This is a list of current and former female monarchs, including

queens regnant A queen regnant (plural: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns ''suo jure'' (in her own right) over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning ...

, empresses regnant,

pharaohs Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the ...

and monarchs by other titles (grand duchess, princess etc.). If the queen ruled as a regent, this is indicated by "(regent)" following the name. Where a queen had no powers but only the title, "(titular)" is added instead. Queen consorts (i.e. wives to male monarchs) are not included. The following is an incomplete list of queens who are well known from popular writings, although many ancient and poorly documented ruling queens (such as those from Africa and

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million ...

) are omitted. Section 1 lists

Queens regnant A queen regnant (plural: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank and title to a king, who reigns ''suo jure'' (in her own right) over a realm known as a "kingdom"; as opposed to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning ...

: Queens who ruled in their own right. Section 2 lists Queens regent: Queens who have ruled on behalf of a monarch who was a minor, absent or incapacitated. Section 3 lists Legendary queens. Section 4 lists Titular queens: Queens who ruled in their own right, but had no constitutional standing or regal powers while in power. Section 5 lists various female leaders who were referred to as "Chieftainess."

Queens regnant

Africa

North Africa

= Algeria

Hoggar The Hoggar Mountains ( ar, جبال هقار, Berber: ''idurar n Ahaggar'') are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 km. Geography This ...

Tin Hinan Tin Hinan was a 4th-century Tuareg queen. What may be her monumental tomb is located in the Sahara, at Abalessa in the Hoggar region of Algeria. Queen of the Hoggar Legends Tin Hinan is sometimes referred to as "Queen of the Hoggar", and by th ...

Ahaggar The Hoggar Mountains ( ar, جبال هقار, Berber: ''idurar n Ahaggar'') are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 km. Geography This ...

(ruled c. 4th-century) Jarawa * Kahina (ruled c. 690–703)

= Egypt

= Indigenous dynasties Hatshepsut-CollosalGraniteSphinx02 MetropolitanMuseum

Sobekneferu , image = File:Statue of Sobekneferu (Berlin Egyptian Museum 14475).jpg , image_alt = Partially defaced bust of a female , caption = Statue of Sobekneferu , reign = 3 years, 10 months, and 24 days according to the Turin Canon in the mid 18th ...

(r. 1806-1802 BC) of the

Twelfth Dynasty The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII) is considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom by Egyptologists. It often is combined with the Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth dynasties under the group title, Middle Kingdom. Some ...

– Sobekneferu was the first ''confirmed'' female ruler of Egypt, although

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 ...

may have ruled in the Sixth Dynasty, and there are five other women who are believed to have ruled as early as the First Dynasty *

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut (; also Hatchepsut; Egyptian: '' ḥꜣt- špswt'' "Foremost of Noble Ladies"; or Hatasu c. 1507–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, af ...

(c. 1479-1458 BC) of the Eighteenth Dynasty *

Neferneferuaten Ankhkheperure-Merit-Neferkheperure/Waenre/Aten Neferneferuaten ( egy, nfr-nfrw-jtn) was a name used to refer to a female pharaoh who reigned toward the end of the Amarna Period during the Eighteenth Dynasty. Her sex is confirmed by feminine ...

of the Eighteenth Dynasty (possibly

Nefertiti Neferneferuaten Nefertiti () ( – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a radical change in national religious policy, in which ...

Meritaten Meritaten, also spelled Merytaten, Meritaton or Meryetaten ( egy, mrii.t-itn) (14th century BC), was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means "She who is beloved of Aten"; Aten being the sun-deity whom h ...

or Neferneferuaten Tasherit) *

Twosret Twosret, also spelled ''Tawosret'' or ''Tausret'' (d. 1189 BC conventional chronology) was the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as a certain ''Thuoris, who in Homer ...

(d. 1189 BC) of the Nineteenth Dynasty Kleopatra-VII

Ptolemaic dynasties

Ptolemy II ; egy, Userkanaenre Meryamun Clayton (2006) p. 208 , predecessor = Ptolemy I , successor = Ptolemy III , horus = ''ḥwnw-ḳni'Khunuqeni''The brave youth , nebty = ''wr-pḥtj'Urpekhti''Great of strength , gold ...

instituted a new practice of brother-sister marriage when he married his full sister,

Arsinoe II Arsinoë II ( grc-koi, Ἀρσινόη, 316 BC – unknown date between July 270 and 260 BC) was a Ptolemaic queen and co-regent of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was given the Egyptian title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt", makin ...

. They became, in effect, co-rulers, and both took the epithet Philadelphus ("Brother-Loving" and "Sister-Loving"). Because of this custom many of the kings ruled jointly with their spouses, who were also of the royal house. The only Ptolemaic Queens who ruled alone were

Cleopatra II Cleopatra II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled from 175 to 115 BC with two successive brother-husbands and her daughter—often in rivalry with her brother Ptolemy VIII. She co- ...

Berenice III Berenice III (Greek: Βερενίκη; 120–80 BC) was also known as Cleopatra, ruled between 101 and 80 BC. Modern scholars studying Berenice III refer to her sometimes as Cleopatra Berenice. She was co-ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt from 101–8 ...

and

Berenice IV Berenice IV Epiphaneia ( grc-gre, Βερενίκη; 77–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was a Greek princess and Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty. From 58–55 BC, Berenice IV ruled Egypt during the political exile of her father Ptolemy ...

. Cleopatra VI did co-rule, but it was with another female, Berenice IV.

Cleopatra VII Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

officially co-ruled with

Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator ( grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος Θεός Φιλοπάτωρ, ''Ptolemaĩos''; c. 62 BC – 13 January 47 BC) was Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 47 BC, and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) ...

, Ptolemy XIV, and Ptolemy XV, but effectively, she ruled Egypt alone *

(277-270 BC) *

Berenice II Berenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC; , '' Berenikē Euergetis'', "Berenice the Benefactress") was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 BC to 246 BC and co-regent queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 BC to 222 BC as the wife of Ptolemy III. ...

(246-222 BC) *

Arsinoe III Arsinoe III Philopator ( grc, Ἀρσινόη ἡ Φιλοπάτωρ, which means "Arsinoe the father-loving", 246 or 245 BC – 204 BC) was Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt in 220 – 204 BC. She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II. She was ...

(220-204 BC) *

Cleopatra I Cleopatra I Syra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα ἡ Σύρα; c. 204 – 176 BC) was a princess of the Seleucid Empire, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy V of Egypt, and regent of Egypt during the minority of their son, Ptolemy VI ...

(193-176 BC) *

(175-164, 163–127, 124-116 BC) *

Cleopatra III Cleopatra III ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα; c.160–101 BC) was a queen of Egypt. She ruled at first with her mother Cleopatra II and husband Ptolemy VIII from 142 to 131 BC and again from 127 to 116 BC. She then ruled with her sons Ptole ...

(142-131, 127-101 BC) *

Cleopatra IV Cleopatra IV ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα) was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, jointly with her husband Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort of Syria as the wife of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton, The ...

(116-115 BC) *

(101-88, 81-80 BC) * Cleopatra V (79-69 BC) * Cleopatra VI (58-57 BC) *

(58-55 BC) *

(51-30 BC) * Arsinoe IV (48-47 BC) Bahri Mamluk dynasty *

Shajar al-Durr Shajar al-Durr ( ar, شجر الدر, lit=Tree of Pearls), also Shajarat al-Durr (), whose royal name was al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr (; from her nickname , 'mother of Khalil'; died 28 April 1257), was a ruler of Eg ...

(ruled 1250)

= Libya

= Cyrene *

Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra Selene II ( Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, Queen of Numidia (briefly in 25 BC) and Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC) and Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC). ...

(ruled 34–30 BC) – also known as ''Cleopatra VIII''. In 75 BC, Cyrene became part of a Roman province, but it was restored to the

Ptolemies The Ptolemaic dynasty (; grc, Πτολεμαῖοι, ''Ptolemaioi''), sometimes referred to as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, ''Lagidae;'' after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal dynasty which ruled the Ptolemaic ...

Mark Antony Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the au ...

in 37 BC. In 34 BC

and Antony's daughter, Cleopatra Selene II, was made Queen of Cyrene, but the city returned to Rome following

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

' conquest of Egypt in 30 BC

= Sudan

Kandake 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� ...

was a title for queens, queen mothers, and queens consort in

Nubia Nubia () ( Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sud ...

, but ruling

s may have included: *

Shanakdakhete Shanakhdakheto or Shanakdakhete was a Queen of the Kingdom of Kush, when the polity was centered at Meroë, an ancient city in north Sudan. She is the earliest known ruling African queen of ancient Nubia, and reigned from c. 170–150 BC, although ...

(ruled 177–155 BCE) *

Amanirenas Queen Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), described by Strabo as being blind in one eye, was queen of the Kingdom of Kush from c. 40 BC to c. 10 BC. Her full title was ''Amnirense qore li kdwe li'' ("Ameniras, qore and kandake"). Meroitic, the in ...

(ruled 40–10 BCE) *

Amanishakheto Amanishakheto was a Kandake of Kush. She seems to have reigned from 10 BC to 1 AD, although most dates of Kushite history before the Middle Ages are very uncertain. In Meroitic hieroglyphs her name is written "Amanikasheto" (''Mniskhte'' or ''( ...

(ruled c. 10 BCE–1 CE) *

Nawidemak Nawidemak was a Kandake of Kush who ruled either early in the 1st century BC or 1st century AD. She is known from the wall relief of her burial chamber, as well as a gold plaque. She may also have been one of the Kandakes referred to in the New ...

Amanitore Amanitore (early or mid-1st century CE), also spelled Amanitere or Amanitare, was a Nubian Kandake, or queen regnant, of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which also is referred to as Nubia in many ancient sources. Alternative spellings in ...

(ruled 1–20 CE) - she ruled with her husband or son Natakamani * Amanikhatashan (ruled 62–85) * Patrapeamani ( :de:Patrapeamani) * Amanipilade

West Africa

= Benin

= Hogbonu * Hude (ruled 1746–1752)

= Gambia

= *

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...

(reigned 1965–1970)

= Ghana

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1957–1960) Akan state of Denkyira * Amoako Atta Yiadom (ruled 1770–1793), ''Denkyirahene'' Akan state of Dwaben * Ama Serwah (ruled 1838–1846), ''Dwabenhene'' * Unknown Dwabenhene (ruled 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 ...

(ruled 1959–19??), ''Dwabenhene''

= Guinea-Bissau

Orango Orango is one of the Bijagós Islands, located off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau. At , it is the largest island in the archipelago. The island has a population of 1,250 (2009 census); the largest village is Eticoga.

* Okinka Aurelia Correia (ruled r. 1830–1874/1879) * Okinka Pampa Kanyimpa (ruled c. 1910–1930)

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

= Côte d'Ivoire

= Baoule * Pokou (ruled c. 1750–c. 1760) – Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe *

Akwa Boni Akwa Boni (died c. 1790), was a sovereign Queen of the Baoulé people. The niece of Queen Pokou, she inherited the throne in around 1760 and ruled until her death in about 1790. She expanded the territory of the Baoulé, crossing the Bandama River ...

(ruled c. 1760–c. 1790) Pokou's niece who succeeded her to the throne

= Nigeria

= * Elizabeth II (1960–1963)

Bornu Empire Bornu may refer to: * Bornu Empire, a historical state of West Africa * Borno State Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while it ...

* Aissa Koli Daura * 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 * Daurama II Igodomigodo * Emose (584–600) * Orrorro (600–618) Ondo Kingdom * Pupupu, founder and ruler of the Ondo Kingdom c. 1510.

Zazzau The Zazzau, also known as the Zaria Emirate, is a traditional state with headquarters in the city of Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The current emir of Zazzau is Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli who succeeded the former emir, late Alhaji Shehu Idris. Ea ...

* 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

Yoruba people The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitut ...

* Ooni Luwoo

Oyo Empire The Oyo Empire was a powerful Yoruba empire of West Africa made up of parts of present-day eastern Benin and western Nigeria (including Southwest zone and the western half of Northcentral zone). It grew to become the largest Yoruba-speaking s ...

* Orompoto

= Senegal

Lingeer Lingeer (also: ''Linger'' or Linguère) was the title given to the mother or sister of a king in the Serer kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, and previously the Kingdom of Baol; and the Wolof kingdoms of Cayor, Jolof, Baol and Waalo in pre-colonia ...

's leadership activities were carried out at the highest tier, as a co-monarch. * Lingeer Fatim Beye (ruled c. 1335) *

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 royal ...

(ruled c. 1367) – 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 (1961–1971)

Koya Koya may refer to: Places Iraq * Koya; ( ar, كيويسنجق), a town in Iraqi Kurdistan ** Koya University, a university in that town Japan * Mount Kōya, a mountain in Japan ** Kōya, Wakayama, a town on the top of Mount Kōya * Kōya Stati ...

* Fatima Brima Kama, Alikali (ruled 1826–1840), ''Bai''

Central Africa

= Angola

= Jaga * Mussasa (17th century) * Tembandumba

Matamba The Kingdom of Matamba (1631–1744) was an African state located in what is now the Baixa de Cassange region of Malanje Province of modern-day Angola. It was a powerful kingdom that long resisted Portuguese colonisation attempts and was only i ...

* Mwongo Matamba (ruled ?–1631) – she was captured and deposed by Ana Nzinga in 1631 * Ana I de Sousa Nzinga Mbande (ruled 1631–1663) * Barbara (ruled 1663–1666) * Verónica I Guterres Kandala Kingwanga (ruled 1681–1721) * Ana II (ruled 1742–1756) * Verónica II (ruled 1756–1758) * Ana III (ruled 1758–1767)

Mbunda Kingdom The Mbunda Kingdom ( Mbunda: ''Chiundi ca Mbunda'' or ''Vumwene vwa Chiundi'' or Portuguese: ''Reino dos Bundas'') was an African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east Angola. At its greatest extent, it reached from Mit ...

* Vamwene Naama * Vamwene Yamvu * Vamwene Mbaao ya Chinguli (ruled 1500s–early 1600s) * Vamwene Kaamba ka Mbaao * Vamwene Mukenge wa Lweembe, Livindamo Ndongo * Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande (ruled 1624–1626 and 1657–1663) *

Mukambu Mbandi Barbara Mukambu Mbandi (died 1666) was the queen regnant of the Kingdom of Ndongo and Matamba from 1663 to 1666. She was the sister of queen Ana I Nzinga, who united the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba. Her sister arranged for her to marry her ...

