This is a list of current and former female monarchs regardless of title, including queens regnant, empresses regnant, pharaohs and monarchs by other titles (grand duchess, princess, etc.). Consorts, such queens consort (i.e. spouses of male monarchs) are not included, see

list of current consorts of sovereigns List of current consorts of sovereigns Unmarried sovereigns * Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia * Pope Francis, being an ordained priest of the Catholic Church, is sworn to celibacy. Sovereigns with a deceased consort * Margrethe II, Q ...

. Female regents are not included, see list of regents. The following is an incomplete list of women monarchs who are well known from popular writings, although many ancient and poorly documented ruling monarchs (such as those from Africa and Oceania) are omitted. Section 1 lists monarchs who ruled in their own right, such as queens regnant. Section 2 lists legendary monarchs. Section 3 lists constituent monarchs: monarchs who ruled in their own right, but had no constitutional standing or regal powers while in power. Section 4 lists various female rulers who were referred to with the title "Chieftainess." Regents, such as queens regent, are not monarchs and are not included in this page. Pretenders to thrones are also not included in this page.

Monarchs

Africa

North Africa

= Algeria

= Canary Islands

= The

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

are Spanish territories of North Africa.

Peraza family The Peraza family was a Castilian noble family of conquistadors, territorial lords, counts, and governors that were a significant force in the history and conquest of the Canary Islands during the Age of Discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth c ...

Kingdom of the Canary Islands The Kingdom of the Canary Islands was a vassal state of the Crown of Castile located in North Africa, lasting from 1404 to 1448. First contact by Europeans Apart from earlier contact by Romans, one of the first known Europeans to have encounter ...

The title of "King/Queen of the Canary Islands" was included in the list of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown.

= Egypt

= The first ''verified'' female monarch of Egypt is Sobekneferu of the Twelfth dynasty. However, queens from earlier periods such as Neithhotep,

Merneith Merneith (also written Merit-neith and Meryt-Neith) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty. She may have been a ruler of Egypt in her own right, based on several official records. If this was the case and the earli ...

and Khentkaus I held powerful positions and may have ruled Egypt in their own right, but the archaeological evidence is ambiguous.

= Libya

= Sudan

West Africa

= Benin

= The Gambia

= * Elizabeth II, Queen of the Gambia (reigned 1965–1970)

= Ghana

= * Elizabeth II, Queen of Ghana (reigned 1957–1960) Akan state of Denkyira * Amoako Atta Yiadom (reigned 1770–1793), ''Denkyirahene'' Akan state of Dwaben *

Ama Serwah Ama or AMA may refer to: Ama Languages * Ama language (New Guinea) * Ama language (Sudan) People * Ama (Ama Kōhei), former ring name for sumo wrestler Harumafuji Kōhei * Mary Ama, a New Zealand artist * Shola Ama, a British singer * Ām ...

(reigned 1838–1846), ''Dwabenhene'' *

Unknown Dwabenhene Unknown or The Unknown may refer to: Film * ''The Unknown'' (1915 comedy film), a silent boxing film * ''The Unknown'' (1915 drama film) * ''The Unknown'' (1927 film), a silent horror film starring Lon Chaney * ''The Unknown'' (1936 film), a ...

(reigned 1846-18??) *

Nana Juaben Serwah II Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to: People and fictional characters * Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name * Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname * Nana ( ...

(reigned 1959–19??), ''Dwabenhene'' Akan state of Akyem Abuakwa *

Nana Afia Dokuaa Nana Afia Dokuaa was the first and only woman to hold the office of ruler, or Okyenhene, in the history of Akyem Abuakwa in present-day Ghana. She ascended the Ofori stool in 1817 after her uncle Kofi Asante, and ruled until 1835. She was a note ...

(reigned 1817–1835) Gã *

Dode Akaabi Queen Dodi Akaabi also known as Naa Dode Akabi I ruled the Ga Land from 1610-1635 and was a Guan Obutu or Awutu princess who was married to the wealthy Ga King, Mampong Okai. The Obutus/Awutus were known for pomp and opulence and were much int ...

(reigned 1610–1635)

= Guinea-Bissau

= Orango *

Aurelia Correia Dona Aurelia Correia (d. circa 1875), also known as Mae Aurelia, Mame Correia Aurelia and Madame Oralia, was a Euro-African '' nhara'' slave trader.Philip J. Havik, Silences and Soundbites: The Gendered Dynamics of Trade and Brokerage in the ...' ...

(reigned 1830–1874/1879) * Okinka Pampa Kanyimpa (reigned –1930) – Succeeded her father Bankajapa.

Roxa Roxa
in the Catalogue of Islands at Juliana of Canhabaque (reigned in the early 1900s) * Idiana Ibop (reigned until the 1920s)

= Côte d'Ivoire

= Baoule * Pokou (reigned ) – Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe. * Akwa Boni (reigned ) – Pokou's niece who succeeded her to the throne.

= Liberia

= * Famata Bendu, queen of the Vai people (reigned ?–1892)

= Mali

Mali Empire The Mali Empire ( Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl ...

* Kassi (reigned ?–1352/1353), co-ruler with Mansa Sulayman

= Nigeria

= * Elizabeth II, Queen of Nigeria (reigned 1960–1963) Daura The title "Kabara" was used by female monarchs who ruled over the Hausa people in the Middle Ages. A line of matriarchal monarchs is recorded in the '' Kano Chronicle'' that ends with the reign of

Daurama Daurama or Magajiya Daurama (c. 9th century) was a ruler of the Hausa people who, as the Last Kabara of Daura, presided over the upheaval that saw a transference of power from the matriarchal royal system of the Hausa people. Oral traditions re ...

in the 9th century. These queens reigned from to . * Kufuru * Ginu * Yakumo * Yakunya * Wanzamu * Yanbamu * Gizir-gizir * Inna-Gari * Daurama * Ga-Wata * Shata * Fatatuma * Sai-Da-Mata * Ja-Mata * Ha-Mata * Zama * Sha-Wata *

II Igodomigodo * Emose (reigned 584–600) * Orrorro (reigned 600–618) Ondo Kingdom * Pupupu, founder and ruler of the Ondo Kingdom . Zazzau * Amina – There is controversy among scholars as to the date of her reign, one school placing her in the mid-15th century, and a second placing her reign in the mid to late 16th century. Ifẹ * Ooni Luwoo (reigned in the 10th century) Oyo Empire * Orompoto (reigned –1575) – Succeeded her brother Eguguojo to the throne. Igala Kingdom * Ebulejonu, also known as Ebule (reigned in the 16th century) Akure Kingdom * Èyé Àró (reigned 1393–1419) * Èyémọ̀ị́n (reigned 1705–1735) * Amọ́robíòjò (reigned 1850–1851)

= Senegal

= Lingeer's leadership activities were carried out at the highest tier, as a co-monarch. * Lingeer Fatim Beye (reigned ) *

Lingeer Ndoye Demba Linguere Ndoye Demba Joos Fadiou, also known as Ndoye Demba in Senegambian dynastic history, was a Serer princess from the Kingdom of Sine (now part of present-day Senegal), from the later half of the 14th century to the 15th century. The roya ...

(reigned ) – she was the founder of the Serer Joos Maternal Dynasty * Lingeer Ngoné Dièye * Njembot Mbodj * Ndaté Yalla Mbodj * Lingeer Selbeh Ndoffene Joof

= Sierra Leone

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Sierra Leone Elizabeth II was Queen of Sierra Leone from 1961 to 1971, when Sierra Leone was an independent constitutional monarchy. She was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her constitutional roles in Sierra Leone ...

(reigned 1961–1971)

Koya Temne The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone. The kingdom was founded by the Temne people, Temne ethnic group in or around 1505 by mi ...

* Fatima (reigned 1826–1840) Kpa Mende * Madam Yoko (reigned 1878–1906)

Central Africa

= Angola

= Mbunda Kingdom * Vamwene Naama * Vamwene Yamvu * Vamwene Mbaao ya Chinguli (reigned in the 1500s–early 1600s) * Vamwene Kaamba ka Mbaao * Vamwene Mukenge wa Lweembe, Livindamo

Kingdom of kongo The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the ...

There were two female monarchs during Kongo Civil War. *

Ana Afonso de Leão Ana Afonso de Leão (1625 - 1710) was the queen regnant of the Kingdom of Nkondo between 1673 and 1710. She conquered the territories of Lemba and Matari, as well as those located along the Mbidizi river in the Kingdom of Kongo (in the regions ...

, queen of Kinlaza * , queen of Kimpanzu

= Cameroon

= * Soukda, founder of Mandara Kingdom (reigned ) * Ngoungoure, queen of

Bamum Bamum, also spelled Bamoum, Bamun, or Bamoun, may refer to: *The Bamum people *The Bamum kingdom *The Bamum language *The Bamum script ** Bamum (Unicode block) * Bamum Scripts and Archives Project {{Disambig Language and nationality disambiguation ...

(reigned 1865) – her rule lasted 30 minutes

= Chad

Kanem–Bornu Empire The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. It was known to the Arabian geographers as the Kanem Empire from the 8th century AD onward and lasted as the independent kingdom of Bornu (the B ...

Aissa Koli Aissa Koli also called ''Aisa Kili Ngirmaramma'' was a queen regnant in the Kanem–Bornu Empire in 1497–1504 or 1563–1570. There are some discrepancies about the parentage and dates of her rule. The Arabic historians did not record her rule, ...

