List of royal saints and martyrs
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This list of royal saints and martyrs is a list of monarchs, other royals, and nobles who have been canonized or beatified, or who are otherwise named or revered as saints or martyrs in Christian churches. Their names are rendered in English and, where possible, in their own national language.
[edit] Monarchs
- Abgarus of Edessa, king of Osroene
- Alexander Nevsky [1]
- Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
- Boris I of Bulgaria [2]
- Canute IV of Denmark, known as "St. Canute", Danish "Knud 4. den Hellige"
- Charlemagne, canonized by Antipope Paschal III; this decree was never confirmed by the Church; his cultus, however, was permitted at Aachen. Charlemagne is now regarded by some as having been informally beatified
- Charles I of England, the only saint canonized by the Church of England after the Reformation; martyred January 30, 1649. Known as "St Charles, King and Martyr"
- Charles I, Count of Flanders, known as "St. Charles the Good", French "Charles le Bon", Dutch "Karel de Goede"
- Constantin Brancoveanu King of Wallachia [[3]]
- Constantine King of Dumnonia, martyr, [[4]]
- Constantine I, known as "St Constantine, Equal-to-the-Apostles", Greek "Κωνσταντίνος Α' Ἰσαπόστπλος".
- Constantine VI, emperor [[5]]
- Constantine XI Palaiologos, known as "St. Constantine XI the Ethnomartyr", Saint of the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, Greek "Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' Ἐθνομάρτυρας"
- David I of Scotland; son of Saint Margaret of Scotland, below; Gaelic "Naomh Daibhidh"(?)
- David IV of Georgia, also known as "David the Builder"; saint of the Georgian Church
- Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia
- Edward the Confessor of England
- Edward the Martyr of England
- Edwin of Northumbria, known as "St. Edwin"
- Emma of Hawaii, queen (later queen consort), help to found the Anglican church in Hawaii. Saint in US Episcopal Church. Feast day: November 28.
- Eric IX of Sweden, martyred May 18, 1161 as he was leaving mass. His cultus grew immediately, but was forbidden by Pope Alexander III in 1172; although never formally canonized, he is revered as a patron saint of Sweden, and is referred to in passing as "St. Eric" in the Catholic Encyclopedia[6][7]. Swedish "Erik den helige" or "S:t Erik"
- Ethelbert of Kent
- Ferdinand III of Castile; also known as "St. Ferdinand" or "Ferdinand III the Saint", Spanish "San Fernando"or "Fernando III el Santo".
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, husband of Cunigunde of Luxemburg (see below); known as "St Henry II", German "Heinrich II. der Heilige" (Henry II the Holy)
- Humbert III of Savoy
- Jadwiga of Poland, also known as "St. Hedwig of Poland" or "St. Hedwig Queen of Poland", Polish "Św. Jadwiga Królowa Polski"
- Justinian I, emperor
- Karl I of Austria, last kaiser of the Austrian Empire; beatified October 3, 2004; known as "Blessed Karl I" or "Blessed Karl of Austria", or sometimes as "Blessed Charles I of Austria"; German "Der Selige Kaiser Karl I" (?)
- Ladislaus I of Hungary, canonized in 1192; Hungarian "Szent László"
- Lazar Hrebeljanović, Knez ("Prince" or "Duke") of Serbia; also known as "Tsar Lazar"; killed in action against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Kosovo, 1389; canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as " Свети Косовски Великомученик кнез Лазар " ("Holy Great-Martyr of Kosovo Prince Lazar"); also called "Свети Цар Лазар" ("Holy Tsar Lazar")
- Louis IX of France, known as "St. Louis"; French "Saint Louis"
- Ludwig IV of Thuringia, husband of Elisabeth of Hungary (see below); not canonized, but revered as a saint in Thuringia; German "Ludwig IV., der Heilige" (Ludwig IV the Holy)
- Marcian emperor
- Mirdat of Iberia, martyr
- Mirian III of Iberia
- Neagoe Basarab King of Wallachia [[8]]
- Nicholas II of Russia, canonized in 1980 as saint and martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and as a saint and passion bearer by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on August 14, 2000; Russian "Царь-Мученик Николай II" ("Tsar-Martyr Nicholas II") and "Святой Страстотерпец Царь Николай II" ("Holy Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas II")
- Olaf II of Norway, known as "St. Olav" or "St. Olave"; Old Norse "Oláfr hinn helgi"; Bokmål "Olav den hellige"; Nynorsk "Heilag-Olav"
- Oswald of Northumbria, martyred August 5, 642
- Peter I of Bulgaria
- Stephen I of Hungary, canonized as "St. Stephen of Hungary", Hungarian "Szent István király"