(ruled 1663–1671) Kingdom of Jinga * Kamana

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 The Kongo Civil War (1665–1709) was a war of succession between rival houses of the Kingdom of Kongo. The war waged throughout the middle of the 17th and 18th centuries pitting partisans of the House of Kinlaza against the House of Kimpanzu. N ...

. *

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 The Kinlaza were members of the Nlaza kanda or House of Kinlaza, one of the ruling houses of the Kingdom of Kongo during the 17th century. It was one of the main factions during the Kongo Civil War along with the Kimpanzu and Kinkanga a Mvika ...

* Suzana de Nóbrega ( :pt:Suzana de Nóbrega), queen of

Kimpanzu The Kimpanzu were members of the Mpanzu kanda also known as the House of Kimpanzu, one of the lineages from which the kings of Kongo were chosen during the 17th century and following Kongo's reunification under Pedro IV. They are remembered in ...

= Cameroon

= * Soukda, founder of

Mandara Kingdom The Mandara Kingdom (sometimes called Wandala) was an African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandara people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants. History Tradition states that Mandara was founded sh ...

(ruled c. 1500) * 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 The Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by Ibrahim Njoya, ...

(ruled 1865) – her rule lasted 30 minutes

East Africa

= Comoros

Ndzuwani Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500 ...

(Anjouan) * Alimah I (ruled during the 16th century – unknown start date, reigned ended in c. 1590) * Alimah II (ruled c. 1632–c. 1676) * Alimah III (ruled c. 1676–c. 1711) * Alimah IV (ruled 1788–1792) – she was the ''de facto'' ruler of Anjouan with sultan Abdallah I during his reigns in 1782–1788 and 1792–1796 Bamboa * 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'' Mwali * Raketaka Jombe Sudy (ruled 1842–1865 and 1874–1878) – she also ruled as regent twice, 1865–1868 and 1871–1874. After 1851 she took the name of ''Jumbe Fatima bint Abderremane'' * Salima Machamba bint Saidi Hamadi Makadara (ruled 1888–1909) Ethiopia empress zauditu

= Ethiopia

= *

Zewditu , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Zewditu ( gez, ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 19 ...

(ruled 1916–1930)

Sultanate of Harar The Sultanate of Harar was a Muslim state centered in present-day Harar, Ethiopia. It succeeded the Adal Sultanate. In this period the Harar Sultanate led by Amīr Nūr continued to carry on the struggle of the Adal leader Imām Aḥmed Gurēy ...

Bati del Wambara Bati del Wambara fl. 1531, ( Harari: ባቲ ዲል ወምበራ, lit. ''victory is her seat'')Rita Pankhurst Women of Power in Ethiopia: Struggle and Loss was the Harari wife of the 16th-century general, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, and then his successor ...

= Kenya

= * Elizabeth II (1963–1964) Names taken from ''Female Rule in the Indian Ocean World (1300–1900)''. * Mwana Masuru * Maryamu * Mwana Mkisi * Mwana Inali * Mwana Darini binti Bwana Mkuu bin Abubakar * Asha binti Muhammad * Mwanai Mimi * Mwana Khadija binti Omari

= Madagascar

= * Rangita (ruled 1520–1530) * Rafohy (ruled 1530–1540) *

Ranavalona I Ranavalona I (born Rabodoandrianampoinimerina (also called Ramavo); 1778 – 16 August 1861), also known as Ranavalo-Manjaka I and the “Mad Monarch of Madagascar” was sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. After posi ...

(ruled 1828–1861) *

Rasoherina Rasoherina (1814 – 1 April 1868) (also Rasoherina-Manjaka) was Queen regnant of Madagascar from 1863 to 1868, succeeding her husband Radama II following his presumed assassination. Early years Rasoherina, niece of Queen Ranavalona I, was bor ...

(ruled 1863–1868) *

Ranavalona II Ranavalona II (1829 – 13 July 1883) was Queen regnant of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, succeeding Queen Rasoherina, her first cousin. She is best remembered for Christianizing the royal court during her reign. Early life Ranavalona II was ...

(ruled 1868–1883) *

Ranavalona III Ranavalona III (; 22 November 1861 – 23 May 1917) was the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from 30 July 1883 to 28 February 1897 in a reign marked by ultimately futile efforts to resist the colonial designs of the go ...

(ruled 1883–1897) The female monarchs of Madagascar traditional states were:

Ambohidratrimo Ambohidratrimo is a town in Analamanga Region, in the Central Highlands of Madagascar, located at 15 km from the capital of Antananarivo. There are found the Twelve sacred hills of Imerina The twelve sacred hills of Imerina are hills of histo ...

* Ramananandrianjaka Rambolamasoandro * Rabehety Boina Kingdom * Andrianaginarivo (ruled 1777–1778) *

Tombola Tombola or variants may refer to: * Tombola (game), a lottery-type game originating in Italy * Tombola (bingo company), a UK-based online gaming company * ''Tómbola'' (film), 1961 Spanish musical film with child singer and actress Marisol * '' ...

(ruled 1778) * Ravahiny (ruled 1778–1808) * Oantitsy (ruled 1832–1836) * Tsiomeko (ruled 1836–1840)

Menabe Menabe is a region in western Madagascar, with its capital at Morondava. It covers an area of , and its population was 700,577 in 2018. The population mostly belongs to the Sakalava ethnic group. The region is named after the 18th-century Sakalav ...

* Bibiasa Bemihisatra * Safy Mozongo (ruled 1869–1881) – she was the mother of

Binao Binao (1867–1927) was a queen of the Sakalava people of Madagascar between 1881–1927. She was the granddaughter of King Andriantsoly of the Boina Kingdom, and acceded in 1881 to the throne of the Bemihisatra group of the Sakalava following t ...

Bemazava * Irana Andriamamelonarivo * Tsiresy I Andriamanomponarivo * Tsiresy II Nenimoana

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 tradition ...

* Ambary of Antankarana * Soanaomby Imarovatana * Ramanandrianjaka II Ravorombato Betsimisaraka *

Bety of Betsimisaraka Marie Elisabeth "Bety" Sobobie of Betsimisaraka or ''Betia'' (1735–1805), was queen regnant of the kingdom of Betsimisaraka, consisting of the island Île Sainte-Marie and parts of eastern Madagascar, from 1750 to 1754 (Île Sainte-Marie) and 1 ...

= Mauritius

= * Elizabeth II (1968–1992)

= Somaliland

Sultanate of Ifat The Sultanate of Ifat, known as Wafāt or Awfāt in Arabic texts, was a medieval Sunni Muslim state in the eastern regions of the Horn of Africa between the late 13th century and early 15th century. It was formed in present-day Ethiopia around e ...

* Māti Layla Abūd (14th century)

= South Sudan

Shilluk Kingdom The Shilluk Kingdom, dominated by the Shilluk people, was located along the left bank of the White Nile river in what is now South Sudan and southern Sudan. Its capital and royal residence was in the town of Fashoda. According to Shilluk folk h ...

* Abudok ( :fr:Abudok), the eighth ruler (and only queen) of the Shilluk

= Tanzania

= * Elizabeth II (1961–1962) * Therese Ntare VI of Heru Names taken from ''Female Rule in the Indian Ocean World (1300–1900)''. * Mwana Aziz * Mwana Miveni * Mwana Aisha * Mwana Fatuma binti Darhash * Mwana Hadiya * Mwana Mize binti Muaba * Mwana Mwema, queen of Unguja (ruled ?–1653) * Fatuma binti Yussuf, queen of Unguja (ruled (?–1698 and 1709–1715) * Mwana wa Mwana * Mwanzuani * Mwana Khazija binti Ngwali * Fatuma binti Ali * Sabini binti Ngumi

= Uganda

= * Elizabeth II (1962–1963)

Bunyoro Bunyoro or Bunyoro-Kitara is a Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 13th century to the 19th century. It is ruled by the King ('' Omukama'') of Bunyoro-Kitara. The curre ...

Masamba of Bunyoro Masamba is a small river town and district (''kecamatan'') in the North Luwu Regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia which serves as the seat of the regency. The town lies on the Patikala River. It is served by Andi Jemma Airport. Much ...

(early 17th century) (5 Years)

Southern Africa

= Malawi

= * Elizabeth II (1964–1966)

= Namibia

= Gciriku * Nandundu (ruled 1830–1832) Kwangali * Kanuni (hompa) Oukwanyama kingdom * Martha Mwadinomho Nelumbu

= South Africa

= * Elizabeth II (1952–1961)

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 Queen Modjadji, or the Rain Queen, is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, a people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. Modjadji R ...

Rain Queen Queen Modjadji, or the Rain Queen, is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, a people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. Modjadji R ...

is the hereditary

queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

of Lobedu, the people of the

Limpopo Province Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

. The succession to the position of Rain Queen is

matrilineal Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline – their mother's lineage – and which can involve the inheritance ...

, 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

cloud In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may ...

s and

rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

. * Majaji (ruled c. 350 AD) * Maselekwane Modjadji (1800–1854) * Masalanabo Modjadji (1854–1894) * Khetoane Modjadji (1895–1959) * Makoma Modjadji (1959–1980) *

Mokope Modjadji Mokope Modjadji V (27 April 193728 June 2001) was the fifth Rain Queen of the Balobedu tribe in the Limpopo Province of South Africa from 1981 until her death in 2001. Life Mokope Modjadji was very traditional in her role as Rain Queen. She l ...

(1981–2001) * Makobo Modjadji (2003–2005)

= Zambia

= *

Mamochisane Mamochisane (fl. 1851) was a Makololo Queen who ruled over many people, but especially the Lozi in Barotseland, today's Western Zambia, in 1851. She was later a wife of King Sipopa Lutangu. Biography Mamochisane was a daughter of the King Sebet ...

, queen of

Makololo tribe The Kololo or Makololo are a subgroup of the Sotho-Tswana people native to Southern Africa. In the early 19th century, they were displaced by the Zulu, migrating north to Barotseland, Zambia. They conquered the territory of the Luyana people an ...

(c. 1851)

= Zimbabwe

= *

Queen of Rhodesia Queen of Rhodesia was the title asserted for Elizabeth II as Rhodesia's constitutional head of state following the country's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom. However, the position only existed under the Rhodesian ...

(1965–1970)

The Americas

North America

= Canada

= *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

(ruled 1837–1901) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

= Mexico

= Cobá * Che'enal (ruled c.565–c.574) * Lady Yopaat ( :sv:Lady Yopaat) (ruled c.600–c.640) * Lady K’awiil Ajaw (ruled 640–682)

Ecatepec Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec. The city of Ecatepec i ...

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 granddaugh ...

(ruled late 15th-early 16th century)

Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamhaʼ ("Big Water or Big Waters"), was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD. ...

* Ix Yohl Ik'nal (ruled 583–604) * Sak K'uk', also known as Muwaan Mat (ruled 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 chron ...

* Azcasuch (ruled late 15th-early 16th century) Tzacoalco * Malinxalchitl

Central America and the Caribbean

= Antigua and Barbuda

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1981–2022)

= Bahamas

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1973–2022)

= Barbados

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1966–2021)

= Belize

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1981–2022)

= Grenada

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1974–2022)

= Guatemala

= El Perú * Lady K'abel

Naranjo Naranjo is a Pre-Columbian Maya city in the Petén Basin region of Guatemala. It was occupied from about 500 BC to 950 AD, with its height in the Late Classic Period. The site is part of Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park. The city lies along the ...

* Wac Chanil Ahau, also known as Lady Six Sky

Tikal Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre- ...

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 ...

(ruled c. 317) * Lady of Tikal (ruled 511–527?)

= 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 , succession = Queen of Portugal , image = Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute.jpg , caption = Portrait attributed to Giuseppe Troni, , reign ...

(ruled 1815–1816)

= Ecuador

= Cochasquí * Quilago

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...

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 1493–1 ...

= Guyana

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1966–1970)

= Suriname

= *

Juliana Juliana (variants Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus. Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, wh ...

(reigned 1954–1975)

= Trinidad and Tobago

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1962–1976)

Asia

East Asia

= China

Wu Zetian Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the ''de facto'' ruler of the Tang dynasty from 665 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from 690) in her own right. From 665 to 690, she was first empres ...

() – Empress regnant of China, ruling from 690 to 705. She was the only orthodox reigning empress in the history of China. Although Wu Zetian is the only undisputed empress regnant recognized in orthodox Chinese historiography, there are two other documented cases of a woman holding the title of "Empress regnant" in Chinese history: *

Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (12 February 528 – after 1 April 528), whose given name is unknown, was briefly the emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. She bore the surname Yuan (), originally Tuoba. Yuan ...

(; ruled 1–2 April 528) – during

Northern Wei Dynasty Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern dynasties, it ruled northern China from 386 to 535 during t ...

, Empress Dowager Hu, after her son

Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei Emperor Xiaoming of (Northern) Wei ((北)魏孝明帝) (510 – March 31, 528According to Emperor Xiaoming's biography in ''Book of Wei'', he died aged 19 (by East Asian reckoning) on the ''guichou'' day of the second month of the first year of t ...

's death, falsely declared Emperor Xiaoming's daughter to be a son and declared the daughter to be the new ruler, but almost immediately revealed that the child was in fact female, and thereafter declared

Yuan Zhao Yuan Zhao (元釗) (526 – May 17, 528), also known in history as Youzhu (幼主, literally "the young lord"), was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. Background Yuan Zhao was a son of Yuan Baohui (元寶暉) th ...

, the young son of Emperor Xiaoming's cousin Yuan Baohui (元寶暉) emperor. Emperor Xiaoming's daughter is also therefore not usually considered a true monarch. *

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. becomi ...

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

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 ...

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

, there was "Kingdom of Women ()" related to

. Several queens regnant of there were recorded in Chinese history books. * Supi Mojie () * Dajiawa () * Qibangsun () * Tangpangshi () Old Book of Tang, vol. 197 * Lianbi () * Eyaner () * Zhaoyefu ()

= Japan

Queen Himiko , also known as , was a shamaness-queen of Yamatai-koku in . Early Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tributary relations between Queen Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom (220–265) and record that the Yayoi period people chose her as ruler fo ...