(reigned 1497–1504 or 1563–1570)

East Africa

= Comoros

= Bambao * Nyau wa Faume

Itsandra Itsandra was one of the two major sultanates on the island of Grand Comore before the French colonization of the Comoros. It was taken over by the Sultanate of Anjouan Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hin ...

* Fey Beja waWabeja, ''Mfalme'' Bajini * Ja Mhaba, ''Mfalme'' * Hadija bint Ahmed, ''Mfalme''

= Ethiopia

= Kenya

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Kenya Elizabeth II was Queen of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, when Kenya was an independent sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy. She was also the sovereign of the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her roles as the Kenyan h ...

(reigned 1963–1964) * Mwana Mkisi, founder of Mombasa *

Mwana Inali Mwana may refer to *Mwana (name) *Mwana Mwinga, a settlement in Kenya *Mwana Africa F.C., a Zimbabwean football club *Aie a Mwana "Aie a Mwana" is a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and J ...

, ruler of Kitao on Manda Island * Mwana Mimi, ruler of

Pate Sultanate Pate (Paté) Island () is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga in the former Coast Province. T ...

(reigned 1763–1773)

= Madagascar

= Ambohidratrimo * Ravorombato Menabe * Bibiasa Bemihisatra * Safy Mozongo – Mother of Binao * Binao – Daughter of Safy Mozongo Bemazava * Irana * Tsiresy I * Tsiresy II

Antankarana The Antankarana (or ''Antakarana'') are an ethnic group of Madagascar inhabiting the northern tip of Madagascar, around Antsiranana. Their name means "the people of the ''tsingy''," the limestone rock formations that distinguish their traditiona ...

* Ambary * Soanaomby

= Mauritius

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Mauritius Elizabeth II was Queen of Mauritius as well as its head of state from 1968 to 1992 when Mauritius was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations. She was also the monarch of other Commonwealth ...

(reigned 1968–1992)

= Somalia

= * Asha Ngumi, ruler of Ngumi Island in the Bajuni Islands

= Somaliland

= Sultanate of Ifat * Māti Layla Abūd (reigned in the 14th century)

= South Sudan

= Shilluk Kingdom * , the eighth ruler (and only queen) of the Shilluk.

= Tanzania

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Tanganyika Elizabeth II was Queen of Tanganyika from 1961 to 1962, when Tanganyika was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy. She was also the monarch of other sovereign states, including the United Kingdom. Her constitutional roles ...

(reigned 1961–1962) * Therese Ntare VI of Heru Unguja * Mwana Mwema, queen of Unguja (reigned ?–1653) *

Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi (c. 1650 – 1715) was a queen of Unguja in pre-Sultanate Zanzibar (modern Tanzania). A supporter of the Portuguese in their war against Oman, she sent supplies to the Europeans at the Siege of Fort Jesus. She was cap ...

, queen of Unguja (reigned ?–1698 and 1709–1715) Pemba Island * Mwana Mize binti Muaba (reigned in the 17th century) * Mwana Fatuma binti Dathash (reigned in the 17th century) *

Mwana Hadiya Mwana may refer to *Mwana (name) *Mwana Mwinga, a settlement in Kenya *Mwana Africa F.C., a Zimbabwean football club *Aie a Mwana "Aie a Mwana" is a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and J ...

(reigned in the 17th century) * Mwana Aisha (reigned in the 17th century)

Tumbatu Island Tumabatu Island is an island located in Kaskazini A District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast. In Tanzania, East Africa's Zanzibar Archipelago The Zanzibar Archipelago ( ar, أرخبيل زنجبار, sw, Funguvisiwa la Zanz ...

Mwana wa Mwana Mwana may refer to *Mwana (name) *Mwana Mwinga, a settlement in Kenya *Mwana Africa F.C., a Zimbabwean football club *Aie a Mwana "Aie a Mwana" is a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and J ...

* Fatima * Mwana Kazija bint Ngwale bin Kombo bin Ali

Kua Tsoa or Tshwa, also known as Kua and Hiechware, is an East Kalahari Khoe dialect cluster spoken by several thousand people in Botswana and Zimbabwe. One of the dialects is Tjwao (formerly Tshwao), the only Khoisan language in Zimbabwe, wher ...

* Mother of Mwanzuani * Mwanzuani – she succeeded her mother Mikindani * Sabani binti Ngumi – she was succeeded by her daughter * Daughter of Sabani binti Ngumi

= Uganda

Southern Africa

= Malawi

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Malawi Elizabeth II was Queen of Malawi from 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations. She was also the sovereign of the other Commonwealth realms, including the Unite ...

(reigned 1964–1966)

= Namibia

= South Africa

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1961)

AmaMpondomise The Mpondomise people, also called AmaMpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people.Mpondo people
Encyclopædia ...

* Mamani kaPhahlo (reigned 1732–1758)

Lobedu people The Lobedu or Balobedu ''(''also known as the BaLozwi or Bathobolo'')'' are a southern African ethnic group. Their area is called Bolobedu. They are initially known as Bakwebo (wild pigs). The name "balobedu" means "the mineral miners" lobela ...

The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Lobedu, the people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The succession to the position of Rain Queen is matrilineal, meaning that the Queen's eldest daughter is the heir, and that males are not entitled to inherit the throne at all. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. *

Maselekwane Modjadji Maselekwane Modjadji I (died 1854) was the first Rain Queen of the South African Balobedu tribe. Maselekwane reigned from 1800 to 1854. She was succeeded by Rain Queen Masalanabo Modjadji II. Maselekwane was the daughter of Mugodo, Chief of th ...

(reigned 1800–1854) * Masalanabo I Modjadji (reigned 1854–1894) *

Khetoane Modjadji Khesetoane Modjadji III (18691959) became the third Rain Queen from the South African Balobedu tribe of the South African Limpopo Province.Bonnie G. Smith. «The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: 4 Volume Set». Khesetoane reigned f ...

(reigned 1895–1959) *

Makoma Modjadji Makoma Modjadji IV (19051980) was the fourth Rain Queen of the Balobedu tribe of the Limpopo Province of South Africa, succeeding her mother, Queen Khesetoane Modjadji III, in 1959 and reigning until her death. She married Andreas Maake, with who ...

(reigned 1959–1980) * Mokope Modjadji (reigned 1981–2001) * Makobo Modjadji (reigned 2003–2005) * Masalanabo II Modjadji

= Zambia

= * Mamochisane, queen of the Makololo (reigned )

= Zimbabwe

= * Elizabeth II, Queen of Rhodesia (reigned 1965–1970)

The Americas

North America

= Canada

= * Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

= Mexico

= Cobá * (reigned ) * (reigned ) *

Lady K’awiil Ajaw The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Inform ...

(reigned 640–682) Ecatepec *

Tlapalizquixochtzin Tlapalizquixochtzin was an Aztec noblewoman and Queen regnant of the Aztec city of Ecatepec. She was also a Queen consort or Empress of Tenochtitlan. Family She was born as a Princess – daughter of Prince Matlaccoatzin and thus a granddaug ...

(reigned in the late 15th–early 16th century) Palenque ZacKukProfile

* Ix Yohl Ik'nal (reigned 583–604) * Sak K'uk', also known as Muwaan Mat (reigned 612–615)

Tepetlaoztoc Tepetlaoztoc or Tepetlaoxtoc ( Nahuatl for " tepetate-cave place", ) is an archaeological site located in the Central Mexico plateau region of Mesoamerica, which was an Aztec/Nahua settlement during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chrono ...

* Azcasuch (reigned in the late 15th–early 16th century) Toltec Empire * Xiuhtlaltzin (reigned 979–983) Toniná * Lady K'awiil Yopaat (reigned 762–774) Tzacoalco * Malinxalchitl (reigned ?–1524) Mixtec * Lady 9 Wind Stone Quexquemitl * Lady 6 Monkey War Quexquemitl * Lady 1 Death * Lady 13 Flower Precious Bird * Lady 2 Flower Rising Jewel * Lady 11 Monkey Jade Spiderweb * Lady 11 Alligator Quetzal Jewel * Lady 2 Jaguar Jade Spiderweb * Lady 5 Rabbit Jewel * Lady 3 Jaguar Precious Butterfly Sun * Lady 6 Water Quetzal Jewel of Flower War * Lady 3 Rabbit Divine Flame * Lady 12 Flower Broken Mountain Butterfly * Lady 11 Rabbit Jewel of the Rising Sun * Lady 8 Deer Quetzal Spiderweb * Lady 1 Flower Jaguar Quexquemitl

Central America

= Belize

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1981–2022)

Pusilha Pusilhá is an archaeological site in Belize. The location of this Late Classic Maya urban complex, along the east and west flow of trade, made the city a major transfer point for economic activities in the whole region. In addition, the city gave ...

Lady Ich’aak K’inich The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Inform ...

(reigned c.710–731)

= Guatemala

= El Perú *

Lady K'abel Lady K'abel (7th-century - between 702 and 711) was the queen regnant of the Maya Wak kingdom between 672 and 692 AD. She is also referred to by the names Lady Water Lily Hand and Lady Snake Lord. Life She was a member of the powerful Snake dynas ...

(reigned 672–692) La Florida * Lady Chaak (reigned ) Naranjo * Wac Chanil Ahau, also known as Lady Six Sky Tikal *

Unen Bahlam Unen BahlamThe ruler's name, when transcribed is UNEN AHLAM'', translated "Baby Jaguar", Martin & Grube 2008, p.27. (fl. c. 317) was queen of the Maya city-state of Tikal Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an a ...

(reigned ) * Lady of Tikal (reigned 511–527?)

