The Princesses of Wales

Suggested reading

Joan of Kent, Wife of Edward of Woodstock

Held title from October 10, 1361 to June 1376

 “The First Princess of Wales” by Karen Harper


Anne Neville, wife of Edward of Westminster

Held title from December 13, 1470- May 4, 1471

  “The Kingmaker’s Women: Anne Beauchamp and Her Daughters, Isabel and Anne Neville” by Julia A Hickey


Catherine of Aragon, Wife of Arthur Tudor

Held title from May 19, 1499 to April 2, 1502

“Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen”  by Giles Tremlett

“Catherine of Aragon: Infanta of Spain, Queen of England” by Theresa Earenfight


Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife of George Augustus

Held title from September 27, 1714 to June 11, 1727

“The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach” by Matthew Dennison


Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, wife of Frederick Louis

Held title from April 17, 1736 to March 31, 1751


Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolenbuttel, wife of George Augustus Frederick

Held title from April 8, 1795 to January 20, 1820

“Caroline, a Biography of Caroline of Brunswick” by Thea Holme


Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark, wife of Albert Edward

Held title from March 10, 1863 to January 22, 1901

“Queen Alexandra” by Frances Diamond


Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck, wife of Frederick Ernest Albert

Held title from November 9, 1901 to May 6, 1910

“Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor” by Anne Edwards

“Queen Mary” by James Pope-Hennessy

“The Quest for Queen Mary” by James Pope-Hennessy and Hugo Vickers


Diana Frances Spencer, 1st wife of Charles Phillip Arthur George

Held title from July 29, 1981 to August 31, 1997

“Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words” by Andrew Morton

“Diana – Remembering the Princess: Reflections on her life, twenty-five years on from her death” by Ken Wharfe and Ros Coward


Camilla Rosemary Shand Parker Bowles, 2nd wife of Charles Phillip Arthur George

Held title from April 9, 2005 to September 8, 2022 (did not use the title)

“Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort” by Angela Levin

“The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown” by Penny Junor


Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, wife of William Arthur Phillip Louis

Held title from September 8, 2022 to present

“Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen” by Robert Jobson

“Kate Middleton Biography: The Life of an Elegant Duchess and Her Dedication” by Christopher Lee Ward


Women who were not a Princess of Wales, but could have been

Cecily Neville, Wife of Richard, 3rd Duke of York

“Cecily Neville: Mother of Kings” by Amy License


Mary Tudor, later Queen Mary I

“Mary Tudor: England’s First Queen” by Anna Whitelock


Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, later Queen Elizabeth II

“Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II” by Robert Hardman