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 * See also: List of Irish monarchs

The Queen of Ireland or sometimes Royal Consort of Ireland was the spouse of the rulers and monarch of Ireland.

There have been no native Queens of Ireland since the late 12th century, following the complex sequence of the Norman invasion of Ireland, Treaty of Windsor (1175), and death of the last true High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, in 1198.

From 1542 it was a style if not always a reality of the wife of the foreign Monarch of England and later Great Britain, or that of the Queen of these realms in her own right.

Ladies of Ireland
The Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541) was all-island. Irish state created in the wake of the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71.

House of Plantagenet
This long-lived dynasty is usually divided into three houses: the Angevins, the House of Lancaster, and the House of York.

Angevins
As the leader of the Norman invasion of Ireland Henry II of England created the title of Lord of Ireland for his youngest son John in 1177. The title came to be held by the monarchs of England when John later, and unexpectedly, inherited the English crown in 1199.

House of Tudor
''The Tudors were of partial Welsh ancestry, and in 1536 Wales was fully incorporated into the English state (having been under English control since 1284). With Henry VIII's break from the Roman Catholic Church the monarch became the Supreme Head of the Church of Ireland.

Royal consorts of Ireland (Kingdom of Ireland and after)
In 1542 the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 was passed in the Parliament of Ireland, stating that Henry VIII of England and his successors would also be Kings of Ireland. This was not recognized in Europe until circa 1555, by which time Henry was dead. More importantly, Gaelic Ireland, with its many overkings and sub-kings, was not completely brought under control until after the so-called Flight of the Earls in 1607, following the Nine Years' War. From 1555 to 1603 the quasi-official monarchs of Ireland, or at least a large part of it, were the Tudors, Mary I of England and Elizabeth I of England.

House of Stuart
''Following the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 without issue, the Scottish king, James VI, succeeded to the English throne as James I in what became known as the Union of the Crowns. In 1604 he adopted the title King of Great Britain, although the kingdoms remained separate.

House of Hanover
''The Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament. In return for access to the economically alluring plantations in North America, the Hanoverian succession and ultimately the Union was ratified by the English Parliament and subsequently the Scottish Parliament in 1707.''

During George III's reign The Kingdom's of Great Britain and Ireland merged to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Act of Union 1800.

For the queens between 1801 and 1927, go to List of British consorts.

House of Windsor
Following dominion status being conferred on the Irish Free State in 1922, in 1927 the title King of Ireland was re-introduced, and lasted until Ireland became a republic in 1949.

For the queens of Northern Ireland, go to List of British consorts.