The Caribbean

= Antigua and Barbuda

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1981–2022)

= Bahamas

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1973–2022)

= Barbados

= * Elizabeth II, Queen of Barbados (reigned 1966–2021)

= Grenada

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1974–2022)

= Jamaica

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1962–2022)

= Saint Kitts and Nevis

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1983–2022)

= Saint Lucia

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1979–2022)

= Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1979–2022)

South America

= Brazil

= * Maria I (reigned as Queen of Brazil 1815–1816) – she was also Queen of Portugal in 1777–1816

= Ecuador

= * Quilago, queen of Cochasquí

= Guyana

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Guyana Elizabeth II was Queen of Guyana from 1966 to 1970, when Guyana was independent sovereign state with a constitutional monarchy. She was also the sovereign of the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her constitutional roles ...

(reigned 1966–1970)

= Peru

= * Lady of Cao, Moche ruler

= Suriname

= * Juliana (reigned 1954–1975)

= Trinidad and Tobago

= * Elizabeth II,

Queen of Trinidad and Tobago The Queen of Trinidad and Tobago was the head of state from independence in 1962 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1976. The monarch's constitutional roles were delegated to a governor-general, who acted on the advice of government ministe ...

(reigned 1962–1976)

Asia

East Asia

= China

=
In Tibet, there was ''Nüguo'' (, lit. "Kingdom of Women"), also known as ''Dong nüguo'' (, lit. "Eastern Kingdom of Women"), related to the tribe

Sumpa The Sumpa () were a tribe living in northeastern Tibet from ancient times. Chinese historical sources refer to them as " Qiang", a term for people living in what is now Southwest China, and their actual ethnic identity is not known. Their territory ...

. Several queens regnant of there were recorded in Chinese history books. *

Supi Mojie The Sumpa () were a tribe living in northeastern Tibet from ancient times. Chinese historical sources refer to them as " Qiang", a term for people living in what is now Southwest China, and their actual ethnic identity is not known. Their territor ...

() * Dajiawa () * Qibangsun () * Tangpangshi () Old Book of Tang, vol. 197 * Lianbi () * Eyaner () * Zhaoyefu () Wuman * () – her son submitted to of Nanzhao, and instead she declared herself "'' Wáng'' of the Wuman tribe (烏蠻部落王)"

= Japan

= Korea

South Asia

= Bangladesh

= India

= Maldives

= Nepal

= Pakistan

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1956) Assacani * Cleophis (reigned 326 BC–?)

Gilgit Gilgit (; Shina: ; ur, ) is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and the Hunza River. It is a major tourist destination in Pakistan, serving as a h ...

Dadi Jawari Malika Jawahir Khatun locally known as Dadi Jawari was a 17-century female ruler of Gilgit Gilgit (; Shina: ; ur, ) is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gi ...

(reigned 1642—1667 and 1689—1705) — also known as Malika Jawahir Khatun *

Malika Sahibnuma Malika may refer to: Places Nepal *Malika, Baglung, a municipality *Malika, Dailekh, a village development committee *Malika Bota, a village development committee *Malika Rural Municipality, Gulmi *Malika Rural Municipality, Myagdi *Malika Dhuri, ...

, also spelled as Sahebnuma (reigned 1825–1828) Soomra dynasty * Hamoon (reigned 1107) – she occupied the throne after her husband Sanghar's death, but was soon crushed by the nobles

= Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

= Cambodia

= Indonesia

= Laos

= Myanmar

Hanthawaddy Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon langua ...

* Shin Sawbu (reigned 1454–1471)

Sandoway Thandwe ("Thandway" in Arakanese; ; formerly Sandoway) is a town and major seaport in Rakhine State, the westernmost part of Myanmar. Thandwe is very ancient, and is said to have been at one time the capital of Rakhine State, then called Arakan. ...

* Saw Yin Mi (reigned the 1420s–1437) Waithali * Kuverami (reigned 334–341)

Laihka State Laihka State ( shn, လၢႆးၶႃႈ), also spelt Legya or Lecha ( my, လဲချား), was a state in the central division of the Southern Shan States of Burma, with an area of . The general character of the state was hilly and broken ...

* Wife of Sao Ne Ya (reigned 1680–1683) * Youngest Sister of Hkun Hkawt (reigned 1866–1868)

= Philippines

= Kingdom of Tondo * Dayang Kalangitan (reigned –) Kingdom of Maynila * Queen of Maynila, name unknown (reigned ) – she succeeded her husband Salalila and was succeeded by her son Matanda; according to oral traditions, her name is "Ysmeria" Sultanate of Sulu *

Nur ul-Azam Nur may refer to: In Islam * An-Nur, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Light". * Nūr (Islam), a concept, literally meaning "light" * An-Nur (The Light), the 24th chapter of the Qur'an * '' Risale-i Nur Collection'', a collectio ...

(reigned )

= Thailand

= Hariphunchai * Jamadevi (reigned in the 6th–7th century) — first ruler of the

Mon Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to: Places * Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar * Mon, India, a town in Nagaland * Mon district, Nagaland * Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons * An ...

kingdom of Hariphunchai Pattani *

Ratu Hijau Raja Hijau or Ratu Hijau ( th, รายาฮิเยา; ms, راتو هيجاو), also spelt Raja Ijau, was a Malay sovereign queen of Patani who reigned from 1584 to 1616. Her name means "the Green Queen" in English. She was also known as ...

, 'the Green Queen' (reigned 1584–1616) *

Ratu Biru Raja Biru or Ratu Biru ( th, รายาบีรู; ms, راتو بيرو; c. 1566–1624) ruled the Sultanate of Patani (1616–1624), succeeding her sister Raja Hijau. She was the second of three daughters of Sultan Mansur Shah who ruled the ...

, 'the Blue Queen' (reigned 1616–1624) * Ratu Ungu, 'the Purple Queen' (reigned 1624–1635) * Ratu Kuning, 'the Yellow Queen' (reigned 1635–1651) * Raja Mas Kelantan (reigned 1670–1698) * Raja Mas Chayam (reigned 1698–1702 and 1716–1718) * Raja Dewi (reigned 1702–1711) Lanna * Chiraprapha (reigned 1545–1546) * Wisutthi Thewi (reigned 1564–1578)

= Timor-Leste

= There were many chiefdoms on Timor, but according to the hierarchy among the Timorese domains, the ruler of

Sonbai Sonbai (also spelt ''Sonnebay'', ''Sonba'i'', or ''Sonbait'') was an Indonesian princely dynasty that reigned over various parts of West Timor from at least the 17th century until the 1950s. It was known as the most prestigious princedom of the Aton ...

of West Timor, the ruler of

Wehali Wehali (''Wehale'', ''Waihali'', ''Veale'') is the name of a traditional kingdom at the southern coast of Central Timor, now in the Republic of Indonesia. It is often mentioned together with its neighbouring sister kingdom, as Wewiku-Wehali (Waiwi ...

of Central Timor, and the ruler of Likusaen (today: Liquiçá) of East Timor were three paramount rulers of Timor. Liquiçá * Dona Ursula da Costa (reigned ) * Dona Gracia da Costa Rodrigues Pereira (reigned ) * Dona Engracia da Costa Delgado (reigned )

= Vietnam

West Asia

= Iran

= Iraq

= Israel and Palestine

= Jordan

Gileadite Gilead or Gilad (; he, גִּלְעָד ''Gīləʿāḏ'', ar, جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan.''Easton's Bible Dictionary'Galeed''/ref> Th ...

Laodice of the Sameans Laodice was a Queen of an unknown Kingdom in Asia. She lived at the time of the Seleucid king of Syria Antiochus X Eusebes who reigned 95 BC-92 or 88 BC. Historical account Laodice is known from the work of the first century historian Josephus ...

(reigned ) – in the Codex Leidensis, the people of Laodice is Gileadites. Nabatea *

Chuldu Chuldu or Huldu (Nabataean Aramaic: ''Ḥūldū''; fl. 1st-century CE), was a Queen of the Nabataeans, spouse and co-ruler of Aretas IV in 9 BC–AD 16. She ruled jointly with her husband from 9 BCE until 16 CE. Copper and silver coins where sh ...

(reigned 9 BC–16 AD) – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris * Shaqilath (reigned 16–40 AD) – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris * Shaqilath II – she ruled with her husband Malichus II; after his death she was regent for her son Rabbel II Soter * Gamilath – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter * Hagaru – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter

= Lebanon

= Tripoli
The County of Tripoli was an autonomous state. * Lucia of Tripoli (reigned 1287–1289)

= Saudi Arabia

= Bāzu * Iapa, queen of the city Dihrani – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu * Baslu, queen of the city Ihilum – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu Qedarite * Zabibe (reigned –735 BC) * Samsi (reigned –710 BC) * Yatie (reigned –695 BC) * Te'el-hunu (reigned –690 BC) * Tabua (reigned –675 BC)

= Syria

= Tanukhids * Mavia (reigned 375–425) – "The Queen of the Arabs"

Seleucid Empire The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BC to 63 BC. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the ...

* Cleopatra Thea (reigned 126–121 BC) – she ruled with her sons Seleucus V and

Antiochus VIII Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus ( gr, Γρυπός, "hook-nose"), was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC. He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. He may have spent ...

* Cleopatra Selene I (reigned 82–69 BC) – she ruled with her son Antiochus XIII Palmyrene Empire * Zenobia (reigned 272) – she ruled mostly as regent for her son but reigned briefly under the regnal name Septimia Zenobia Augusta in 272.