, of

Yamatai Yamatai or Yamatai-koku is the Sino-Japanese name of an ancient country in Wa (Japan) during the late Yayoi period The Chinese text '' Records of the Three Kingdoms'' first recorded the name as () or (; using reconstructed Middle Chinese ...

(ruled 189–248) * Queen Toyo, of

(ruled 3rd century) *

Empress Suiko (554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 推古天皇 (33)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Suiko reigned from 593 until her death in 628. In the history of Japa ...

(554–628), (ruled 593–628) – first ruling empress * Empress Kōgyoku (594–661), (ruled 642–645 and 655–661) – formerly Princess Takara (Empress Consort of Jomei) *

Empress Jitō was the 41st monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 持統天皇 (41)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Jitō's reign spanned the years from 686 through 697.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). In the history of ...

(645–702), (ruled 690–697) *

Empress Genmei , also known as Empress Genmyō, was the 43rd monarch of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 元明天皇 (43) retrieved August 22, 2013. according to the traditional order of succession. Genmei's reign spanned the years 707 throu ...

(661–721), (ruled 707–715) *

Empress Genshō was the 44th monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 元正天皇 (44)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign spanned the years 715 through 724. Genshō was the fifth of eight women to take on the ...

(680–748), (ruled 715–724) – formerly Princess Hidaka *

Empress Kōken , also known as , was the 46th (with the name Empress Kōken) and the 48th monarch of Japan (with the name Empress Shōtoku), Emperor Kōnin, Takano Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession. ...

(718–770), (ruled 749–758 and 764–770) *

Empress Meishō was the 109th monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')明正天皇 (108)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 115. Her reign lasted from 1629 ...

(1624–1696), (ruled 1629–1643) *

Empress Go-Sakuramachi was the 117th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 後桜町天皇 (120)/ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 120. She was named after he ...

(1740–1813), (ruled 1762–1771) – last ruling empress

= Korea

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms o ...

* Seondeok (ruled 632–647) * Jindeok (ruled 647–652) * Jinseong (ruled 887–897)

South Asia

= Bangladesh

Chandra dynasty The Chandra kingdom was a Buddhist kingdom, originating from the Indian subcontinent, which ruled the Samatata region of Bengal, as well as northern Arakan. Later it was a neighbor to the Pala Empire to the north. Rulers of Chandra kingdom were ...

* Kuverami (ruled 334–341) * Umavira (ruled 341–361) * Nitichandra (ruled 520–575) * Pritichandra (ruled 578–90)

= India

Alupa dynasty The Alupa dynasty (ಅಳುಪೆರ್, ಆಳ್ವೆರ್) (circa 2nd century C.E to 15th century C.E) was an ancient ruling dynasty of India. The kingdom they ruled was known as ''Alvakheda Arusasira'' and its territory spanned the coa ...

* Ballamahadevi (ruled 1275–1292) – she ruled with her son Nagadevarasa Arakkal dynasty * Ali Raja Bibi Harrabichi Kadavube (ruled 1728–1732) * Ali Raja Bibi Junumabe I (ruled 1732–1745) * Ali Raja Bibi Junumabe II (ruled 1777–1819)

Bhauma-Kara dynasty The Bhauma dynasty, also known as Kara dynasty, ruled in eastern India between 8th and 10th centuries. Their kingdom, called Toshala (IAST: Toṣala), included parts of present-day Odisha. By the last quarter of the 8th century, the Bhauma-Karas ...

* Tribhuvana Mahadevi I (ruled 845–850) *

Tribhuvana Mahadevi II Tribhuvana Mahadevi II also known as Prithivi Mahadevi, was the queen regnant of the Indian Bhauma-Kara dynasty's Kingdom of Toshala in Kalinga in 890-896 AD. Life She was born to king Janmejaya I of the Somavamshi dynasty kingdom. She was marr ...

(ruled 890–896) *

Tribhuvana Mahadevi III Tribhuvana Mahadevi III (died 905), was the queen regnant of the Indian Bhauma-Kara dynasty's Kingdom of Toshala in 896-905 AD. She was married to Sivakara III. Her spouse succeeded his brother Subhakaradeva IV in 882. When he died in 890, he was ...

(ruled 896–905) * Gauri Mahadevi (ruled c. 910–916) * Dandi Mahadevi (ruled c. 916–936) *

Vakula Mahadevi Vakula Mahadevi, was the queen regnant of the Indian Bhauma-Kara dynasty's Kingdom of ToshalaA History of Orissa. N. K. Sahu · 1956 in cirka 936-940. She was born a princess of the Bhanj dynasty. She was married to Subhakaradeva V. Her spouse ...

(ruled c. 936–940) *

Dharma Mahadevi Dharma Mahadevi (died 950) was the queen regnant of the Indian Bhauma-Kara dynasty's Kingdom of Toshala in circa 940-950. She was born a princess of the Bhanj dynasty. She was married to Santikaradeva III. She succeeded queen Vakula Mahadevi, ...

(ruled c. 940–950)

Bhopal State Bhopal State (pronounced ) was an Islamic principality founded in the beginning of 18th-century India by the Afghan Mughal noble Dost Muhammad Khan. It was a tributary state during 18th century, a princely salute state with 19-gun salute ...

Qudsia Begum Qudsia Begum, born Udham Bai ( 1768) was a wife of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah and mother of emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur. She was an administrator and served as de facto regent of India from 1748 to 1754. Early years A Hindu by origin, Udham Bai ...

(ruled 1819–1837) – in 1819, 18-year-old Qudsia Begum (also known as Gohar Begum) took over the reins after the assassination of her husband, Nawab Muiz Muhammad Khan Bahadur. She was the first female ruler of Bhopal. She declared that her 2-year-old daughter Sikander would follow her as the ruler; none of the male family members dared to challenge her decision. She ruled till 1837, when she died having adequately prepared her daughter for ruling the state. * Begum Sultan Shah Jehan (ruled 1844–1860 and 1868–1901) – Shahjahan was the only surviving child of Sikandar Begum, sometime Nawab of Bhopal by correct title, and her husband Jahangir Mohammed Khan. She was recognised as ruler of Bhopal in 1844 at the age of six; her mother wielded power as regent during her minority. However, in 1860, her mother Sikandar Begum was recognised by the British as ruler of Bhopal in her own right, and Shahjahan was set aside. * Begum Nawab Sikandar (ruled 1860–1868) * Begum Kaikhusrau Jahan (ruled 1901–1926)

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

* Victoria, Empress of India (ruled 1876–1901) Gerusoppa *

Rani Chennabhairadevi Rani Chennabhairadevi, (also called Raina-Da-Pimenta by the Portuguese), was the 16th-century Jain queen of Nagire province under the Vijayanagara Empire. She was officially known as Mahamandaleshwari Rani Chennabhairadevi. She is regarded as ...

(ruled 1552–1606)

Holkar The Holkar (Pronunciation: �o(ː)ɭkəɾ dynasty was a Maratha clan of Dhangar origin in India. The Holkars were generals under Peshwa Baji Rao I, and later became Maharajas of Indore in Central India as an independent member of the M ...

dynasty *

Ahilyabai Holkar Ahilya Bai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the hereditary noble queen of the Maratha Empire, in early-modern India. She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of Holkar Dynasty. After the demise of her husband ...

(ruled 1767–1795), also known as the ''Philosopher Queen''

Kakatiya dynasty The Kakatiya dynasty (IAST: Kākatīya) was an Indian dynasty that ruled most of eastern Deccan region comprising present day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and parts of eastern Karnataka and southern Odisha between 12th and 14th centuries. T ...

* Rani Rudrama Devi (ruled 1262–1295)

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

* Sugandha (ruled 904–906) *

Didda Didda (1003 CE), also known as ''The Catherine of Kashmir'' was the ruler of Kashmir from 980 CE to 1003 CE. She first acted as regent for her son and various grandsons from 958 CE to 980 CE, and from 980 CE as sole ruler and monarch. Most knowled ...

(ruled 980–1003), she ruled first as a Regent for her son Abhimanyu and thereafter as sole ruler in her own right *

Kota Rani Kota Rani (d. 1344) was the last ruler of the Hindu Lohara dynasty in Kashmir.She was also the last female ruler of Kashmir. She was regent during the minority of her son in 1323−1338, and ruled as monarch in 1338−1339. She was deposed by Sha ...

(ruled 1338–1339) Keladi Nayaka dynasty * Keladi Chennamma (ruled 1672–1697) * Virammaji (ruled 1757–1763) Mamluk dynasty *

Razia Sultana Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din ( fa, ) (died 15 October 1240, ), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and ...

(ruled 1236–1240) Oiniwar dynasty * Viswavasa Devi (ruled 1431–1443)

Sambalpur State Sambalpur State, also known as Hirakhand Kingdom was a sovereign state founded in the 1570 CE. It ruled over a vast kingdom spread across Western Odisha and Eastern Chhattisgarh in central-eastern India prior to the Maratha occupation in 1800 AD ...

* Rani Mohan Kumari (ruled 1827–1833) Sivaganga estate *

Velu Nachiyar Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India.Vellacci Vellacci or Vellachi Nachiyar (1770-1793) was the second ruling queen of Sivaganga estate in 1790–1793. She is the daughter of Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar and Velu Nachiyar. She was made the heir to the throne of Sivagangai by her mo ...

Thanjavur Maratha kingdom The Thanjavur Maratha kingdom ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty was a principality of Tamil Nadu between the 17th and 19th centuries. Their native language was Marathi. Venkoji was the founder of the dynasty. Maratha conquest of Thanjavur Follo ...

Sujana Bai Sujana Bai Bhonsle or Sujan Bai Bhonsle was the wife of Ekoji II, the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur of the Bhonsle dynasty. She ruled the state from the death of her husband in 1737 until she was deposed in 1738. Reign Sujana Bai ascended the ...

(ruled 1737–1738)

Travancore Kingdom The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

* Gowri Lakshmi Bayi of

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. A ...

(ruled 1810–1813) – she also ruled 1813–1815 as regent

Ullal Ullal or ''Uḷḷāla'' is a City Municipality at Mangalore, educational, commercial & industrial hub in Dakshina Kannada district. It is located 10 km from the Mangalore City centre. Ullal City Municipality along with the Mangalore C ...

Abbakka Chowta Rani Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century. She belonged to the Chowta dynasty who ruled over parts of coastal Karnataka ( Tulu Nadu), India. Their capital was Puttig ...

(ruled 1525–1570)

= Maldives

= * Damahaar (ruled before 990) – Damahaar, a Ranin (Queen) of the ''Aadeetta'' (Sun) Dynasty, is mentioned by al-Idrisi as having reigned over the

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

at some time before the semi-legendary King

Koimala Koimala Siri Mahaabarana Mahaa Radun (Dhivehi: ކޮއިމަލާ ސިރީ މަހާބަރަނަ މަހާ ރަދުން) or Koimala (Dhivehi: ކޮއިމަލާ literally to "flower lad") or Koimala Kalo (Dhivehi: ކޮއިމަލާ ކަލޯ, literally "Lo ...

; there are several other mentions by foreign travelers, mainly Arabs, of queens ruling over the Maldives at various times; these are not always named and their reigns cannot be precisely dated *

Khadijah Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in th ...

(ruled 1347–1363, 1364–1374 and 1376–1380) * Raadhafathi (ruled 1380) * Dhaain (ruled 1385–1388) * Kuda Kala Kamanafa’anu (ruled 1607–1609) * Amina I (ruled 1753–1754) * Amina II (ruled 1757–1759)

= Pakistan

= * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1956)

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 ...

* Dadi Jawari, also known as Malika Jawahir Khatun * Malika Sahibnuma, also known as Sahebnuma (ruled 1825–1828)

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

Zainab Tari Zainab Tari Soomro (Sindhi: زينب تاري, ur, زينب تاری ) ruled as the Queen of Sindh (in modern-day Pakistan) for ten years from 1092 AD until 1102. She was the only queen who had ever ruled Sindh as an absolute ruler. Life She w ...

(ruled 1092–1102)

= Sri Lanka

= *

Anula of Anuradhapura Queen Anula of Anuradhapura (? – 42 BC) was the first queen regnant in Sri Lankan history, as well as the first documented female head of state in Asia. Anula initially rose to power as consort of King Chore Naga (also known as Coranaga and M ...

(ruled 47–42 BC) * Sivali of Anuradhapura (ruled 35) *

Lilavati of Polonnaruwa Queen Lilavati (reigned 1197–1200, 1209–10, and 1211–12) was the fourth woman in Sri Lankan history to rule as sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of Parakramabahu I, king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Be ...

(ruled 1197–1200, 1209–1210 and 1211–1212) *

Kalyanavati of Polonnaruwa Kalyanavati was Queen of Polonnaruwa from 1202 to 1208. She was one of the few queens that reigned in Sri Lanka. She succeeded Sahassa Malla as Queen of Polonnaruwa and was succeeded by Dharmasoka. She was the wife of Nissanka Malla. She was ...

(ruled 1202–1208) * Kusumasana Devi (ruled 1581) * Sugala Devi - she led Queen Sugala rebellion in 1157 * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1972)

Southeast Asia

= Cambodia

Funan Kingdom Funan (; km, ហ៊្វូណន, ; vi, Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states ''(Mandala)''—located in mainla ...

Queen Soma Soma ( km, សោមា, ) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Funan and widely claimed as the first monarch of Cambodia (reigned c. 1st century). She was also the first female leader of Cambodia. She was the consort of Kaundinya I (also known as " ...

(ruled 1st century) *

Kulaprabhavati Kulaprabhavati ( km, កុលប្រភាវតី, ALA-LC: ; 6th-century CE) was a queen regnant of Funan (in present-day Cambodia from 514 to 517. She was the first queen in Cambodia noted to have been an autonomous wielder of the ultimate p ...

