Explores the overlooked consorts of the Stuart monarchs, revealing their influences on the kingdoms of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales from 1406 to 1714.

Stuart Spouses looks at the oft-overshadowed consorts of the Stuart monarchs, from 1406 to 1714. By focusing on these people and detailing their rises to matrimony, the trials and tribulations of their courtships, and the impact their unions and dissolutions had on the kingdoms of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales, one learns not only the history of these kingdoms but the true, sometimes soft, power behind the throne.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Timeline of the Stewart/Stuart Monarchs
• Family Trees
• Introduction
• A Note on the Auld Alliance
• Prologue: Who Were the Stuarts?
• Chapter 1 Joan Beaufort
• Chapter 2 Mary of Guelders
• Chapter 3 Margaret of Denmark
• Chapter 4 Margaret Tudor
• Chapter 5 Madeleine de Valois
• Chapter 6 Marie de Guise
• A Note on the Scottish Reformation and Mary, Queen of Scots
• Chapter 7 Francis II of France
• Chapter 8 Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
• Chapter 9 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
• Chapter 10 Anna of Denmark
• Chapter 11 Henriette Marie of France
• A Cromwellian Interlude: Elizabeth Bourchier and Dorothy Maijor
• Chapter 12 Catherine of Braganza
• Chapter 13 Anne Hyde and Maria of Modena
• Chapter 14 Mary II & William III
• Chapter 15 George of Denmark
• Epilogue: The Introduction of the Hanoverians
• Appendix: A Selection of Poems
• Bibliography
• Plates