= Turkey

Antioch
The Principality of Antioch was an autonomous state. *

Constance Constance may refer to: Places *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada * Constance, Kentucky * Constance, Minnesota * Constance (Portugal) * Mount Constance, Washington State People * Consta ...

(reigned 1130–1163)

Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (Middle Armenian: , '), also known as Cilician Armenia ( hy, Կիլիկեան Հայաստան, '), Lesser Armenia, Little Armenia or New Armenia, and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia ( hy, ...

* Isabella (reigned 1219–1252) – she co-ruled with her husband

Hethum I Hethum I (Armenian: Հեթում Ա; 1213 – 21 October 1270) ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (also known as "Little Armenia") from 1226 to 1270. He was the son of Constantine of Baberon (d. 1263) and Princess Alix Pahlavouni of Lampron (a ...

from 1226 Caria *

Artemisia I Artemisia I of Caria ( grc, Ἀρτεμισία; fl. 480 BC) was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus and of the nearby islands of Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos,Enc. Britannica, "Artemisia I" within the Achaemenid satrapy of Ca ...

(reigned ) * Artemisia II (reigned 353–351 BC) * Ada (reigned 344–340 and 334–326 BC) Dardania *

Mania Mania, also known as manic syndrome, is a mental and behavioral disorder defined as a state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, and energy level, or "a state of heightened overall activation with enhanced affective expression together wit ...

(reigned after 399 BC) – queen of ancient Dardania according to Polyaenus and Xenophon Heraclea Pontica * Amastris (reigned –284 BC) Pontus * Laodice, co-ruler of Mithridates IV * Pythodorida (reigned 8 BC–38 AD)

Olba Kingdom Olba Kingdom was an ancient kingdom in south Anatolia. It was a vassal of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucid and Roman Empires. Geography The kingdom was a small state situated in Cilicia Trachea (present Mersin Province, Turkey). It was bounded by the ...

* Queen Aba (reigned in the 1st century BC)

Prusias ad Mare Prusias may refer to : ;People *Two kings of ancient Bithynia ** Prusias I of Bithynia ** Prusias II of Bithynia ;Places and jurisdictions * Prusias ad Hypium, city in the Roman province of Honorias * ''Prusias'' and ''Prusias ad Mare'', former al ...

Orodaltis Orodaltis ( el, Ωροδάλτις 1st century BC), was an ancient princess who may have ruled the city of Prusias ad Mare in Anatolia. She was a contemporary to the first Roman Emperor Augustus, who ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD. Life Orodaltis is a ...

(reigned after 30 BC)

Saltukid dynasty The Saltukids or Saltuqids (Turkish language, Modern Turkish: ''Saltuklu Beyliği'' ) were a dynasty ruling one of the Anatolian beyliks founded after the Battle of Manzikert (1071) and centered on Erzurum. The Saltukids ruled between 1071 and 120 ...

* Melike Mama Hatun (reigned 1191–1200) Trebizond * Theodora Megale Komnene (reigned 1284–1285) * Eirene Palaiologina (reigned 1340–1341) * Anna Megale Komnene (reigned 1341–1342)

= Yemen

= Sulayhid dynasty * Asma bint Shihab (reigned 1047–1087) – she was the co-ruler of Yemen in co-regency with her cousin and spouse, Ali al-Sulayhi, and later her son, Ahmad al-Mukkaram, and daughter-in-law, Arwa al-Sulayhi. Though there were many female monarchs in the Muslim world, Asma bint Shihab and Arwa al-Sulayhi were the only female monarchs in the Arab world to have had the '' khutba'' proclaimed in their name in the mosques as sovereigns. * Arwa al-Sulayhi (reigned 1067–1138) – she ruled Yemen firstly with her first two husbands and her mother-in-law and then as sole ruler. She was the greatest of the rulers of the Sulayhid Dynasty and was also the first woman to be accorded the prestigious title of hujja in Isma'ili branch of

Shi'a Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most n ...

, signifying her as the closest living image of God's will in her lifetime.

Central Asia

= Afghanistan

= * Queen of Greater Yuezhi, name unknown (reigned in the 2nd century BC) – after the king of the Greater Yuezhi was killed by the

Xiongnu The Xiongnu (, ) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 ...

, his wife became the new monarch of Greater Yuezhi

= Uzbekistan

= * Tomyris (reigned –520 BC) — queen of Massagetae

North Asia

= Siberia

= * Botohui-Tarhun (reigned in the 13th century) — queen of Tumed

Europe

Central Europe

= Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and Czechia

= Marcomanni * Fritigil (reigned mid-4th century)

= Poland and Lithuania

Eastern Europe

= Armenia

= *

Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; grc, Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius o ...

(reigned 8 BC–1 AD and 6–12 AD) – she ruled with Tigranes IV and

Tigranes V Tigranes V, also known as Tigran V (Armenian language, Armenian: Տիգրան, el, Τιγράνης, 16 BC–36 AD) was a Herodian Dynasty, Herodian Prince who ruled as a Roman Client King of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Armenia from 6 AD to ...

= Azerbaijan

= Kingdom of Hereti * Dinar of Hereti (reigned in the c. 1010s)

= Georgia

= Russia

Sabir people The Sabirs (Savirs, Suars, Sawar, Sawirk among others; el, Σάβιροι) were nomadic people who lived in the north of the Caucasus beginning in the late-5th -7th century, on the eastern shores of the Black Sea, in the Kuban area, and possibly c ...

* Queen Boa, also known as Boareks (reigned in the 520s)

Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus (, ''Vasíleio toú Kimmerikoú Vospórou''), was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, ...

Kamasarye Philoteknos Camasarye II Philoctenus ( el, Καμασαρύη Φιλότεκνος, Kamasarye Philoktenos) or Comosarye was a daughter of Spartocus V and a Spartocid queen of the Bosporan Kingdom from 180-160/150 BC. She was the wife of her cousin Paerisad ...

(reigned 180–150 BC) – she co-ruled with her husband

Paerisades III Paerisades III ( el, Παιρισάδης) was a son of Leukon II and Alkathoe, he also succeeded his brother Spartokos V as Spartocid king of the Bosporan Kingdom from 180 to 150 BC. He co-ruled with Kamasarye II. Biography Early Reign Before ...

Dynamis Dunamis (Ancient Greek: δύναμις) is a Greek philosophical concept meaning "power", "potential" or "ability", and is central to the Aristotelian idea of ''potentiality and actuality''. Dunamis or Dynamis may also refer to: * Dynamis (Bosp ...

(reigned in 47 BC, 44–17 BC, and 16–14 BC) – she co-ruled with her first husband Asander in 47 BC and from 44 BC until 17 BC; then she co-ruled with her second husband Polemon I from 16 BC until her death * Gepaepyris (reigned 37/38–39 AD) Blue Horde * Tulun Beg Khanum (reigned 1370–1371)

Khanate of Qasim Qasim Khanate or Kingdom of Qasim or Khanate of Qasım ( tt-Cyrl, Касыйм ханлыгы/Касыйм патшалыгы; russian: Касимовское ханство/Касимовское царство, ''Kasimovskoye khanstvo/Kasimo ...

Fatima Soltan Fatima Soltan (died 1681) was a sovereign ''khanbika'' (queen) and last ruler of Qasim Khanate from 1679 until 1681. She was a daughter of Agha Muhammad Shah Quli Sayyid and a wife of Arslanghali khan. After the death of her husband in 1627 ...

(reigned 1679–1681)

Northern Europe

= Denmark, Norway and Sweden

= Agder * Åsa (reigned in the 9th century)

Western Europe

= Luxembourg and Belgium

= Burgundian Netherlands * Mary of Burgundy (reigned 1477–1482) – according to 's book, Mary of Burgundy and

Isabella Clara Eugenia Isabella Clara Eugenia ( es, link=no, Isabel Clara Eugenia; 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633), sometimes referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia, was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France with ...

are included in the list of thirty women sovereigns over European states between 1300 and 1800 Spanish Netherlands *

(reigned as independent sovereign 1598–1621) – during her and Albert's co-reign period, the Spanish Netherlands temporarily had formal independence from Spain Austrian Netherlands *

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' (in her own right). ...

(reigned 1740–1780) – she was also the sovereign of many other states as ruler of the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg * Marie-Adélaïde (reigned 1912–1919) * Charlotte (reigned 1919–1964)

= Netherlands

= Monaco

= * Claudine (reigned 1457–1458) * Louise Hippolyte (reigned 1731)

= United Kingdom and Ireland

= * Cartimandua (reigned ) — queen of the

Brigantes The Brigantes were Ancient Britons who in pre-Roman times controlled the largest section of what would become Northern England. Their territory, often referred to as Brigantia, was centred in what was later known as Yorkshire. The Greek geogr ...

, a Celtic people in what is now Northern England; she came to power around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, and formed a large tribal agglomeration that became loyal to Rome; she is known exclusively from the work of a single Roman historian, Tacitus, though she appears to have been widely influential in early Roman Britain *

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...

(reigned ) — queen of the

Brythonic Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to: *Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain *Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic *Britons (Celtic people) The Br ...

Celtic Iceni, people of Norfolk, in Eastern Britain; in 61 AD, she led a major uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire * Seaxburh of Wessex (reigned –674) – she reigned jointly with her husband Cenwalh and, according to tradition, ruled Wessex as Queen for a year following Cenwalh's death in

Southern Europe

= Albania

= * Caeria, Queen of

Illyria In classical antiquity, Illyria (; grc, Ἰλλυρία, ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; la, Illyria, ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyr ...