(ruled 514–517) – there was a succession war between her and her stepson

Rudravarman Rudravarman ( km, រុទ្រវម៌្ម, ) was the last king of Funan, as mentioned by the Chinese annals. He was the eldest son of Jayavarman Kaundinya and was born of a concubine. After the death of his father, he murdered the legit ...

for three years

Chenla Chenla or Zhenla (; km, ចេនឡា, ; vi, Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the successor polity of the kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indoc ...

* Kambuja-raja-lakshmi ( :km:កម្វុជរាជលក្ឝ្មី (ចេនឡា)) (ruled 575–580) *

Jayadevi Jayadevi ( km, ជ័យទេវី, ; fl. 713) was the queen regnant of the Kingdom of Chenla, the predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire, from 681 to 713. She was the daughter of king Jayavarman I. She also had a sister, princess Sobhajaya, ...

(ruled 681–713) – during her rule, she was faulted in leadership which led The Chenla kingdom to break into two individual states, but then it record the period to be female-dominated dynasty with the wide range of female successors, totally driving the entire kingdom

Sambhupura Isanapura (also known as Sambhupura, or Sambor of St'ung Sen) was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Chenla. It is located in what is now Kampong Thom Province in Cambodia. The city was founded in about 618 at Leek Sambor Kuk by King Isanavar ...

Indrani Indrani (Sanskrit: इन्द्राणी, IAST: ''Indrāṇī, lit.'' Indra's queen), also known as Shachi (Sanskrit: शची, IAST: ''Śacī''), is the queen of the devas in Hinduism. Described as tantalisingly beautiful, proud and ...

(ruled 8th century) – she ruled with her husband Pushkaraksha * Nṛpatendradevī (ruled 8th century) * Jayendrabhā (ruled 8th century) * Jyeṣṭhāryā (ruled c. 803)

Post-Angkor period The post-Angkor period of Cambodia ( km, ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោយសម័យអង្គរ), also called the Middle Period and Dark Age ( km, យុគ្គអន្ធកាល, lit=Isolationism, link=yes; ( km ...

* Queen Tey (ruled 1687) *

Ang Mey Ang Mey ( km, អង្គម៉ី ; 1815 – December 1874) was a monarch of Cambodia. Her official title was Samdech Preah Mahā Rājinī Ang Mey. She was one of few female rulers in Cambodia's history, and the first one since Queen Tey. I ...

(ruled 1834–1840) – also known as Ngọc Vân Quận chúa (Lady Ngọc Vân – Vietnamese) or Ksat Trey, she was proclaimed on the death of her father by the Vietnamese faction at court with the title of Mỹ Lâm Quận chúa (Lady Mỹ Lâm – Vietnamese). She was famous as a Vietnamese puppet queen

= Indonesia

Aceh Aceh ( ), officially the Aceh Province ( ace, Nanggroë Acèh; id, Provinsi Aceh) is the westernmost province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Sumatra island, with Banda Aceh being its capital and largest city. Granted a ...

* Seri Ratu Ta'jul Alam Shah (ruled 1641–1675) – the Sultana of Atjeh (Aceh) Darussalam, formerly known as Puteri Seri Alam the Daughter of The Great Sultan

Iskandar Muda Iskandar Muda (1583? – 27 December 1636Yusra Habib Abdul Gani, accessed on 4 January 2007) was the twelfth Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam, under whom the sultanate achieved its greatest territorial extent, holding sway as the strongest po ...

, and wife of Sultan

Iskandar Thani Iskandar Thani Alauddin Mughayat Syah (1610 – 15 February 1641) was the thirteenth sultan of Aceh, following the powerful Iskandar Muda. Iskandar Thani was the son of the 11th sultan of Pahang, Ahmad Shah II, who was brought to Aceh in the c ...

* Seri Ratu Naqiatuddin Nurul Alam (ruled 1675–1678) * Seri Ratu Inayat Shah (ruled 1678–1688) * Seri Ratu Kamalat Syah (ruled 1688–1699) – she was deposed and replaced by her husband under pressure from the Mufti of

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow v ...

Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and ...

* Śri Wijaya Mahadewi (ruled c. 983) * Mahendradatta (ruled before 989–1007) * Śri Ajñadewi (ruled c. 1016) * Śri Sakalendukirana Laksmidhara Wijayottunggadewi (ruled c. 1088–1101) *

Arjayadengjayaketana Queen Arjayadengjayaketana of Bali was a ruler of that island in 1200. She was a member of Jaya Dynasty ( Warmadewa dynasty) and successor of King Jayapangus, who was maybe her father. Arjayadengjayaketana was likely a mother of King Haji Ek ...

(ruled c. 1200) * Unnamed Queen (ruled ?–1284) – In AD 1284, the Javanese king

Kertanegara Sri Maharajadiraja Sri Kertanegara Wikrama Dharmatunggadewa, Kritanagara, or Sivabuddha (died 1292), was the last and most important ruler of the Singhasari kingdom of Java, reigning from 1268 to 1292. Under his rule Javanese trade and power deve ...

attacked

Bali Kingdom The Kingdomship of Bali was a series of Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms that once ruled some parts of the volcanic island of Bali, in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. With a history of native Balinese kingship spanning from the early 10th to early 2 ...

and captured the queen of Bali. Her name is unknown. *

Dewa Agung Istri Kanya Dewa may refer to: * Dewa, India, a town in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh * Dewa Province, a province in Japan * Dewa (band), an Indonesian rock band * Dewa (people), a Sri Lankan people/population * Dewa, Togo * Dubai Electricity and Water Authori ...

(ruled 1814–1850) Tanette * Siti Aisyah We Tenriolle (ruled 1855–1910) Kalingga * Maharani Shima (ruled 674–695)

Majapahit Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia ...

* Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi (ruled 1328–1350) *

Suhita Suhita or Soheeta (died 1447), was a Javanese queen regnant and the sixth monarch of the Majapahit empire, ruling from 1429 to 1447. She was the daughter of Wikramawardhana, her predecessor, by a concubine who was the daughter of Wirabhumi, ...

(ruled 1429–1447) Medang * Śri Isyana Tunggawijaya (ruled 947–985) Mengwi * Gusti Ayu Istri Biang Agung (ruled 1836–1857)

Sonbai Kecil Sonbai Kecil or ''Lesser Sonbai'' was an Atoni princedom in West Timor, now included in Indonesia. It existed from 1658 to 1917, when it merged into a colonial creation, the zelfbesturend landschap Kupang. Migration to Kupang Sonbai Kecil was ori ...

* Bi Sonbai (ruled 1672–1717), in western Timor

Kalinyamat Sultanate Kalinyamat Sultanate or Kalinyamat Kingdom, was a 16th-century Javanese Islamic polity in the northern part of the island of Java, centred in modern-day Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia. Both Jepara and Kalinyamat was first established as a Du ...

Ratu Kalinyamat Ratu Kalinyamat or Ratna Kencana (died ''after'' 1579) was the queen regnant of Kalinyamat and Jepara, a Javanese Islamic polity on northern coast of Central Java in ca. 1549–1579. She is mainly known for her attack and naval expeditions on Por ...

Sultanate of Gowa The Sultanate of Gowa (sometimes written as ''Goa''; not to be confused with Goa in India) was one of the great kingdoms in the history of Indonesia and the most successful kingdom in the South Sulawesi region. People of this kingdom come fr ...

* Tumanurung Baine

Samudera Pasai Sultanate The Samudera Pasai Sultanate (), also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim harbour kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries CE. The kingdom was believed to have been founded ...

* Ratu Nahrasyiyah

Bone state Bone (also ''Boni'', or ''Bone Saoraja'') was a sultanate in the south-west peninsula of what is now Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), a province of modern-day Indonesia. It came under Dutch rule in 1905, and was succeeded by the Bone Regency. Co ...

* We Banrigau, Mallajange ri Cina * We Tenrituppu, MatinroE ri Bantaeng * We Bataritoja, Sultanah Zainab Zulkiyahtuddin (ruled 1714–1715 and 1724–1749) * We Imaniratu, Sultanah Rajituddin * We Tenriawaru, Sultanah Ummulhuda * We Fatimah Banri, Datu Citta Sultanate of Buton * Wa kaa kaa (ruled 1332–?) * Bulawambona (ruled 14th century)

= Laos

Lan Xang existed as a unified kingdom from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The meaning of the kingdom's name alludes to the power of the kingship and formidable war machine of the ea ...

Nang Keo Phimpha Nang Keo Phimpha ( lo, ນາງແກ້ວພິມພາ) (1343–1438), an epithet meaning literally "''The Cruel''",René de Berval: ''Kingdom of Laos: the land of the million elephants and of the white parasol'' France-Asie, 1959 p.27 was Qu ...

(ruled 1438) – after her nephew

Lan Kham Deng Lan Kham Deng ( lo, ພະເຈົ້າລ້ານຄຳແດງ, 1375–1428) was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai. During his reign, the Hồ dynasty emperor in Vietnam requested that Lan ...

died, she seized control of Lan Xang and the next four kings were under her control. She only reigned for a few months in 1438 at the age of 95; she was then deposed and killed.

= Malaysia

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in t ...

* Siti Wan Kembang (ruled 1610–1667) * Puteri Saadong (ruled 1667–1671)

= Myanmar

= Hanthawaddy * Shin Sawbu (ruled 1454–1471)

= Philippines

= Namayan and Tondo * Kalangitan (ruled 1450–1515)

Sulu Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu ( Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Its cap ...

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 collection ...

(ruled c. 1680–1685)

= Thailand

= Hariphunchai *

Jamadevi Camadevi (also spelled Jamadevi; IPA: ʃaːmaˈdeːʋiː Pali: Cāmadevī; th, จามเทวี, , Mon: စာမ္မာဒေဝဳ, ; 7th-century – 8th-century) was the first ruler/Queen of Hariphunchai (Pali: Haribhuñjaya), which wa ...

(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 * A ...

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' (ruled 1584–1616) * Ratu Biru, 'the Blue Queen' (ruled 1616–1624) *

Ratu Ungu Raja Ungu or Ratu Ungu (Thai: รายาอูงู) ruled the Sultanate of Patani (1624–1635), succeeding her sister Raja Biru. In Malay, her name means the "purple queen." She was the third successive and last daughter of Sultan Mansur Sh ...

, 'the Purple Queen' (ruled 1624–1635) *

Ratu Kuning Raja Kuning or Ratu Kuning was the sovereign queen of Patani in the 17th century. Her name means "the Yellow Queen" in English. She succeeded her mother, Queen Raja Ungu. She was the last of four female rulers to have ruled in succession in the P ...

, 'the Yellow Queen' (ruled 1635–1649/88), controversy surrounds the exact date of the end of her reign * Ratu Emas Kelantan (ruled 1670–1698 or 1690–1704) – thought by A. Teeuw & Wyatt to be a king, but claimed by al-Fatani to be a queen, the widow of Raja Bakal and mother of the succeeding queen * Ratu Emas Chayam (ruled 1698–1702 or 1704–1707 and 1716–1718)

Lanna The Lan Na Kingdom ( nod, , , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; th, อาณาจักรล้านนา, , ), also known as Lannathai, and most commonly called Lanna or Lanna Kingdom, was an Indianized state centered in present-day ...

* Chiraprapha (ruled 1545–1546) * Wisutthi Thewi (ruled 1564–1578)

= Timor

= Alas * Dona Maria Borromeu Duarte (ruled 1945–1952)

Ainaro Ainaro is a town in East Timor, the capital of the Ainaro suco, the Ainaro administrative post and the Ainaro Municipality, and is located in the southwest part of the country. The town of Ainaro is located 78 km south of Dili, the nati ...

* Dona Maria Amado de Jesus Corte-Real (ruled 1943–1960) Venilale * Dona Catarina de Freitas (ruled 1808–1812) Bobonaro * Two queens (widows of Dom Lac-Theu and Dom Tai Mau)

Ermera Ermera (''Vila Ermera'') is a city in East Timor and a former capital of the East Timorese community, Ermera. ''Ermera'' in Mambai means "red water." It has a population of 8,907. Its geographical coordinates are , and it lies above sea ...

* Dona Vasso Bere (ruled 1849-after 1854) Luca * Dona Rosa Amaral (ruled 1881–1896) Jenilu * Raja Perempuan (ruled 1845) * Mariana Rosa da Costa (ruled 1879–1893) Lakekun * Balok Lorok * Hoar Teti Lidak * Petronella da Costa (ruled 1901–1913) Sonba'i Kecil * Usi Tetu Utang (ruled 1672–1717) Amfoan * Anna Elisabeth Aunoni (ruled 1881–1902)

= Vietnam

= * Queen Trưng Trắc (ruled 40–43) – the Trưng sisters (Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng; literally: two ladies Trưng) were leaders who rebelled against Chinese rule for three years, and are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam. Her name is Trưng Trắc. *

Lady Triệu Lady Triệu ( vi, Bà Triệu, , Chữ Nôm: 226 - 248) or Triệu Ẩu (, Chữ Hán: ); was a warrior in 3rd century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to resist the rule of the Chinese Eastern Wu dynasty. She is also called , although her ac ...

(ruled 248) * Empress Lý Chiêu Hoàng (ruled 1224–1225)

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 ...

* Isanavarman (ruled ?–653)

West Asia

= Iran

= *

Musa of Parthia Musa (also spelled Mousa), also known as Thea Musa, was a ruling queen of the Parthian Empire from 2 BC to 4 AD. Originally an Italian slave-girl, she was given as a gift to the Parthian monarch Phraates IV () by the Roman Emperor Augustus (). Sh ...

(Parthian queen regnant of Iran, ruled 2 BC–4 AD) – she ruled with her son

Phraates V Phraates V ( xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt''), also known by the diminutive version of his name, Phraataces (also spelled Phraatakes), was the King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 2 BC to 4 AD. He was the younger son of Phraates IV () a ...

* Pourandukht (In Persian: Pourandokht, Sassanid queen regnant and Daughter of Khosrow Parviz, ruled 630 and 631–632) *

Azarmidokht Azarmidokht ( Middle Persian: ''Āzarmīgdukht''; New Persian: , ''Āzarmīdokht'') was Sasanian queen regnant (''banbishn'') of Iran from 630 to 631. She was the daughter of king ( shah) Khosrow II (). She was the second Sasanian queen; her s ...

