable ones coming to mind are Louise (1828-1871), granddaughter of King Willem I of the Netherlands and wife of King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway; Marie (1825-1889), granddaughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and wife of King Maximilian II of Bavaria; Olga (1851-1926), granddaughter of Czar Nicholas I of Russia and wife of King George I of the Hellenes; Marie (1875-1938), granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (who counts as a *king*) and wife of King Ferdinand of Romania; Astrid (1905-1935), granddaughter of King Oscar II of Sweden and wife of King Leopold III of the Belgians.
Can anybody name additional examples? The situation with Archduchess of Austria is tricky, since titles and styles were unlimited in dynastic males lines of descent from the Habsburgs. Neither Queen Marie Henriette of the Belgians (consort of King Leopold II) nor Queen Maria Cristina of Spain (second wife of King Alfonso XII) was ever a daughter or even granddaughter of a king.
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