(reigned ?–344/343 BC)

= Bosnia

= * Jelena Gruba (reigned 1395–1398)

= Bulgaria

= Odrysian kingdom *

Antonia Tryphaena Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (her name in Ancient Greek, Greek: ἡ Ἀντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC – 55 AD) was a Kingdom of Pontus, Pontian Princess and a Ancient Rome, Roman Clie ...

(reigned 18–38) – she ruled with her son Rhoemetalces II * Pythodoris II (reigned 38–46) – she ruled with Rhoemetalces III

= Cyprus

= Kingdom of Cyprus * Charlotte (reigned 1458–1464) * Catherine Cornaro (reigned 1474–1489) British Cyprus * Victoria (reigned 1878–1901) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1960)

= Greece

Aeacid dynasty Aeacidae ( grc-gre, Αἰακίδαι, Aiakídai) refers to the Greek descendants of Aeacus, including Peleus, son of Aeacus, and Achilles, grandson of Aeacus—several times in the ''Iliad'' Homer refers to Achilles as Αἰακίδης (Aiaki ...

* Deidamia II (reigned ) Byzantine Empire * Irene of Athens (reigned 797–802) – she normally referred to herself as ''basilissa'' (empress), although there are three instances of the title ''basileus'' (emperor) being used by her. From 792 she was a co-ruler. * Theodora the Armenian (reigned 842–856, disputed) - after the death of her husband she became the co-ruler of her son but in fact she ruled the empire alone; some historians regard her as an empress regnant rather than just a regent * Thekla (reigned 842–856, disputed), co-ruler of Theodora the Armenian * Zoë Porphyrogenita (reigned 1028–1041 and 1042–1050) – she ruled with her consorts Romanos III and Michael IV between 1028 and 1041; she ruled with her sister Theodora and her third husband Constantine IX from 1042 to 1050 * Theodora Porphyrogenita (reigned 1042–1056) – she ruled from 1042 jointly with her sister Zoe and Zoe's third husband Constantine IX; she ruled from 1055 until her own death as sole monarch. * Eudokia Makrembolitissa (reigned 1067, disputed) - after the death of her husband she became a ruler; some historians regard her as an empress regnant rather than just a regent Epirus * Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (reigned 1384–1385)

Frankokratia The ''Frankokratia'' ( el, Φραγκοκρατία, la, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy, "rule of the Franks"), also known as ''Latinokratia'' ( el, Λατινοκρατία, la, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins") and ...

Latin Empire was disestablished in 1261, but Latin states in Greece, also known as

, continued to recognize Latin emperors in exile as their overlords until 1383. * Catherine I (reigned 1283–1307) * Catherine II (reigned 1307–1346) Polis *

Cratesipolis Cratesipolis ( el, Kρατησίπoλις meaning "conqueror of the city") was the ruler of Sicyon and Corinth in 314-308 BC. She was the wife of Alexander (son of Polyperchon) and was highly distinguished for her beauty, talents, and energy. In ...

(reigned ) — ruler of

Sicyon Sicyon (; el, Σικυών; ''gen''.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyon was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia. An ancient mona ...

and Corinth * Nicaea, ruler of Corinth

= Italy

= Ostrogothic Kingdom * Amalasuintha (reigned 534–535) – she ruled first as regent for her son and thereafter as queen regnant in her own right

Sardinian medieval kingdoms The Judicates (, or in Sardinian, in Latin, or in Italian), in English also referred to as Sardinian Kingdoms, Sardinian Judgedoms or Judicatures, were independent states that took power in Sardinia in the Middle Ages, between the ninth an ...

* Elena of Gallura (reigned 1203–1218) * Benedetta of Cagliari (reigned 1214–1233) * Adelasia of Torres (reigned 1236–1259) * Joanna of Gallura (reigned 1298–1308) * Eleanor of Arborea (reigned 1383–1404)

Kingdom of Sicily The Kingdom of Sicily ( la, Regnum Siciliae; it, Regno di Sicilia; scn, Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and for a time the region of Ifriqiya from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 un ...

Constance I Constance may refer to: Places *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada *Constance, Kentucky *Constance, Minnesota *Constance (Portugal) *Mount Constance, Washington State People *Constance ( ...

(reigned 1194–1198) – she co-ruled with her husband

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI (German: ''Heinrich VI.''; November 1165 – 28 September 1197), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany ( King of the Romans) from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of S ...

until 1197 * Constance II (reigned 1282–1285) – she co-ruled with her husband

Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon ( November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pres ...

* Maria (reigned 1377–1401) – she co-ruled with her husband Martin I ''the Younger'' from 1392 *

Joan the Mad Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad ( es, link=no, Juana la Loca), was the nominal Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was married by arrangement to ...

(reigned 1516–1555) – she was also Queen of Castile and

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...

* Joan I (reigned 1343–1382) * Joan II (reigned 1414–1435) * Joan III the Mad (reigned 1516–1555) – she was also Queen of Castile and

The Italian duchies restored by the Congress of Vienna became fully sovereign because the Kingdom of Italy was not restored. *

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma french: Marie-Louise-Léopoldine-Françoise-Thérèse-Josèphe-Lucie it, Maria Luigia Leopoldina Francesca Teresa Giuseppa Lucia , house = Habsburg-Lorraine , father = Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , mother = Maria Theresa of ...

(reigned 1814–1847) * Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (reigned 1815–1824) * Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa (reigned 1815–1829)

= Portugal

= Spain and Andorra

= * Toda (reigned ) — queen of Deio and

Lizarra Estella ( Spanish) or Lizarra ( Basque) is a town located in the autonomous community of Navarre, in northern Spain. It lies south west of Pamplona, close to the border with La Rioja and Álava. The town was founded in 1090 when the place, lyin ...

ra * Andregoto Galíndez (reigned ) — queen of

Lumbier Lumbier (''Irunberri'' in Basque language) is a village and municipality in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, in the north of Spain, 38 km from the capital of the community, Pamplona. It has a population of about 1400. It sta ...

= Malta

= Montenegro

= Duklja * Neda (reigned 1043–1046)

Oceania

Australasia

= Australia

= * Victoria (reigned 1901) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

= New Zealand

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...

Makea Takau Ariki Makea Takau Ariki (1839–1911) was a sovereign of the Cook Islands. She was the ''ariki'' (queen) of the dynasty ''Makea Nui'' (Great Makea), one of the three chiefdoms of the tribe '' Te Au O Tonga'' (The mist of the south) on the island of ...

, Queen/Supreme High Chiefess of the Cook Islands (reigned 1871–1911) – was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Rarotonga established in 1858, she ceased to be sovereign after 1888

Melanesia

= Fiji

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1970–1987)

= Papua New Guinea

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1975–2022)

= Solomon Islands

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1978–2022)

Polynesia

= American Samoa

* Tuimanufili (reigned as 20th Tui Manu'a) * Siliave (reigned as 23rd Tui Manu'a) * Seuea (reigned as 27th Tui Manu'a) *

Matelita Tui Manu'a Matelita, born Margaret Young, and also known as Makelita, Matelika or Lika (31 December 1872 – 29 October 1895) was the Tui Manu'a (paramount chief or queen) from 1891 to 1895. She ruled over Manu'a, a group of islands in the east ...

(reigned 1891–1895, as 39th Tui Manu'a)

= French Polynesia

= Bora Bora *

Teriimaevarua II Teri'i-maeva-rua II (born Princess Maevarua Pōmare; 23 May, 1841 – 12 February, 1873) was the Queen of Bora Bora from 1860 until her death in 1873. Teri'i-maeva-rua II belonged to the Pōmare dynasty, the royal family of Tahiti, as the daug ...

(reigned 1860–1873) *

Teriimaevarua III Ari'i-Otare Terii-maeva-rua III Pomare (28 May 1871 – 19 November 1932) was the last Queen of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895. The second daughter of Prince Tamatoa-a-tu (Tamatoa V), King of Raiātea and Tahaa and Princess ...

(reigned 1873–1895) Huahine Huahine Royal Family, late 19th century

* Teha'apapa I (reigned 1760–1790) *

Teri'itaria II Teriitaria II or Teri'itari'a II, later known as Pōmare Vahine and Ari'ipaea Vahine, baptized Taaroamaiturai ( – 1858), became Queen of Tahiti when she married King Pōmare II and later, she ruled as Queen of Huahine and Maiao in the ...

(reigned 1815–1852) *

Teha'apapa II Maerehia of Ra'iatea and Taha'a (1824 – 28 May 1893), was a princess of Raiatea and Tahaa from the Tamatoa dynasty family, a Polynesian royal family. She was wife of Ari'imate of Huahine, founder of the Teururai dynasty which reigned ...

(reigned 1868–1893) *

Teuhe Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (1840 – 21 August 1891) was a Polynesian queen who reigned the kingdom of Huahine in 18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890 under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to t ...

(reigned 1888–1890) – she reigned under a rebellion government against her mother Queen Tehaapapa II * Teha'apapa III (reigned 1893–1895) Raiatea * Tehauroarii (reigned 1881–1884) *

Tuarii Tuarii or Tūari'i (died 1911) was the queen regnant of Raiatea and Tahaa in the Leeward Islands (Society Islands), Leeward Islands of the Society Islands, part of present-day French Polynesia. She was the last monarch of the kingdom of Raiatea-T ...