(Sassanid queen regnant, sister of Pourandukht and daughter of Khosrow Parviz, ruled 630–631)

Elymais Elymais or Elamais (Ἐλυμαΐς, Hellenic form of the more ancient name, Elam) was an autonomous state of the 2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, frequently a vassal under Parthian control. It was located at the head of the Persian G ...

Anzaze Anzaze was a queen of the Elymais Elymais or Elamais (Ἐλυμαΐς, Hellenic form of the more ancient name, Elam) was an autonomous state of the 2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, frequently a vassal under Parthian control. It was ...

(ruled about 82/81 to 75 BC, following dates on the coins), she appears on coins together with king

Kamnaskires III Kamnaskires III (also spelled Kammashkiri III) was the Kamnaskirid king of Elymais from 82/1 BC to 75 BC. Elymais had since 124 BC been under complete Parthian control. However, in 81/80 BC, coins of king Kamnaskires III and his wife Anzaze Anz ...

; they perhaps ruled together as on the coins she is called ''βασιλίσσης'' (the Genitive case of queen, ''βασίλισσα'' – basílissa) * Ulfan (ruled 2nd century) – she co-ruled with her husband Orodes III

Ahmadilis The AhmadilisClifford Edmund Bosworth, ''The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual'', Columbia University, 1996. pp 198:"The Ahmadilis" ( fa, احمدیلی), also known as the Atabegs of Maragheh (''Atābakān-e Marāghe' ...

Sulafa Khatun Sulafa Khatun (d. ''after'' 1225), was the ruling atabeg of Maragha between 1209-1225. She was the last member of the Ahmadilis dynasty and its only female ruler. Sulafa Khatun succeeded Arslan-Aba II in 1209. It was uncommon and controversial f ...

Qutlugh-Khanids The Qutlugh-Khanids (otherwise known as the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty, Kirmanid dynasty, or very rarely as the Later Western Liao) was a dynasty of ethnic Khitan origin that ruled over Kirman (in present-day Kerman Province, Iran) from 1222 to 1306 ...

Kutlugh Turkan Kutlugh Turkan (c.1208/1213 – 1283), was a ruler of Kirman from 1257 until 1282. Early life Different accounts exist regarding her early life. According to "History of Qara-Khitai Shahs" (''Tāriḵ-e šāhi-e Qarāḵtāʾiān'') by anony ...

Padishah Khatun Safwat al-Din Khatun (1256–1295), otherwise known as Padishah Khatun, was the ruler of Kirman from 1292 until 1295 as a member of the Mongol vassal Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty in Persia. Life She was born in 1256, as the youngest da ...

Kurdujin Khatun Kurdujin Khatun (prior to 1273–1338) was an Ilkhanid princess, ruler of Kerman in 1295–1296 and of Shiraz in 1319–1338 Life She was born to Abish Khatun and Möngke Temür, the son of Hulagu Khan. First Marriage Her marriage to Suyu ...

Salghurids The Salghurids ( fa, سلغُریان), also known as the Atabegs of Fars (), were a Persianate dynasty of Salur Turkmen origin that ruled Fars, first as vassals of the Seljuqs then for the Khwarazm Shahs in the 13th century. History Th ...

* Abish Khatun (ruled 1264–1284)

Il Khanate The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...

Sati Beg Sati Beg ( 1316–1345) was an Ilkhanid princess, the sister of Il-Khan Abu Sa'id (r. 1316–1333). She was the consort of ''amir'' Chupan (1319–1327), Il-Khan Arpa (r. 1335–36), and Il-Khan Suleiman (r. 1339–1343). In 1338� ...

(ruled 1338–1339)

Khorshidi dynasty The Khorshidi dynasty, Abbasi dynasty or Shahs of Little Lorestan (1184–1597) was a Lurs, Lur dynasty that ruled Little Lorestan in the later Middle Ages from their capital Khorramabad. They were neighbours of the Hazaraspids who ruled over Gre ...

Dawlat Khatun Dawlat Khatun was the 12th ruler of the Khorshidi dynasty in Little Lorestan in Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey ...

= Iraq

Kish Kish may refer to: Geography * Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish * Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish * Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf * Kish, Iran, ...

Kubaba Kubaba (in the ''Weidner'' or ''Esagila Chronicle''), sux, , , is the only queen on the ''Sumerian King List'', which states she reigned for 100 years – roughly in the Early Dynastic III period (ca. 2500–2330 BC) of Sumerian history. A co ...

, 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 ...

'' (ruled 25th century BC) First Dynasty of Ur *

Puabi Puabi (Akkadian language, Akkadian: 𒅤𒀀𒉿 ''Pu-A-Bi'' "Word of my father"), also called Shubad or Shudi-Ad due to a misinterpretation by Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, was an important woman in the Sumerian city of Ur, during the First Dyn ...

(ruled c. 26th century BC) – there is a theory that she ruled on her own right

= Israel

= Judah *

Athaliah Athaliah ( el, Γοθολία ''Gotholía''; la, Athalia) was the daughter of either king Omri, or of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later quee ...

(ruled 843–835 BC)

Hasmonean dynasty The Hasmonean dynasty (; he, ''Ḥašmōnaʾīm'') was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity, from BCE to 37 BCE. Between and BCE the dynasty ruled Judea semi-autonomously in the Seleucid Empire, a ...

Salome Alexandra Salome Alexandra, or Shlomtzion ( grc-gre, Σαλώμη Ἀλεξάνδρα; he, , ''Šəlōmṣīyyōn''; 141–67 BCE), was one of three women to rule over Judea, the other two being Athaliah and Devora. The wife of Aristobulus I, and ...

(ruled 76–67 BC)

Herodian dynasty The Herodian dynasty was a royal dynasty of Idumaean (Edomite) descent, ruling the Herodian Kingdom of Judea and later the Herodian Tetrarchy as a vassal state of the Roman Empire. The Herodian dynasty began with Herod the Great, who assumed t ...

Salome I Salome I (ca. 65 BCE – ca. 10 CE) was the sister of Herod the Great and the mother of Berenice by her husband Costobarus, governor of Idumea. She was a nominal queen regnant of the toparchy of Iamnia, Azotus, Phasaelis from 4 BCE. Life ...

(ruled 4 BC-10 AD) – she ruled as Toparch of Jabneh,

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

and Phasaelis *

Livia Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia was the ...

(ruled 10–29) – she ruled as Toparch of Jabneh Crusader

Kingdom of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem ( la, Regnum Hierosolymitanum; fro, Roiaume de Jherusalem), officially known as the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Frankish Kingdom of Palestine,Example (title of works): was a Crusader state that was establish ...

* Melisende (ruled 1131–1153) – she ruled with her husband Fulk of Anjou and her son Baldwin III as co-rulers * Sibylla (ruled 1186–1190) – she ruled with her husband Guy de Lusignan as co-ruler *

Isabella I Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 by ...

(ruled 1190/92–1205) – she ruled with her husbands

Conrad of Montferrat Conrad of Montferrat ( Italian: ''Corrado del Monferrato''; Piedmontese: ''Conrà ëd Monfrà'') (died 28 April 1192) was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the ''de facto'' King of Jerusalem (as Conrad I) by ...

, Henry of Champagne and

Aimery of Cyprus Aimery of Lusignan ( la, Aimericus, , ''Amorí''; before 11551 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus, reigning from 1196 to his death. He also reigned as the King of Je ...

as co-rulers *

Maria Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

(ruled 1205–1212) – she ruled with her husband

John of Brienne John of Brienne ( 1170 – 19–23 March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy nobleman in Champagn ...

as co-ruler from 1210 *

Isabella II Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successi ...

(ruled 1212–1228), also known as ''Yolande of Jerusalem'' – she ruled with her husband

Frederick II of Hohenstaufen Frederick II (German: ''Friedrich''; Italian: ''Federico''; Latin: ''Federicus''; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusal ...

as co-ruler from 1225

= Jordan

= Gileadite *

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 ...

(ruled c. 92 BC) – In the Codex Leidensis, the people of Laodice is Gileadites.

Nabatea The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 ''Nabāṭū''), also named Nabatea (), was a political state of the Arab Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, ...

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 ...

(ruled 9 BC–16 AD) – she ruled with her husband

Aretas IV Philopatris Aretas IV Philopatris (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢗𐢓𐢆‎ 𐢊𐢛𐢞𐢞 𐢛𐢊𐢒 ''Ḥārīṯat Rāḥem-ʿammeh'', "Aretas, friend of his people") was the King of the Nabataeans from roughly 9 BC to AD 40. His daughter Phasaelis was ...

* Shaqilath – she ruled with her husband

* Shaqilath II – she ruled with her husband

Malichus II Malichus II (Nabataean Aramaic: ''Malīḵū'' or ''Malīḵūʾ'') was ruler of Nabatea from 40 to 70 AD. Malichus' reign is sometimes perceived as a period of declining Nabataean power, but this view depends in part on Nabataea having contro ...

; 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 *

Lucia of Tripoli Lucia (died aft. 1292 or ca 1299) was the last countess of Tripoli, a Crusader state in the Levant. Biography She was the daughter of Bohemund VI, Prince of Antioch and Sibylla of Armenia. Her brother was Bohemund VII of Tripoli. When Bohemund ...

(ruled 1287–1289)

= Saudi Arabia

Qedarite The Qedarites ( ar, قيدار, Qaydār) were a largely nomadic ancient Arab tribal confederation centred in the Wādī Sirḥān in the Syrian Desert. Attested from the 8th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its ...

* Zabibe (ruled c. 750–735 BC) * Samsi (ruled c. 735–710 BC) * Yatie (ruled c. 710–695 BC) * Te'el-hunu (ruled c. 695–690 BC) *

Tabua A tabua is a polished tooth of a sperm whale that is an important cultural item in Fijian society. They were traditionally given as gifts for atonement or esteem (called ''sevusevu''), and were important in negotiations between rival chiefs. The ...

(ruled c. 678–675 BC)

= Syria

= Tanukhids * Mavia (ruled 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 Cleopatra Thea ( el, Κλεοπάτρα Θεά, which means "Cleopatra the Goddess"; c. 164 – 121 BC) surnamed Eueteria (i.e., "good-harvest/fruitful season") was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She was queen consort of Syria fr ...

(ruled 126–121 BC) – she ruled with her sons Seleucus V and Antiochus VIII * Cleopatra Selene I (ruled 82–69 BC) – she ruled with her son Antiochus XIII

Palmyrene Empire The Palmyrene Empire was a short-lived breakaway state from the Roman Empire resulting from the Crisis of the Third Century. Named after its capital city, Palmyra, it encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria Palaestina, Arabia Petraea, and Egypt, ...

Zenobia Septimia Zenobia ( Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the cit ...

(ruled 272) – she ruled mostly as regent for her son but reigned briefly under the

regnal name A regnal name, or regnant name or reign name, is the name used by monarchs and popes during their reigns and, subsequently, historically. Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they ...

Septimia Zenobia Augusta in 272.

= Turkey

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

* Constance (Princess) (ruled 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 (ruled 1219–1252) – she co-ruled with her husband Hethum I from 1226

Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joine ...

* Artemisia I (ruled c. 480 BC) * Artemisia II (ruled 353–351 BC) *

Ada Ada may refer to: Places Africa * Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria Asia * Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, T ...

(ruled 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 wi ...

(ruled after 399 BC) – queen of ancient Dardania according to

Polyaenus Polyaenus or Polyenus ( ; see ae (æ) vs. e; grc-gre, Πoλύαινoς, Polyainos, "much-praised") was a 2nd-century CE Greek author, known best for his ''Stratagems in War'' ( grc-gre, Στρατηγήματα, Strategemata), which has been pr ...

and

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies o ...

Heraclea Pontica __NOTOC__ Heraclea Pontica (; gr, Ἡράκλεια Ποντική, Hērakleia Pontikē), known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea ( gr, Ποντοηράκλεια, Pontohērakleia), was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asi ...

* Amastris (ruled c. 300-284 BC) Pontus * Pythodorida (ruled 8 BC–38 AD) Olba Kingdom * Queen Aba (ruled 1st century BC) Prusias ad Mare *

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 ...

(ruled c. after 30 BC) Saltukid dynasty *

Melike Mama Hatun Melike Mama Hatun, or simply Mama Hatun, was a female ruler of the Saltukids, with its capital in Erzurum, for an estimated nine years between 1191 and 1200. During her reign she had a caravanserai, a mosque, a bridge, and a hammam built in the t ...

(ruled 1191–1200) Trebizond * Theodora Megale Komnene (ruled 1284–1285) * Eirene Palaiologina (ruled 1340–1341) * Anna Megale Komnene (ruled 1341–1342)

= Yemen

Sulayhid dynasty The Sulayhid dynasty ( ar, بَنُو صُلَيْح, Banū Ṣulayḥ, lit=Children of Sulayh) was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak. The Sulayh ...

* Asma bint Shihab (ruled 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 ''Khutbah'' ( ar, خطبة ''khuṭbah'', tr, hutbe) serves as the primary formal occasion for public preaching in the Islamic tradition. Such sermons occur regularly, as prescribed by the teachings of all legal schools. The Islamic tradition ...

'' proclaimed in their name in the mosques as sovereigns. * Arwa al-Sulayhi (ruled 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 A term used in Shi'i terminology, "hujja" means "proof mplied: proof of God" It is usually used to refer to a single individual in any given human era who represents God's "proof" to humanity.http://iranica.com/articles/hojjat. The hujja is ...

Isma'ili Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor ( imām) to Ja'far al- ...

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 ...

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

Central Asia

= Kyrgyzstan

= *

Kurmanjan Datka Kurmanjan Datka ( ky, Курманжан Датка) or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbay kyzy (1811 – 1 February 1907), also known as "The Tsaritsa of Alai" or "The Queen of the South", was a politician in Kyrgyzstan who acquiesced under duress to t ...

, queen of

Alay (or ''4L4Y'', ', ''Anak Jablay'' or ', ) is an Indonesian pop culture phenomenon.Kasali, Rhenald. 2011. ''Cracking Zone''. Jakarta: Gramedia. Hal. 71. It is a stereotype describing something "tacky" (') and/or "cheesy" ('). The Alay culture phe ...