- Stephen the Great, King of Moldavia, repaused July 2, 1504; called "Athlete of Christianity"; one of the patron saints of Moldavia. Romanian "Dreptcredinciosul Voievod Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt"
- Tiridates III of Armenia, honoured as a saint in the Armenian Church
- Vladimir I of Kiev, first Christian ruler of Kiev; in the Russian Orthodox Church he is accorded a title meaning "equal to the Apostles". Russian "Владимир Святой"; Ukrainian "Володимир Святий" or "Святий рівноапостольний князь Володимир" ("Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Duke Volodymyr")
- Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, martyred September 28, 935; subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas"; patron of the Czech Republic. Czech "Svatý Václav", German "Heilige Wenzel"
[edit] Other royals and nobles
- Agnes of Bohemia, daughter of Otakar I of Bohemia; Czech "Sv. Anežka Česka"
- Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (Alix of Hesse)
- Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia
- Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
- Bertha of Kent; revered as a saint, but not canonized
- Bojan Enravota, prince of Bulgaria [[9]]
- Boris and Gleb, princes of Kiev
- Casimir, son of Casimir IV of Poland; also known as "St. Casimir of Poland" or "Saint Casimir Jagiełło"; Polish "Święty Kazimierz"
- Cunigunde of Luxemburg, wife of Henry II; Luxembourgish "Helleg Kunigunde"
- Dmitry of Moscow
- Edburga of Winchester, daughter of Edward the Elder
- Edburga of Bicester, daughter of Penda of Mercia
- Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet, or Heaburg, or Bugga, daughter of Centwine of Wessex
- Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia
- Elisabeth of Hungary, wife of Ludwig IV of Thuringia (see above); Hungarian "Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet" (Saint Elizabeth of Arpad's line)
- Elizabeth of Portugal, daughter of Pedro III of Aragon; wife of Denis of Portugal; also known as "Saint Queen Elizabeth" or "St. Isabel of Portugal"; Portuguese "Rainha Santa Isabel"
- Emeric of Hungary, son of Stephen I of Hungary, "Szent Imre" in Hungarian.
- Hedwig of Andechs, daughter of Berthold III, Count of Tyrol, wife of Henry I of Poland, canonized 1267 as "St. Hedwig of Andechs", Polish "Św. Jadwiga Śląska"
- Helena of Constantinople, Roman Empress, mother of Constantine I (above)
- Jeanne of France, daughter of Louis XI of France; wife of Louis XII of France; known as "St. Jeanne de Valois"; French "Ste Jeanne de France"
- Joana of Portugal, daughter of Afonso V of Portugal, joined the Dominican Order; known in Portugal as Santa Joana Princesa (Princess Saint Joan), although she as only been beatified
- Jolenta of Poland, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary; wife of Boleslaus the Pious of Poland; also known as "Blessed Yolande of Poland" and "Blessed Helen of Hungary"; Polish "Bł. Jolenty w Gnieźnie "
- Ketevan the Martyr, queen of Kakheti, canonized by the Georgian Church
- Kinga of Poland, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary; wife of Boleslaus V of Poland; also known as "St Kunigunda", "St Cunegunde", "St Kioga", or "St Zinga"; Polish "Świętej Kinga"
- Ludmila, Czech princess
- Mafalda of Portugal, O. Cist., daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and queen-consort of Castille; known in Portugal as Rainha Santa Mafalda (although only beatified)
- Margaret of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary; Hungarian, "Árpád-házi Szent Margit" (St. Margaret of Arpad's line)
- Blessed Margaret of Savoy, Marchioness of Montferrat.
- Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), granddaughter of Edmund II of England; wife of Malcolm III of Scotland and mother of David I of Scotland (above); canonized in 1251 by Pope Innocent IV
- Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
- Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm., ancestor of Portuguese House of Braganza
- Olga of Kiev, regent of son Svyatoslav I, Prince of Kiev; Russian "Свята Ольга" ("Holy Olga")
- Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
- Sancha of Portugal, O. Cist., daughter of Sancho I of Portugal; known in Portugal as Rainha Santa Sancha (although only beatified)
- Teresa of Portugal, O. Cist., daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and queen-consort of León; known in Portugal as Rainha Santa Teresa (although only beatified)
- Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