(reigned till 1897) – she reigned under a rebellion government against the French with the support of

Teraupo'o Teraupo'o ( – 23 December 1918) was a Tahitian (Maohi) resistance leader of the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa who fought off French rule from 1887 to 1897 during the decade-long Leeward Islands War. Born during the decades following the Fran ...

after

Tamatoa VI Prince Ari'imate Teururai later known as King Tamatoa VI (1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the ''House of Teururai'' which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century. H ...

abdicated. Rapa Iti * Daughter of Parima (reigned 1886–1887) Rimatara * Tamaeva IV (reigned 1876–1892) * Tamaeva V (reigned 1892–1901) Tahiti * Purea (reigned in the 18th century), queen of the Teva clan on the southern part of the island before unification * Pōmare IV (reigned 1827–1877) Nuku Hiva * Vaekehu – her husband died in 1863, but Vaekehu continued to reign on her own as Queen

= Hawaii

= Ancient Hawaii * Kalanikauleleiaiwi (reigned 1695–1725) — co-ruler of

Hawaiʻi Island Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ) is the List of islands of the United States by area, largest island in the United States, located in the U.S. state, state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of High island, volcanic ...

along with her brother Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku * Ululani, Chiefess of

Hilo Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United ...

Kapau-a-Nuʻakea Kapau-a-Nuakea was a Chiefess of Molokaʻi. Kapau-a-Nuʻakea was the only known child of Chief Keʻoloʻewa and Chiefess Nuʻakea In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation. This name was also a title for a wet ...

, 3rd Chiefess of

Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...

Kamauliwahine Kamauliwahine (''wahine'' = “woman”) was Aliʻi nui of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokaʻi.''Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History''. Vol. 6. Kamauliwahine was the only known child of Lanileo and Ch ...

, 4th Chiefess of

* Hualani, 5th Chiefess of Molokai *

Kanealai Kaneʻalai (also known as Kane-a-Laʻe) was a Queen regnant of the Hawaiian island of Molokai, who lived in the 18th century. She ruled as Alii nui of Molokai. She was a daughter of Luahiwa II (of the reigning family of Kauai) and Ka-hoʻoia-a-P ...

, Chiefess of

Kūkaniloko Kūkaniloko was an ancient Hawaiian noble lady, who became the Chiefess (Hawaiian: ''Aliʻi Wahine'') of the island of Oahu, and had a long reign. Biography Chiefess Kūkaniloko was born on Oʻahu as a daughter of High Chief Piliwale and his sp ...

, 11th Moʻi of

Oʻahu Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O’ ...

* Kalaimanuia, 12th Moʻi of

(reigned 1600–1665) *

Kaikilani Kaikilani (16th-century-17th-century), also known as Kaʻikilani nui aliʻiwahine ʻo Puna, was a High Chiefess and ruler ''Aliʻi Nui'' of Hawaiʻi island. She was a legendary figure in Hawaiian native oral tradition who dates to around the 16th ...

, 17th Moʻi of

(reigned 1575–1605) *

Keakamahana Keakamāhana (c. 1610–1665) was an '' aliʻi nui'' of Hawaiʻi Island from 1635 to 1665. She ruled as sovereign of the island from the royal complex at Hōlualoa Bay. Life She was the eldest daughter of the King Keakealanikane, the former a ...

, 19th Moʻi of

(reigned 1635–1665) * Keakealaniwahine, 20th Moʻi of

(reigned 1665–1695) *

Kamakahelei Kamakahelei (c. 18th century - 1794), was alii nui, or Queen regnant, of the island of Kauai. She was the ruling chiefess of Kauai reigning from 1770 - 1794. In some historical references she has been described as a regent for her sons Keawe and ...

, 22nd Moʻi of

Kauaʻi Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the List of islands of th ...

(reigned 1770–1794)

Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: ''Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina''), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands. The country was formed in 1795, when the warrior chief Kamehameha the Great, of the independent island ...

* Liliʻuokalani (reigned 1891–1893 and claimed status as queen until her death in 1917) – the only queen regnant of the

established by Kamehameha I

= Tonga

= * Tupoumahe'ofo (reigned 1777–1781, as Tu'i Kanokupolu) * Salote Tupou III (reigned 1918–1965)

= Tuvalu

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1978–2022)

= Wallis and Futuna

= Uvea * Toifale (reigned 1825) * Falakika Seilala (reigned 1858–1869) *

Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki (1845 - 10 March 1895) was a queen of Uvea, ruling from 1869 until 1895. She was preceded by her aunt Falakika Seilala, and succeeded by her son Vito Lavelua II and Isaake Isaake was a king of Uvea, ruling in rebellion f ...

(reigned 1869–1895) * Aloisia Brial (reigned 1953–1958)

Legendary and mythological monarchs

Chile

* Gaboimilla

China

* Nüwa, the only female among

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were two groups of mythological rulers in ancient north China. The Three Sovereigns supposedly lived long before The Five Emperors, who have been assigned dates in a period from 3162 BC to 2070 BC. Today ...

* Queen Mother of the West * Queen of the Aini people (爱尼人), a branch of the Hani people

Congo

Kuba Kingdom

Women written in italics in the list of Kuba Kingdom rulers: *Lobamba *Gokare *Sanga Motunu *Pelama Pena *Boeke *Sanga Lenga *Bosh Akama *Kele Kama *Bolueme

Czechia

Libuše , Libussa, Libushe or, historically ''Lubossa'', is a legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as a whole. According to legend, she was the youngest but wisest of three sisters, who became queen after their father died; s ...

, female ruler of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

Valasca Valasca is a woman mentioned in the ''History of Bohemia'' by Aeneas Silvius (Pope Pius II). She was also called Vlasta and was supporter of the mythical Bohemian Princess Libuše. Life Valasca led a female rebellion against the rule of Přemy ...

Easter Island

* Vakai, queen of Kingdom of Rapa Nui

Ecuador

Paccha Duchicela Paccha Duchicela (1485–1525), was a queen regnant of Quito in 1487–1525 and co-reigned with her husband Huayna Capac, the Emperor of Inca Empire. She was also a consort of the Inca Empire by marriage to the Sapa Inca Huayna Capac (r 1493–1527 ...

, queen of the

Kingdom of Quito The Cara culture flourished in coastal Ecuador, in what is now Manabí Province, in the first millennium CE. History In the 10th century CE, they followed the Esmeraldas River up to the high Andean valley now developed as the city San Francisco ...

Egypt

Nitocris Nitocris ( el, Νίτωκρις) possibly was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Sixth Dynasty. Her name is found in Herodotus' ''Histories'' (430BC) and in writings by the 3rd-century BC Manetho, but her historicity has been questioned. If she ...

of the Sixth Dynasty – Nitocris is mentioned within Herodotus' book ''Histories'' as being the last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. * Charoba – A queen mentioned in a history of Egypt written by 12th-century Arab writer Murtada ibn al-'Afif. *

Daluka Daluka is the name of legendary queen of Egypt who ruled before the Great Flood according to medieval Coptic and Islamic folklore. She was part of the so-called "Soleyman dynasty", which also included Surid Ibn Salhouk, a king who was once believed ...

of the ''Soleyman'' Dynasty – An Antediluvian monarch from medieval Coptic and Arabic texts who supposedly built a wall around Egypt to protect the country from invasion and also was said to have built a pyramid and a nilometer at Memphis. Sometimes claimed to be a cousin of Charoba and her immediate successor. * Borsa of the ''Soleyman'' Dynasty – Mentioned in medieval Coptic and Arabic texts as a ruler of Egypt in the Antediluvian era. Sometimes described as a "priestess".

Ethiopia

The following names all come from a regnal list written in 1922, which is partially based on native traditions and older regnal lists, but also contains additional names of Coptic and Nubian origin, the latter due to its association with the word "'' Aethiopia''" in ancient and Biblical texts. Claimed dates follow the

Ethiopian calendar The Ethiopian calendar ( am, የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር; Oromo: Akka Lakkofsa Itoophiyaatti; Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar ( Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉ ...

. * Borsa (reigned 4321–4254 BC) – Originated from Coptic tradition. * Eylouka (reigned 3776–3731 BC) – Originated from Coptic tradition. * Nehasset Nais (reigned 2434–2404 BC) * Kasiyope (reigned 1890–1871 BC) – Originated from Greek mythology. * Mumazes reigned (1675–1671 BC) – Daughter of king Bonu I. * Aruas (reigned 1671 BC) – Daughter of Mumazes. * Helena (reigned 1358–1347 BC) * Makeda (reigned 1013–982 BC) – The

Biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

queen of Sheba in Ethiopian tradition and mother of Menelik I. She succeeded to the throne after the death of her father king Kawnasya. * Nicauta Kandake I (reigned 740–730 BC) * Hadina (reigned 372–362 BC) – Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 9 years. * Nikawla Kandake II (reigned 342–332 BC) – An alternate name for the Queen of Sheba * Akawsis Kandake III (reigned 325–315 BC) * Nikosis Kandake IV (reigned 242–232 BC) * Awsena (reigned 99–88 BC) – Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 1 year. * Nicotnis Kandake V (reigned 35–25 BC) * Garsemot Kandake VI (reigned 40–50 AD) – Supposedly the '' Kandake'' from the Biblical story of the Ethiopian Eunuch. * Wakana (reigned 230 AD) – Reigned for 2 days. * Ahywa Sofya (reigned 299–332 AD) – Likely based on Sofya of Axum, mother of Ezana. * Adhana I (reigned 369–374 AD) – Some regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 14 years. * Adhana II (reigned 412–418 AD) – Some regnal lists claim this monarch co-ruled with king Abreha III.