(ruled 1862–1876)

= Uzbekistan

= * Tomyris, queen of

Massagetae The Massagetae or Massageteans (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ), also known as Sakā tigraxaudā (Old Persian: , "wearer of pointed caps") or Orthocorybantians (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ),: As for the term “Orthocorybantii”, this is a translati ...

(ruled c. 570-520 BC)

Europe

Maria Theresia im Spitzenbesetzten Kleid

Andorra

* Isabella (ruled 1398–1413) *

Catherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

(ruled 1483–1512, 1513–1517) *

Jeanne d'Albret Jeanne d'Albret ( Basque: ''Joana Albretekoa''; Occitan: ''Joana de Labrit''; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. Jeanne was the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margar ...

(ruled 1555–1572)

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 ...

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

Austria

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) ...

(Archduchess) (ruled 1740–1780) – she was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the

House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

. She was the sovereign of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the

Austrian Netherlands The Austrian Netherlands nl, Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; french: Pays-Bas Autrichiens; german: Österreichische Niederlande; la, Belgium Austriacum. was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The pe ...

and Parma. In some of the Habsburg dominions (such as Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia and Lodomeria and Galicia), she held the title of queen. By marriage, she was also Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress (all as consort).

= Marcomanni

= *

Fritigil Fritigil (or ''Fritigils''), Queen of the Marcomanni, is the last known ruler of the Germanic peoples who were at that time (late 4th century) probably settled in Pannonia. She is alleged to have had her residence in the present Burgenland. Fritigi ...

(ruled mid 4th century)

Bosnia

Jelena Gruba Helen ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Jelena, Јелена; 1345 – after 18 March 1399), also known by the name sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=none, separator=/, Gruba, Груба, ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia from September 1395 until late April or early Ma ...

(ruled 1395–1398)

Bulgaria

= Odrysian kingdom

= *

Antonia Tryphaena Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (her name in Greek: ἡ Ἀντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC – 55 AD) was a Pontian Princess and a Roman Client Queen of Thrace. She co-ruled with her son ...

(ruled 18–38) – she ruled with her son

Rhoemetalces II Rhoemetalces II was a Client Ruler in association with his mother Antonia Tryphaena of the Sapaean kingdom of Thrace under the Romans. He ruled from 19 until 38 AD.Pythodoris II (ruled 38–46) – she ruled with

Rhoemetalces III Rhoemetalces III ( grc-gre, Ῥoιμητάλκης) was a King of the Sapaean Thracians. He was the son of the Monarch Rhescuporis II. In association with his wife Pythodoris II (daughter of his cousin Cotys III), they were client rulers of the S ...

Croatia

Mary Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

(ruled 1382–1385 and 1386–1395) *

(Queen) (ruled 1740–1780)

Cyprus

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

(ruled 1458–1464) *

Catherine Cornaro Catherine Cornaro ( el, Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο, vec, Catarina Corner) (25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of the Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia. She was queen ...

(ruled 1474–1489) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–1960)

Czech lands

(Queen) (ruled 1740–1780) Margaret of Denmark, Norway & Sweden (1389) effigy 2010 (2)

Denmark

* Margaret I (ruled 1387–1412) – she was founder of the

Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian, and sv, Kalmarunionen; fi, Kalmarin unioni; la, Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden, that from 1397 to 1523 joined under a single monarch the three kingdo ...

, which united the Scandinavian countries for over a century. Margaret is known in Denmark as "Margrethe I" to distinguish her from the current queen. Denmark did not have a tradition of allowing women to rule, so when her son died, she was titled "All-powerful Lady and Mistress (Regent) of the Kingdom of Denmark". She only styled herself Queen of Denmark in 1375, usually referring to herself as "Margaret, by the grace of God, daughter of Valdemar King of Denmark" and "Denmark's rightful heir" when referring to her position in Denmark. Others simply referred to her as the "Lady Queen", without specifying what she was queen of, but not so

Pope Boniface IX Pope Boniface IX ( la, Bonifatius IX; it, Bonifacio IX; c. 1350 – 1 October 1404, born Pietro Tomacelli) was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death in October 1404. He was the second Roman pope of the Western Schism.Rich ...

, who in his letters styled her "our beloved daughter in Christ, Margaret, most excellent queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway" * Margaret II (reign 1972–present)

Georgia

Dinar of Hereti Dinar ( ka, დინარ დედოფალი, tr) was a 10th-century Georgian princess of the Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti and Queen regnant of Hereti. She is venerated as a saint. The Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates her on Ju ...

(ruled 10th-century) – she ruled with her son Ishkhanik *

Tamar of Georgia Tamar the Great ( ka, თამარ მეფე, tr, lit. "King Tamar") ( 1160 – 18 January 1213) reigned as the Queen of Georgia from 1184 to 1213, presiding over the apex of the Georgian Golden Age. A member of the Bagrationi dyna ...

(ruled 1184–1213) *

Rusudan of Georgia Rusudan ( ka, რუსუდანი, tr) (c. 1194–1245), a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, ruled as Queen of Georgia in 1223–1245. Life Daughter of King Tamar of Georgia by David Soslan, she succeeded her brother George IV on January ...

(ruled 1223–1245) *

Tamar of Kartli Tamar ( ka, თამარი; 1696 – 12 April 1746) was a Georgian royal princess of the Bagrationi dynasty, a daughter of King Vakhtang VI of Kartli, of the Mukhranian branch, and the second wife of King Teimuraz II, of the Kakhetian branc ...

(ruled 1744–1746) – she ruled with her husband Teimuraz II

Greece

= Aeacid dynasty

= * Deidamia II (ruled c. 233 BCE)

= Byzantine Empire

= *

Irene of Athens Irene of Athens ( el, Εἰρήνη, ; 750/756 – 9 August 803), surname Sarantapechaina (), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 790, co-ruler ...

(ruled 797-802) – she normally referred to herself as ''basilissa'' (empress), although there are three instances of the title ''basileus'' (emperor) being used by her * Zoë Porphyrogenita (ruled 1028–1041 and 1042–1050) – she ruled with her consorts

Romanos III Romanos III Argyros ( el, Ρωμανός Αργυρός; Latinized Romanus III Argyrus; 968 – 11 April 1034), or Argyropoulos was Byzantine Emperor from 1028 until his death. He was a Byzantine noble and senior official in Constantinople wh ...

and Michael IV between 1028 and 1041; she ruled with her sister Theodora and her third husband

Constantine IX Constantine IX Monomachos ( grc-x-medieval, Κωνσταντῖνος Μονομάχος, translit=Kōnstantinos IX Monomachos; 1004 – 11 January 1055), reigned as Byzantine emperor from June 1042 to January 1055. Empress Zoë Porphyrogenita ...

from 1042 to 1050 *

Theodora Porphyrogenita Theodora Porphyrogenita ( el, Θεοδώρα Πορφυρογέννητη, ''Theodōra Porphyrogenítē''; c. 98031 August 1056) was Byzantine Empress from 21 April 1042 to her death on 31 August 1056, and sole ruler from 11 January 1055. She ...

(ruled 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.

= Epirus

= *

Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina or Marija Angelina Nemanjić or Anna Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina ( el, Μαρία Αγγελίνα Δούκαινα Παλαιολογίνα, sr-cyr, Марија Ангелина Немањић; 134 ...

(ruled 1384–1385)

Hungary

(ruled 1382–1385 and 1386–1395) – she was crowned as ''King of Hungary'' to emphasize that she was a monarch in her own right; she co-ruled with her husband

Sigismund of Luxembourg Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia (''jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in ...

from 1387 *

(Queen, "King") (ruled 1740–1780)

Ireland

= Kingdom of Ireland

= * Jane Grey (ruled 1553) (disputed) *

Mary I Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She ...

(ruled 1553–1558) *

Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

(ruled 1558–1603) *

Mary II Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III & II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. Mary was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, and his first wife A ...

(ruled 1689–1694) – she co-ruled with her husband William III * Anne (ruled 1702–1714)

Italy

= Naples

= * Joan I (ruled 1343–1382) * Joan II (ruled 1414–1435) * Joan III the Mad (ruled 1516–1555)

= Parma

= *

(Duchess) (ruled 1740–1748) * Marie Louise (Duchess) (ruled 1814–1847)

= Sardinia

= *

Elena of Gallura Elena (c. 1190–1218) was the daughter and successor of Barisone II of Gallura and was named after her mother Odolina of the Lacon family. First queen regnant in Sardinia, she ruled Gallura from the death of her father until her own death, thou ...

(ruled 1202 or 1203–1218) *

Benedetta of Cagliari Benedetta (c. 1194 – 1232/33) was the daughter and heiress of William I of Cagliari and Adelasia, daughter of Moroello Malaspina. She succeeded her father in January or February 1214. She was consecrated in 1214 by Riccus, Archbishop of C ...

(ruled 1214–1232 or 1233) *

Adelasia of Torres Adelasia (1207–1259), eldest child of Marianus II of Logudoro by Agnes of Massa, daughter of William I of Cagliari, and successor of her brother, Barisone III, in 1236, was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238. By a p ...

(ruled 1236–1259) *

Joanna of Gallura Joanna of Gallura (..., c. 1291 – Florence, 1339), also known as Giovanna Visconti, was the last titular Judge (''giudicessa'') of Gallura. Joanna claimed her rights in Sardinia to no avail and eventually sold them to her relatives, the Vis ...

(ruled 1298–1308) *

Eleanor of Arborea Eleanor of Arborea or Eleanor De Serra Bas ( Sardinian: Elianora de Arbarée / Elianora De Serra Bas, Italian: Eleonora d'Arborea / Eleonora De Serra Bas; 1347— June 1404) was one of the most powerful and important, and one of the last, judges ...

(ruled 1383–1404)

= Sicily

= * Constance I (ruled 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 ...

until 1197 * Constance II (ruled 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, pre ...

(ruled 1377–1401) – she co-ruled with her husband Martin I ''the Younger'' from 1392 * Joan the Mad (ruled 1516–1555)

= Ostrogoths

= *

Amalasuintha Amalasuintha (495 – 30 April 534/535) was a ruler of Ostrogothic Kingdom from 526 to 535. She ruled first as regent for her son and thereafter as queen on throne. A regent is "a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disabili ...

(ruled 534–535) – she ruled first as regent for her son and thereafter as queen regnant in her own right

Luxembourg

* Marie-Adélaïde (Grand Duchess) (ruled 1912–1919) *

(Grand Duchess) (ruled 1919–1964)

Malta

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1964–1974) Wilhelmina1898

Lithuania

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

(ruled 1575–1587), Elected co-monarch with

Stephen Báthory Stephen Báthory ( hu, Báthory István; pl, Stefan Batory; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) ...

Monaco

* Claudine (Lady) (ruled 1457–1458) * Louise Hippolyte (Princess) (ruled 1731)

Netherlands

* Wilhelmina (reigned 1890–1948) *

(reigned 1948–1980) *

Beatrix Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "bles ...

(reigned 1980–2013)

Norway

Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular through ...

(ruled 1388–1412)

= Agder

= * Åsa (ruled 9th-century)

Poland

Jadwiga Jadwiga (; diminutives: ''Jadzia'' , ''Iga'') is a Polish feminine given name. It originated from the old German feminine given name ''Hedwig'' (variants of which include ''Hedwiga''), which is compounded from ''hadu'', "battle", and ''wig'', "figh ...

(ruled 1384–1399) – she was crowned as ''King of Poland'' to emphasize that she was a monarch in her own right; she co-ruled with her husband

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło ()He is known under a number of names: lt, Jogaila Algirdaitis; pl, Władysław II Jagiełło; be, Jahajła (Ягайла). See also: Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło. ...

from 1386 *

(ruled 1575–1586) – she was crowned as ''King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania'' to emphasize that she was a monarch in her own right; she co-ruled with her husband

Portugal

Theresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...

(ruled 1116–1128, disputed) * Beatrice (ruled 1383–1385,

disputed Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin ''controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite d ...

) *

(ruled 1777–1816) * Maria II (ruled 1826–1828 and 1834–1853)

Russia

Catherine II in old age after Vigee-Lebrun

* Irina Godunova (ruled 1598, disputed) – she reigned for just nine days after her husband's death. *

Catherine I Catherine I ( rus, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, Yekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born , ; – ) was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great, and Empress Regnant of Russia from 1725 un ...

(ruled 1725–1727) *

(ruled 1730–1740) * Elizabeth (ruled 1741–1762) *

Catherine II , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...

("the Great") (ruled 1762–1796)

= Sabir people

= * Queen Boa, also known as Boareks (ruled 520s)

= Kingdom 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 ...

(ruled 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 (Bo ...

(ruled 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 Gepaepyris ( el, Γηπαίπυρις, flourished 1st century) was a Thracian princess, and a Roman Client Queen of the Bosporan Kingdom, the longest known surviving Roman Client Kingdom. She ruled in AD 37/38–39. Gepaepyris was the first daughte ...

(ruled 37 or 38–39 AD)

= Khanate of Qasim

= * Fatima Soltan (ruled 1679–1681) IsabellaofCastile03

Spain

Isabella II of Spain Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the succes ...

(ruled 1833–1868)

= Aragon

= *

Petronila of Aragon Petronilla (29 June/11 August 1136 – 15 October 1173), whose name is also spelled Petronila or Petronella ( Aragonese: ''Peyronela'' or ''Payronella'', and ca, Peronella), was Queen of Aragon from the abdication of her father, Ramiro II, ...

(ruled 1137–1164) *

Joanna of Castile 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 P ...

and Aragon ''the Mad'' (ruled 1516–1555) – after her husband's death she was deemed mentally ill and was confined to a nunnery. Her father, Ferdinand II of Aragon, was regent in Castile until his death, when she inherited his kingdom as well and began her nominal co-reign with her son

Charles I of Spain Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) fro ...

, but she had no actual power and her confinement lasted until her death.

= Kingdoms of León and Castile

= *

Urraca of León and Castile Urraca (also spelled ''Hurraca'', ''Urracha'' and ''Hurracka'' in medieval Latin) is a female first name. In Spanish, the name means magpie, derived perhaps from Latin ''furax'', meaning "thievish", in reference to the magpie's tendency to coll ...