Kingdom of Simien

* Gudit (reigned )

Sidama people

Furra Furra or Fura was a medieval queen (''Nigist'') of the Sidama region in southern Ethiopia. According to oral tradition, she ruled for about seven years in the 14th or 15th century, encouraging the women and oppressing the men, especially the bald ...

French Polynesia

Queen Mamea Queen Mamea (before – after 1896) was the name given to a ruler of Raiatea and Huahine in the Society Islands by English speaking European and American newspapers during the annexation of the Leeward Islands. According to erroneous newspa ...

Greece

* Omphale of

Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod ...

, wife of Heracles * Gerana, queen of Pygmy

Amazons

Otrera In Greek mythology, Otrera ( grc, Ὀτρήρη ''Otrērē'') was the founder and first Queen of the Amazons; the consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta and Penthesilea. She is credited with being the founder of the shrine of Artemis in Ephesus. ...

, the daughter of Eurus (the east wind) * Hippolyta, the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle * Penthesilea, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe * Antianara, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe * Eurypyle *

Lampedo Lampedo (Greek for "burning torch"; also Lampeto) is an Amazon queen mentioned in Roman historiography. She ruled with her sister Marpesia. The sisters called themselves daughters of Mars to put terror in the heart of their enemies to show they wer ...

* Marpesia * Aegea * Myrina * Orithyia * Antiope * Thalestris

India

* , ruler of Kashmir – she was described in '' Rajatarangini'' *

Pandaie In Greek mythology, Pandaie or Pandae (Ancient Greek: Πανδαίη) was a daughter of Heracles whom he fathered in India. Mythology Pandaie was said to have been assigned a kingdom in India by her father, who established specific laws for it, a ...

Indonesia

* Mahisa Suramardini Warmandewi, queen of Salakanagara (reigned 276–289 AD) * Sphatikarnawa Warmandewi, queen of Salakanagara (reigned 340–348 AD)

Iran

* Humay Chehrzad

Iraq

* Kubaba of Kish, the only queen on the ''

Sumerian King List The ''Sumerian King List'' (abbreviated ''SKL'') or ''Chronicle of the One Monarchy'' is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and king ...

'' (reigned in the 25th century BC) * Semiramis, the legendary queen of king Ninus, succeeding him to the throne of Assyria * Nitocris of Babylon, the ruling queen of

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

described by Herodotus in his ''Histories''

Ireland

* Macha, (reigned 661–654 BC) *

Medb Medb (), later spelled Meadhbh (), Méibh () and Méabh (), and often anglicised as Maeve ( ), is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Her husband in the core stories of the cycle is Ailill mac Máta, although she had seve ...

, Queen of Connacht

Japan

* Empress Jingū (reigned 201–269) *

Princess Iitoyo Iitoyo (飯豊青皇女, 440–484) was a Japanese imperial princess and possibly Josei Tennō, empress regnant. She was, according to traditional legend, ruler for a short period between Emperor Seinei and Emperor Kenzō. She is referred to as ...

(reigned 484; disputed) * , ruler of Yamato-gun * , ruler of Yonaguni

Korea

* Lady Saso, honorary queen regnant of Silla * Queen of Jeoknyeo-guk – Talhae's mother was the princess of ''Jeoknyeo-guk'' (), an island country where only women lived

Libya

* Cyrene, queen of the city Cyrene * Lamia, queen of Libya

Malaysia

Mexico

Aztec Empire

* Atotoztli II (possibly reigned 1466–1472, disputed)

Myanmar

* Panhtwar

Norway

* Lagertha

Pakistan

* Nur Bakht Khatun of

Trakhan Dynasty Gilgit Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China t ...

* the Dareli queen of

Poland

* Wanda

Russia

* Narchat

Somaliland

Arawelo Arawelo or Arraweelo or Moroombe ( so, Caraweelo) was a proto-Somali Queen in traditional folklore. Biography Arawelo is said to have been based in lands inhabited by the Habr Je'lo clan, specifically a place called Murihi in the Sanaag region. Ra ...

, queen of Habr Je'lo * Kola, queen of

Abasa ʻAbasa ( ar, عبس, "He Frowned") is the 80th chapter ('' sura'') of the Qur'an, with 42 verses ('' ayat''). It is a Meccan sura. The Surah is so designated after the word `abasa with which it opens. Summary *1-11 Muhammad rebuked for frown ...

South Africa

Majaji Queen Modjadji was the hereditary female ruler and queen of Balobedu, South Africa. She is known to be mythical and historical,{{Citation needed, date=June 2013 and she is believed to have had powers that let her control the clouds and rainfall ...

(reigned )

Sri Lanka

Kuveni Kuveni(කුවේණි / குவேணி) also known as Sesapathi or Kuvanna or Leelawathi, was a Yakshini queen in Sri Lanka mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavansa and Dipavansa of the Sinhalese people. The primary source fo ...

, queen of Yakkha people of Sri Lanka before the founding of Kingdom of Tambapanni

Sudan

* Pelekh

Candace of Meroë Kandake, kadake or kentake ( Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 ''kdke''),Kirsty Rowan"Revising the Sound Value of Meroitic D: A Phonological Approach,"''Beitrage zur Sudanforschung'' 10 (2009). often Latinised as Candace ( grc, Κανδάκη, ''Kandak� ...

(reigned )

Tunisia

* Dido (reigned 814–) – also known as ''Alyssa''. Founder of Carthage, according to tradition

Turkey

* Onomaris, Queen of the

Galatians Galatians may refer to: * Galatians (people) * Epistle to the Galatians, a book of the New Testament * English translation of the Greek ''Galatai'' or Latin ''Galatae'', ''Galli,'' or ''Gallograeci'' to refer to either the Galatians or the Gaul ...

* Queen of Kanesh

Turkmenistan

* Zarinaea, legendary Sacae woman ruler of the Dahae

United Kingdom

* Queen Gwendolen (reigned in the 11th century BC) *

Queen Cordelia Queen Cordelia (or Cordeilla) was a legendary Queen of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. She was the youngest daughter of Leir and the second ruling queen of pre-Roman Britain. There is no independent historical evidence for her ...

(reigned in the 8th century BC) *

Queen Marcia Queen Marcia was the legendary third female ruler and a regent of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. She is presented by Geoffrey as "one of the most illustrious and praiseworthy of women in early British history".Barefield, Laura D. ...

(reigned in the 4th century BC)

Vatican City

* Pope Joan, legendary monarch of the Papal States

Vietnam

* Lady Po Nagar of

Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...

, According to Cham legend, was the founder of the Cham nation

Yemen

* Bilkis in Yemen, claimed to be Queen of Sheba

Constituent and self-proclaimed monarchs

Botswana

* Mosadi Muriel Seboko (reigned 2002–present), the kgosikgolo of the Balete people

China

Chen Shuozhen Chen Shuozhen (; died 653) was a Tang dynasty woman from Muzhou (in modern Chun'an, Zhejiang), who led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself Empress Wenjia (文佳皇帝),''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 199. becoming ...

(reigned 653) – She led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself ''

huangdi Huangdi () may refer to: *Yellow Emperor (黃帝), a legendary Chinese monarch who supposedly ruled before the Xia dynasty *Emperor of China (皇帝), the imperial title of Chinese monarchs; and the superlative monarchical title in the Sinosphere ...

''.

Jian Bozan Jian Bozan ( zh, s=翦伯赞, t=翦伯贊, p=Jiǎn Bózàn; April 14, 1898 – December 18, 1968) was a Chinese scholar and Marxist historian of Uyghurs, Uyghur descent. Born in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, Jian became an early supporter of ...

recognized her as a female ''

''. * Mǐlǔ (), also known as "Invincible Tian Wang ( 無敵天王)" – female rebel leader to assume the title of '' Tian Wang'' (天王)

Easter Island

* Koreto, reigning queen of Easter Island (reigned ?–1876) – Dutrou-Bornier married Koreto and appointed her as Queen * Caroline, reigning queen of Easter Island (reigned 1877) – after the death of Dutrou-Bornier, his widow Koreto briefly installed their daughter Caroline as Queen

Haiti

Ti Memenne of La Gonâve Queen Ti Memenne of La Gonâve (also written as Timemenne; 19th-century – fl. 1929) was the tribal ruler of La Gonâve, a Haitian island located west of Hispaniola in the Gulf of Gonâve. While her reign was not officially recognized by th ...

(reigned ) – she was the tribal ruler of La Gonâve

India

Rani Gaidinliu Gaidinliu Pamei (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) popularly known as Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga people, Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India, British rule in India. At the age of 13, she joined ...

, leader of the Naga people

Italy

* Nina Menegatto

Jamaica

* Queen Nanny, leader of the Jamaican Maroons

New Zealand

* Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (reigned 1966–2006)

Nigeria

* Ahebi Ugbabe

Panama

Rufina Santana Rufina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence. Rufina borders the following municipalities: Dicomano, Londa, Montemignaio, Pelago, Pontassieve, Pratovec ...

, queen of Naso people (reigned 1982–1988)

United States Virgin Islands

The leaders of the

1878 St. Croix labor riot The 1878 St. Croix labor riot, locally also known as Fireburn, was a labor riot on Saint Croix, one of the Virgin Islands, then part of the Danish West Indies. The revolt started on October 1, 1878 and was suppressed after several days of looting an ...

were: * "Queen Mary" Thomas *"Queen Agnes" Salomon *"Queen Mathilda" McBean

Chieftainesses

Argentina

Botswana

* Kgosi Rebecca Banika

Burundi

* Nandabunga

Chile

* María la Grande

China

* () *

Cameroon

* Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda

Colombia

Gaitana {{confusing, date=May 2014 Gaitana, also known as Guaitipan, is referred to as La Gaitana and Cacica Gaitana, was a 16th-century Yalcon ''cacica'' from the region of Timaná, Huila, a leader who, in 1539–40, led the indigenous people of the U ...