(ruled 1109–1126) – also styled as ''Empress of all the Spains'' (''totius Hispaniae imperatrix''). Her use of the imperial styling was limited, much more so than that of her predecessor and successor (it is possible that the imperial style had connotations too strongly masculine). Urraca did employ instead the title ''Queen of Spain'' on several occasions from the very beginning of her reign until the end *

Berenguela of Castile Berengaria ( Castilian: ''Berenguela''; nicknamed the Great (Castilian: la Grande); 1179 or 1180 – 8 November 1246) was reigning Queen of CastileThe full title was ''Regina Castelle et Toleti'' (Queen of Castille and Toledo). for a brief tim ...

''the Great'' (ruled 1217) *

Sancha of León Sancha of León (8 November 1067) was a princess and queen of León. She was married to Ferdinand I, the Count of Castile who later became King of León after having killed Sancha's brother in battle. She and her husband commissioned the Crucif ...

(ruled ''de jure'' 1230) – she ruled jointly with her sister Dulce. After the death of Sancha's brother,

Alfonso IX Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

named his second son,

Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

, his heir, bestowing on him the title ''infante''. In 1217, Ferdinand's mother, Berengaria, inherited the Kingdom of Castile, but ceded it to her son. With his heir out of the kingdom and ruling in another place, Alfonso attempted to make his eldest daughters his joint heirs. In the Treaty of Boronal concluded with Portugal in 1219, Alfonso expressly states that if he should die, Portugal should respect the agreement with his daughters.Yáñez Neira, 54. Alfonso also attempted to secure his eldest daughter's rights by marrying Sancha to

, the former King of Jerusalem, but his wife Berengaria blocked this action in order to advance her son.Salvador Martínez, 32–33. After this fiasco, Alfonso declared Sancha and Dulce his heirs, but upon his death on 24 September 1230, the people of León, who had pledged for Ferdinand in 1206, refused to recognise his daughters, and they in turn ceded their rights to his kingdom to their half-brother *

Dulce of León Dulce of León (1194/51248) was briefly ''suo jure'' Queen of León, reigning alongside her older sister, Sancha. The second daughter of Alfonso IX of León and youngest child by his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, Dulce was made co-heiress foll ...

(ruled ''de jure'' 1230) – she ruled jointly with her sister Sancha *

Isabella I of Castile Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as Queen consort of Aragon from 1479 until 1504 b ...

''the Catholic'' (ruled 1474–1504) – After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganised the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and unburdened the kingdom of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Her marriage with Ferdinand II of

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 s ...

brought stability to the kingdoms that became the basis for the political unification of Spain. Her reforms and those she made with her husband had an influence that extended well beyond the borders of their united kingdoms. Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the

Reconquista The ' ( Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the N ...

, ordering conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects in the

Spanish Inquisition The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ( es, Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition ( es, Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand ...

, and for supporting and financing

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

's 1492 voyage that led to the opening of the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...

. *

and Aragon ''the Mad'' (ruled 1504–1555) – successor of the previous.

= Navarre

= *

Toda Aznárez Toda Aznárez ( Basque: ''Tota Aznar''; d. 15 October 958), known as Toda of Pamplona, was queen of Pamplona by her marriage to Sancho I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of her son García Sánchez I from 931. She was hersel ...

(ruled 950s–970s) – was the queen consort of Pamplona through her marriage to Sancho I, who reigned from 905 to 925, and was regent of Pamplona for her son

García Sánchez I García or Garcia may refer to: People * García (surname) * Kings of Pamplona/Navarre ** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882 ** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970 ** García Sánchez II of Pam ...

from 931 to 934. Later in life, she ruled a subkingdom created for her * Joan I (ruled 1274–1305) * Joan II (ruled 1328–1349) * Blanche I (ruled 1425–1441) * Blanche II (ruled ''de jure'' 1461–1464) *

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was intro ...

(ruled in 1479) *

(ruled 1483–1517) * Joan III (ruled 1555–1572)

Sweden

(ruled 1389–1412) * Christina (ruled 1632–1654) – she was crowned as ''King of

Swedes Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr ...

Goths The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Euro ...

and

Vandals The Vandals were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland. They established Vandal Kingdom, Vandal kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean islands, and North Africa in the fifth century. The ...

'' to emphasize that she was a monarch in her own right *

Ulrika Eleonora Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor (23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741), known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden, reigning in her own right from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of her husband ...

(ruled 1718–1720)

United Kingdom

= Kingdoms of the Britons

= * Cartimandua (ruled c. 43–69), 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 geog ...

, 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 Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

, 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 ...

(ruled c. 60–61), 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 The Iceni ( , ) or Eceni were a Brittonic tribe of eastern Britain during the Iron Age and early Roman era. Their territory included present-day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and bordered the area of the Corieltauvi to the we ...

, people of Norfolk, in Eastern Britain – in 61 AD, led a major uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire

= Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

= * Seaxburh of Wessex (ruled c. 672–674) – she reigned jointly with her husband Cenwalh and, according to tradition, ruled Wessex as Queen for a year following Cenwalh's death in c. 672 * Æthelflæd of Mercia (ruled 911–918) – eldest daughter of king Alfred the Great of Wessex, wife of Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, Æthelred II, ealdorman of Mercia, and after his death, sole ruler of Mercia. While her husband was alive, she signed agreements, leading some to think that she was the real leader. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' styles her ''Lady of the Mercians'' (''Myrcna hlæfdige'') * Ælfwynn of Mercia (ruled 918) – daughter of Æthelflæd and Æthelred II, styled ''Lady of the Mercians''. Deposed by her uncle, Edward the Elder (4 December 918), who annexed Mercia to Wessex, creating the Kingdom of England

= Kingdom of England

= * Empress Matilda, Matilda (ruled 1141) – she was England's first ''de facto'' female ruler, holding the title of ''Lady of the English'' (she planned to assume the title of queen upon her coronation). She was declared heir presumptive by her father, Henry I of England, Henry I, and acknowledged as such by the barons; however, upon the death of her father in 1135, Matilda's rival and cousin Stephen, King of England, Stephen of Blois usurped the throne. The Anarchy followed, with Matilda's being a ''de facto'' ruler for a few months in 1141, but she was never crowned and failed to consolidate her rule (legally and politically) * Jane Grey, Jane (ruled 1553, disputed) – her cousin Edward VI of England nominated Jane as successor to the Crown in his will and excluded his half sisters, Mary and Elizabeth. However, this was disputed following Edward's death, since parliament had not ratified his action and Jane was ‘queen’ for only nine days (10–19 July) before Edward's half-sister, Mary, was proclaimed Queen. Jane is nicknamed ''The Nine Days' Queen'' *

(ruled 1553–1558) * Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I (ruled 1558–1603)

= Kingdom of Scotland

= * Margaret, Maid of Norway (ruled 1286–1290) She was daughter of Eric II of Norway and Margaret of Scotland (Queen of Norway), Margaret of Scotland and was named "''domina'' and right heir" of the Kingdom of Scotland by her grandfather, Alexander III of Scotland, Alexander III. Her death, at the age of seven, while en route to Scotland sparked off the disputed succession which led to the Wars of Scottish Independence. As Margaret was never crowned or otherwise inaugurated, and never set foot on what was then Scottish soil during her lifetime, there is some doubt about whether she should be regarded as a King of Scots, Queen of Scots; this could ultimately be a matter of interpretation. Most lists of the monarchs of Scotland do include her, but a few do not. * Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary I (ruled 1542–1567) – she was executed in England in 1587

= Kingdoms of England and Scotland / Kingdom of Great Britain

= *

(reigned 1689–1694, jointly with her cousin and husband William III of England, William III of Orange) * Anne (reigned 1702–1714)

= United Kingdom

= *

(reigned 1837–1901) – the first monarch to hold the title of Emperor of India, ''Empress of India''. *

(reigned 1952–2022) – List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longest-reigning British monarch, List of longest-reigning monarchs, longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.

Oceania

American Samoa

* Tuimanufili, (ruled as 20th Tui Manu'a) * Siliave, (ruled as 23rd Tui Manu'a) * Seuea, (ruled as 27th Tui Manu'a) * Matelita, (ruled 1891–1895, as 39th Tui Manu'a)

Australia

(ruled 1901) * Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

French Polynesia

= Bora Bora

= * Teriimaevarua II (ruled 1860–1873) * Teriimaevarua III (ruled 1873–1895)

= Huahine

* Teha'apapa I (ruled 1760–1790) * Teri'itaria II (ruled 1815–1852) * Teha'apapa II (ruled 1868–1893) * Teuhe II, Teuhe (ruled 1888–1890) – she reigned under a rebellion government against her mother Queen Tehaapapa II * Te-ha'apapa III, Teha'apapa III (ruled 1893–1895)

= Raiatea

= * Tehauroarii (ruled 1881–1884) * Tuarii (ruled till 1897) – she reigned under a rebellion government against the French with the support of Teraupo'o after Tamatoa VI abdicated.

= Rapa Iti

= * Daughter of Parima (ruled 1886–1887).

= Rimatara

= * Tamaeva IV (ruled 1876–1892) * Tamaeva V (ruled 1892–1901)

= Tahiti

= * Purea (ruled 18th century), queen of the Teva clan on the southern part of the island before unification * Pōmare IV (ruled 1827–1877)

Fiji

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1970–1987)

Hawaii

* Ancient Hawaii, Ancient ** Kalanikauleleiaiwi, co-ruler of Hawaii Island, Hawaiʻi Island along with her brother Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku (ruled 1695–1725) ** Ululani, Aliʻi, Chiefess of Hilo ** Kapau-a-Nuʻakea, 3rd Alii Aimoku of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokai ** Kamauliwahine, 4th Alii Aimoku of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokai ** Hualani, 5th Moi of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokai ** Kanealai, Alii Aimoku of Molokai, Chiefess of Molokai ** Kūkaniloko, 11th Moi of Oahu, Moʻi of Oahu, Oʻahu ** Kalaimanuia, 12th Moi of Oahu, Moʻi of Oahu, Oʻahu (ruled 1600–1665) ** Kaikilani, 17th Moi of Hawaii, Moʻi of Hawaii Island, Hawaiʻi Island (ruled 1575–1605) ** Keakamahana, 19th Moi of Hawaii, Moʻi of Hawaii Island, Hawaiʻi Island (ruled 1635–1665) ** Keakealaniwahine, 20th Moi of Hawaii, Moʻi of Hawaii Island, Hawaiʻi Island (ruled 1665–1695) ** Kamakahelei, 22nd Moi of Kauai, Moʻi of Kauai, Kauaʻi (ruled 1770–1794) Liliuokalani, c

* Kingdom of Hawaii, Kingdom ** Liliuokalani, Liliʻuokalani (ruled 1891–1893 and claimed status as queen until her death in 1917) – the only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii established by Kamehameha I

New Zealand

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1952–2022)

= Rarotonga

* Makea Takau Ariki, Paramount Chief, Queen/Supreme High Chiefess of the Cook Islands (ruled 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

Papua New Guinea

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1975–2022)

Solomon Islands

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1978–2022)

Tonga

* Tupoumoheofo, Tupoumahe'ofo (ruled 1777–1781, as Tu'i Kanokupolu) * Salote Tupou III of Tonga, Salote Tupou III (ruled 1918–1965)

Tuvalu

* Elizabeth II (reigned 1978–2022)

Uvea (Wallis)

* Toifale (ruled 1825) * Falakika Seilala (ruled 1858–1869) * Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki (ruled 1869–1895) * Aloisia Brial (ruled 1953–1958)

Queens regent

Africa

Ashanti Empire

* Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–1921) (regent), queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire (1894–1902)

Axum Empire

* Sofya of Axum, Sofya (c. 330), queen mother of Ezana of Axum, Ezana who ruled on his behalf during his infancy.

= Comoros

= Mayotte * Amina (queen regent) (1590–1596) * Aisa (queen regent) (1700–1714) * Monavo Fani (queen regent) (1714–1720)

Dahomey

* Hangbe (regent) ruler of Dahomey 1716–1718 between the death of Akaba and the rule of Agaja

Egypt

Ancient Egypt WLA brooklynmuseum Statuette of Queen Ankhnesmeryre II

* Neithhotep of the First Dynasty – likely ruled as regent on behalf of either Hor-Aha or Djer. Her exceptional status may point to her being a ruling Pharaoh in her own right, but this is disputed among Egyptologists. * Merneith of the First Dynasty – was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty during the early part of the reign of her son Den (pharaoh), Den. She may have been a ruler of Egypt in her own right (hence being included in the list of queens regnant as well). The possibility is based on several official records. Her rule occurred the 30th century B.C., for an undetermined period * Nimaathap of the Second Dynasty of Egypt, Second Dynasty – possibly ruled as regent on behalf of her son Djoser. * Khentkaus I, Khentkawes I of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth Dynasty – Khentkawes may have served as a regent for Thampthis (considered by some historians her son), or she may have ruled Egypt as Pharaoh. * Khentkaus II of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Fifth Dynasty – While it is not confirmed that Khentkaus ruled as regent, several aspects of her tomb indicate she may have done so. * Iput I of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty – possibly ruled as regent on behalf of her son Pepi I. * Ankhesenpepi II of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty – ruled as regent on behalf of her son Pepi II. * Ahhotep I of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt, Seventeenth Dynasty – ruled as regent on behalf of her son Ahmose I. * Ahmose-Nefertari of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty – ruled as regent on behalf of her son Amenhotep I. Was later deified as a goddess in the centuries after her death. *

of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty – was initially regent on behalf of her step-son Thutmose III, before becoming a reigning co-ruling Pharaoh in her own right. * Mutemwiya of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty – ruled as regent on behalf of her son Amenhotep III. *

of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty – ruled as regent on behalf of her step-son Siptah and became ruling Pharaoh after his death. Fatimid Caliphate * Sitt al-Mulk – regent from 1021 to 1023 during the reign of her nephew Ali az-Zahir. * Rasad – While never formally regent, she wielded a great deal of power during the reign of her son Al-Mustansir Billah and was the effective head of state from 1044 to 1062. Ayyubid Sultanate *

– ''de facto'' regent from November 1249 to February 1250.