Dominican Republic

* Higuanamá, also spelled Hiquanama, Cacica of

Higüey Higüey (), or in full Salvaleón de Higüey, is the capital city of the eastern La Altagracia Province, in the Dominican Republic, and the eighth largest city of that country. The Yuma River (Dominican Republic), Yuma River flows through the urb ...

, one of the

Chiefdoms of Hispaniola The chiefdoms of Hispaniola (''cacicazgo'' in Spanish) were the primary political units employed by the Taíno inhabitants of Hispaniola (Taíno: ''Ayiti'', ''Quisqueya'', or ''Bohio'') in the early historical era. At the time of European conta ...

(reigned ?–1502) – she was described by Las Casas in his ''

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'';

Juan de Esquivel Juan de Esquivel (c. 1480 - c. 1515) was a Spanish colonist and first governor of Jamaica. Biography Juan de Esquivel was a native of Seville, the son of Pedro de Esquivel and Constanza Fernandez de Arauz. His grandfather, Gabriel Sanchez, had b ...

hanged Higuanamá in 1502 * doña María de Higüey, Cacica of

(reigned c. 1514) * Isabel de Iguanama, Cacica of

(reigned c. 1514)

Ecuador

* Juana Guare

Fiji

* Lala Mara, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa (reigned 1957–2004) * Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa (reigned 2004–present)

Ghana

* Nana Kofi Abuna V * Peggielene Bartels

Guinea

Niara Bely Niara Bely (c. 1790 – 1879), also known as Elizabeth Bailey Gomez, was a Luso-African queen who became a prominent businesswoman in nineteenth century Guinea. She was active in the slave trade in Farenya, Guinea. Biography Niara Bely was the da ...

Haiti

* Anacaona, Cacica of Jaragua, one of the

Ireland

* Grace O'Malley, also known as "the Pirate Queen", chieftainess of the Ó Máille clan in Umaill

Israel

* Deborah, the only female judge of

Israelite tribes The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, throu ...

Biblical judges The biblical judges ''šōp̄êṭ''/''shofet'', pl. ''šōp̄əṭîm''/''shoftim'') are described in the Hebrew Bible, and mostly in the Book of Judges, as people who served roles as military leaders in times of crisis, in the period before an ...

Kenya

Wangu wa Makeri Wangũ wa Makeri (c. 1856–1915 or 1936) was a Kikuyu tribal chief, known as a headman, during the British Colonial period in Kenya. She was the only female Kikuyu headman during the period, who later resigned following a scandal in which she enga ...

Kyrgyzstan

* Kurmanjan Datka, also known as "The Tsaritsa of Alai", tribal leader of Alay (reigned 1862–1876)

Liberia

Suah Koko Suah Koko (also known as Suacoco, Madam Suakoko and Nye-Sua Coco) was an indigenous Liberian ruler who lived between the late 19th and early 20th century. She fought several battles against the expansionary Liberia Frontier Force before entering ...

Malawi

* Theresa Kachindamoto

New Zealand

Māori people

Hine-i-paketia Hine-i-paketia, also known as Ani, (fl. 1850–1870) was a New Zealand Māori tribal leader. She identified with the Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori r ...

Hinematioro Hinematioro (–1823) was the acknowledged leader of Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, a New Zealand Māori ''iwi'' (tribe). She identified with the Ngati Porou ''Ngati'' is a 1987 New Zealand feature film directed by Barry Barclay, written by Tama Po ...

Rarotonga

* Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, High Chiefess of

Te Au O Tonga ''Te Au o Tonga'' ("the mist of the South") is a reconstruction of a ''vaka moana'', a double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe. It was built in 1994 by former Cook Islands Prime Minister Thomas Davis and the Cook Islands Voyaging Society. It was ...

(reigned 1845–1857) * Pa Upoko Takau Ariki, High Chiefess of Takitumu (reigned 1855–1890) * Tinomana Mereana Ariki, High Chiefess of Puaikura (reigned 1881–1908)

Niger

Sarraounia Sarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa people , Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899. She is the subject of th ...

Nigeria

* Agbani Darego, honorary chieftaincy of Lagos * Alaba Lawson * Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed of Kumbwada * Efunsetan Aniwura * Efunroye Tinubu, Iyalode of the Egbas * Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Palau

* Gloria Salii

Pakistan

* Sada Kaur

Peru

* Capillana, * Tomasa Tito Condemayta

Puerto Rico

* Luisa, also known as Yuisa, Cacica of Loíza (reigned ?–1513)

Sierra Leone

Nyarroh Nyarroh (alternatively referred to as Nyaloh, Nyarroh of Bandasuma or Queen Nyarroh; died 1914) was a Mende chief in Bandasuma, in present-day Sierra Leone, from at least the 1880s onward. Little is recorded about Nyarroh prior to the 1880s; howev ...

South Africa

Xhosa

* Nosizwe Tyali, Chief of Imingcangathelo * Nosiseko Gaika, Chief of Amambombo (Ngqika) * Nomasilakhe Komani, Chief of Imingqalasi

South Sudan

Mathiang Yak Anek Mathiang Yak Anek was a 19th-century female Dinka chief and escaped slave. Born in the 1860s, she was enslaved as a child by Turkish-Egyptian traders. She escaped during the advance of British colonial troops and returned to her home in Pathiong G ...

United States of America

Appomattoc

Opossunoquonuske Opossunoquonuske (variant forms: Oppussoquionuske or Opposunoquonuske), (birthdate unknown – 1610) was a Weroansqua of an Appomattoc town near the mouth of the Appomattox River. Weroansqua (or Weroance) is an Algonquian word meaning leader or c ...

Crow tribe

Pine Leaf Bíawacheeitchish, in English Woman Chief (c. 1806 – 1858), was a ''bacheeítche'' (chief) and warrior of the Crow Nation, Crow people. Interested in traditionally male pursuits from an early age, she became one of the Crows' most significant le ...

(reigned 1830s)

Giluts'aaw

* Victoria Young

Hoocąk

Glory of the Morning Glory of the Morning (died c. 1832) was the first woman ever described in the written history of Wisconsin, and the only known female chief of the Hocąk (Winnebago) nation. At least one source has rendered her name as ''Hopokoekau'', which is a co ...

Pamunkey

* Cockacoeske (reigned 1656–1686) * Queen Betty (reigned 1686–1708?) * Queen Ann (reigned 1708?–1723?)

Pocasset Wampanoag

* Weetamoo

Sakonnet

* Awashonks

Seneca tribe

* Queen Alliquippa (reigned 1754)

Vanuatu

Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i is a chief of the Turaga nation of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, who has been associated with the nuclear-free Pacific movement, women's rights, indigenous rights, and environmental issues. Following ...

Venezuela

* Apacuana * * * *

Yemen

Sharifa Fatima Sharifa Fatima (; d. during or after 1461; ''sharifa'' is an honorific, her proper name being Fatima bint al-Hassan) was a female Zaydi Sayyid chief in 15th century Yemen. She allegedly conquered Sa'dah and Najran. She was the granddaughter of Z ...

Semi-independent feudal rulers

Albania

Bangladesh

* Rani Bhabani, zamindar of

Rajshahi Raj family Rajshahi Raj was a large ''zamindari'' (feudatory kingdom) which occupied a vast position of Bengal (present-day Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh and West Bengal, India). It was the richest and largest zamindari with an area of about 33,670 k ...

Saratsundari Devi Maharani Saratsundari Devi (1849-1886) was a queen and Bengali landed aristocrat of the Puthia Raj family based in the Rajshahi District of Bengal Presidency in British India (which now a part of Bangladesh). Background The Puthia Raj family was ...

, zamindar of Puthia Raj family * , zamindar of Puthia Raj family

India

* Rani Bhawani, zamindar of Midnapore Raj * Rani Shiromani, zamindar of Midnapore Raj * Rani Rashmoni, zamindar of Janbazar * , zamindar of Ramnad estate * , zamindar of Ramnad estate * Parvatha Vardhani Ammal Nachchiyar, zamindar of Ramnad estate * Kathama Nachiar, zamindar of Sivaganga estate

Indonesia

* Gusti Raden Ayu Tirtonegoro R. Rasmana, ruler of the (reigned 1750–1762)

Romania

* Catherine of Brandenburg, ruler of the Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Principality of Transylvania (reigned 1629–1630)

Crown landholders

Estonia

Swedish Estonia * Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina (reigned 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654) * Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720) Russian Estonia * Catherine I (reigned 8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727) * Anna of Russia, Anna (reigned 13 February 1730 – 28 October 1740) * Elizabeth of Russia, Elizabeth (reigned 6 December 1741 – 5 January 1762) * Catherine II (reigned 9 July 1762 – 6 November 1796)

Finland

Swedish Finland * Margaret I of Denmark (reigned 1389–1412) * Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina (reigned 1632–1654) * Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 1719–1720)

Iceland

Norwegian Iceland * Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret I (reigned 1388 – 28 October 1412)

References

Bibliography

* L. Pierotti Cei, ''Madonna Costanza, Regina di Sicilia e d'Aragona'', Mondadori, Milan 1995. * S. Runciman, ''I Vespri siciliani'', Rizzoli, Milan 1975.

External links

Contemporary reigning queens
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