Ethiopia

* Romna Wark (mother of Eskender) 1478-? * Eleni of Ethiopia, Eleni (regent) 1507–1516 * Mentewab (regent) 1723–1730 * Ga'ewa, regent of Mäzäga * Genne Fa, regent of Kingdom of Gera

Kongo Kingdom

* Isabel Maria da Gama of Kongo, Isabel Maria da Gama (regent) 1962–1975

Mwali

* Ravao (1840s) – regent during the early years of the reign of her daughter Djoumbé Fatima.

Sultanate of Tuggurt

* Lalla Aicha, regent of Touggourt, Aisha (regent)

Batlokwa

* Mmanthatisi (1813–1824) – regent on behalf of her son Sekonyela.

AmaMpondo

* Lombekiso MaSobhuza Sigcau Dlamini of Qaukeni * Bhongolwethu Fikilephi Ndamase of Nyandeni * Nobandla Sigcau

Bapedi

* Queen Manyako Thulare

Zulu

* Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu

Swaziland /Eswatini

* Labotsibeni Mdluli

Rharhabe

* Noloyiso Sandile

America

Yaxchilan

* Lady Eveningstar, Ik' Skull, also known as Lady Eveningstar (possibly ruled 742–752)

Asia

Abbasid Caliphate

* Al-Khayzuran (regent) 775-789 – ''de facto'' regent during the reigns of her husband Al-Mahdi and her sons Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid * Shaghab (regent) 908-932 – ''de facto'' regent during the reign of her son Al-Muqtadir

Bhopal State

* Sikandar Begum (regent) 1844–1860 – regent on behalf of her daughter Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Shah Jahan Begum before becoming the Nawab of Bhopal from 1860 to 1868. She was succeeded by her daughter.

China

Eastern Zhou * Queen Dowager Xuan * Zhao Weihou Han Dynasty * Empress Lü * Wang Zhengjun * Empress Dou (Zhang) * Deng Sui * Yan Ji * Liang Na * Dou Miao * Empress He (Han dynasty) Jin dynasty (266–420) * Jia Nanfeng * Yu Wenjun * Chu Suanzi Northern Wei * Empress Dowager Feng * Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei) Tang dynasty *

– she ruled first de facto co-ruler with her husband Emperor Gaozong until the end of his reign, and then as regent and thereafter as empress regnant in her own right * Empress Wei (Tang dynasty) Liao dynasty * Shulü Ping * Xiao Yanyan * Xiao Noujin Northern Liao * Xiao Puxiannü (:zh:蕭普賢女) Qara Khitai * Xiao Tabuyan * Yelü Pusuwan Western Xia * Lady Mozang * Empress Gongsu * Empress Zhaojian Northern Song (960–1127) * Empress Liu (Zhenzong) * Empress Cao (Song dynasty) * Empress Gao (Song dynasty) * Empress Xiang Southern Song Dynasty * Empress Meng * Empress Wu (Song dynasty) * Empress Yang (Song dynasty) * Xie Daoqing Yuan dynasty * Töregene Khatun * Oghul Qaimish * Budashiri Ming dynasty * Empress Zhang (Hongxi) * Empress Dowager Xiaoding Qing dynasty * Empress Dowager Ci'an * Empress Dowager Cixi * Empress Dowager Longyu Dongdan Kingdom *Empress Duanshun (:zh:端顺皇后) Kara Del * Nugandaširi () (ruled 1460–1467) – In Kara Del of Xinjiang, there was no king for eight years and queen mother Nugandaširi ruled there alone. Chagatai Khanate * Orghana

India

*prabhavatigupta,regent for her son divakarasena * Lakshmibai, regent for her adopted son Damodar Rao of Jhansi, Damodar Rao * Kittur Chennamma, regent for her adopted son Shivalingappa

= Garhwal Kingdom

= * Rani Karnavati of Garhwal, Rani Karnavati (regent)

= Gond

= * Rani Durgavati (regent) ?–1564

= Indo-Greek

= * Agathoclea (Indo-Greek), Agathoclea

= Maratha Empire

= * Tarabai (regent) 1700–1708

= Madurai Nayak Kingdom

= * Mangammal

Iran

* Atossa (regent) 522 BC-475 BC

Iraq

* Tandu Khatun

Korea

= Goguryeo

= * Queen Mother Buyeo, regent for Taejodae of Goguryeo, King Taejo

= Silla

= * Queen Jiso, regent for Jinheung of Silla, King Jinheung * Queen Sinmok, regent for Hyoso of Silla, King Hyoso * Queen Gyeongsu, regent for Hyegong of Silla, King Hyegong

= Goryeo

= * Queen Heonae, Queen Cheonchu, regent for Mokjong of Goryeo, King Mokjong * Queen Sasuk, regent for Heonjong of Goryeo, King Heonjong * Princess Deoknyeong, regent for Chungmok of Goryeo, King Chungmok and Chungjeong of Goryeo, King Chungjeong * Queen Gongwon, regent for U of Goryeo, King U

= Joseon

= * Queen Jeonghui, regent for Yejong of Joseon, King Yejong and Seongjong of Joseon, King Seongjong * Queen Munjeong, regent for Myeongjong of Joseon, King Myeongjong * Queen Insun, regent for Seonjo of Joseon, King Seonjo * Queen Jeongsun, regent for Sunjo of Joseon, King Sunjo * Queen Sunwon, regent for Heonjong of Joseon, King Heonjong and Cheoljong of Joseon, King Cheoljong * Queen Sinjeong, regent for Gojong of Joseon, King Gojong

Mongolia

* Töregene Khatun (regent) 1243–1246 * Oghul Qaimish (regent) 1248–1251 * Mandukhai Khatun (regent) 15th century

= Chagatai Khanate

= * Orghana, Orqina Khatun (regent) 1252–1260

= Golden Horde

= * Tulun Beg Khanum (regent) 1370–1373

= Kara-Khitan Khanate

= * Tabuyan (regent) 1144–1150 * Yelü Pusuwan (regent) 1164–1178

= Kashmir

= * Queen Didda, Didda (regent) 958-980 – she ruled first as a regent for her son and thereafter as sole ruler in her own right

= Kazan Khanate

= * Söyembikä of Kazan, Söyembikä (regent) (1549–1551)

Neo-Assyrian Empire

* Shammuramat (regent) 810-806 BC

Palmyrene Empire

(regent) 267–271

Ryukyu Kingdom

* Ogiyaka (regent)

Thailand

* Sri Bajarindra (regent) 1862–1955 * Sirikit (regent) 1950–2016

Vietnam

* Queen Cù thị (regent) 113–112 BC * Empress Dương Vân Nga (regent) 979–981 * Empress Empress Mother Thượng Dương, Thượng Dương (regent) 1072–1073 * Lady Ỷ Lan (first regent 1069–1070) (second regent 1072–1085(6,?)) * Empress Linh Chiếu (regent) 1138–1158

Europe

Armenia

* Zarmandukht (regent) 378–384

Croatia

* Helen of Zadar, Jelena Slavna (regent) 969-976

England

* Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Ælfthryth (regent) 978-984 * Matilda of Flanders – ruled as regent during the absences of her husband, William the Conqueror. * Eleanor of Aquitaine (regent) 1190–1191 * Eleanor of Provence (regent) 1253 * Isabella of France (regent) 1326–1330 * Philippa of Hainault (regent) 1346 * Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, Joan of Navarre (regent) 1399–1403 and 1415 * Catherine of Aragon (regent) six months in 1513 * Catherine Parr (regent) July–September 1544

France

* Balthild (regent) 657-659 * Anne of Kiev (regent) 1060–1066 * Adela of Champagne (regent) 1190 * Blanche of Castile (regent) 1226–1235 and 1248–1252 * Isabeau of Bavaria (regent) 1417–1420 * Joan the Lame – ruled as regent while her husband, Philip VI of France, fought in the Hundred Years' War. * Catherine de' Medici (regent) in 1552, 1560–1563 and in 1574 * Marie de' Medici (regent) 1610–1614 * Anne of Austria (regent) 1643–1651 * Maria Theresa of Spain (regent) 1667, 1672, 1678 * Marie Louise (regent) 1812 and 1814 * Eugénie de Montijo (regent) 1859, 1865 and 1870

Franks

* Richilde of Provence (regent) 877 * Fredegund (regent) 584-597 * Ermentrude of Orleans 823-869

Hungary

* Elizabeth of Bosnia (regent) 1382–1387

Illyrian Kingdom

* Teuta (regent) 231–227 BC * Etuta (regent) 169-168 BC * Beroea of Taulantii, Beroea (335 - 295 BC) * Charel (regent) 522-533 BC

Khazar

* Parsbit (regent) 730

Kievan Rus'

* Olga of Kiev, Olga (regent) 945-962

Netherlands

* Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Emma (regent) 1890–1898

Lombards

* Theodelinda (regent) 590-591

Ostrogoths

* Amalasuntha (regent) 526-534 Poland * Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Elizabeth (regent) 1370–1376

Portugal

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* Leonor Teles (regent) 1383–1384 * Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Eleanor of Aragon (regent) 1438–1439 * Eleanor of Viseu (regent) 1497–1499 * Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Catherine of Austria (regent) 1557–1562 * Luisa de Guzmán (regent) 1656–1662 * Catherine of Braganza (regent) 1701; 1704–1705 * Maria Anna of Austria (regent) 1742–1750 * Mariana Victoria of Spain (regent) 1776–1777

Russia

* Sophia of Lithuania (regent) 1425–1432 * Elena Glinskaya (regent) 1533–1538 * Natalya Naryshkina (regent) 1682 * Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Sophia Alekseyevna (regent) 1682–1689 * Anna Leopoldovna (regent) 1740–1741 David von Krafft-Porträtt av Hedvig Eleonora

David von Krafft-Porträtt av Hedvig Eleonora

Sarmatians

* Amage (ruled fl. 2nd-century)

Sweden

* Ingeborg of Norway, Ingeborg (''de facto'' regent 1318–1319) (''de jure'' regent 1319–1326) * Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Hedwig Eleanor (regent) 1660–1672 & 1697

Roman Empire and immediate successors

* Agrippina the Younger (regent) 49 – 56, as Augusta of the Roman Empire, ruled during the time of her husband and son. * Julia Domna (regent) 197 – 217, as Augusta of the Roman Empire, ruled during the time of her husband and sons and she was the first woman in the Severan dynasty to rule. * Julia Maesa (regent) 218 – 224, The Severan dynasty was dominated by powerful women, one of which was Maesa. Politically able and ruthless, she contended for political power after her sister's suicide and Afterwards she held power until she died in Rome. * Julia Soaemias (regent) 218 – 222, After his son came to power, he came to power with his mother and She attended meetings of the senate, and even held a "Women's Senate" deciding on matters of fashion and protocol. She was honored with various titles, including 'Augusta, mater Augusti' (Augusta, mother of Augustus) and 'Mater castorum et senatus et totius domus divinae' (Mother of camp and the senate and the divine house). * Julia Avita Mamaea (regent) 222 – 235, She was the mother of Roman Emperor Alexander Severus and served as regent of Rome during his minority, de facto during his reign. also Alexander confirmed his esteem for his mother and named her consors imperii (imperial consort). * Ulpia Severina (regent) 275 – there is considerable numismatic evidence for Ulpia Severina ruling in her own right between the death of Aurelian and the election of Marcus Claudius Tacitus. Sources mention an interregnum between Aurelian and Tacitus, and some of Ulpia's coins appear to have been minted after Aurelian's death. As such she may have been the only woman to rule over the whole Roman Empire in her own power.

= Bithynia

= * Etazeta (regent) 255–254 BC

= Byzantine Empire

= * Pulcheria (regent) 414–453 *

(as regent, ruled 780–790 and 792–797) – she ruled first as regent for her son and thereafter as empress regnant in her own right * Martina (empress) (regent) 613–641 * Theodora (wife of Theophilos), Theodora the Armenian (regent) – but some historians regard her as an empress regnant rather than just a regent * Eudokia Makrembolitissa (regent) – but some historians regard her as an empress regnant rather than just a regent

= Latin Empire

= * Yolanda of Flanders (regent) 1217–1219

Ottoman Empire

* Kösem Sultan, Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan (regent) 1623–1632 and 1648–1651 * Turhan Hatice Sultan (regent) 1651–1656

Legendary and mythological queens

Chile

* Vakai of Rapa Nui

China

* Nüwa

Congo

Kuba Kingdom

* Lobamba * Go Kadi * Gokare

Czech

* Libuše of Bohemia

Ethiopia

Claimed dates follow the Ethiopian calendar. * Borsa (4321–4254 BC) * Eylouka (3776–3731 BC) * Nehasset Nais (2434–2404 BC) * Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda), Kasiyope (1890–1871 BC) – Originated from Greek mythology * Mumazes (1675–1671 BC) * Aruas (1671 BC) – Daughter of Mumazes * Helena (1358–1347 BC) * Queen of Sheba, Makeda (1013–982 BC) – The Bible, Biblical queen of Sheba in Ethiopian tradition * Nicauta Kandake I (740–730 BC) * Hadina (372–362 BC) * Nikawla Kandake II (342–332 BC) – An alternate name for the Queen of Sheba * Akawsis Kandake III (325–315 BC) * Nikosis Kandake IV (242–232 BC) * Awsena (99–88 BC) * Nicotnis Kandake V (35–25 BC) * Garsemot Kandake VI (40–50 AD) – Supposedly the ''Kandake'' from the Biblical story of the Ethiopian Eunuch * Wakana (230 AD) – Reigned for 2 days * Ahywa Sofya (299–332 AD) – Likely based on Sofya of Axum * Adhana I (369–374 AD) * Adhana II (412–418 AD)

Gideons Dynasty

* Gudit, (ruled c. 960 – c. 1000)

Sidama people

* Furra

Egypt

of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty – Nitocris is mentioned within Herodotus' book Histories (Herodotus), ''Histories'' as being the last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Greece

* Omphale of Lydia, wife of Heracles * Gerana, queen of Pygmy (Greek mythology), Pygmy

Amazons

* Otrera, 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 (Amazon), Eurypyle * Lampedo * Marpesia

India

* Sita, Goddess Sita of Kosala Kingdom, Ayodhya * Draupadi of Kuru Kingdom, Hastinapura and Indraprastha

Iran

* Humay Chehrzad

Iraq

* Semiramis, the legendary queen of king Ninus, succeeding him to the throne of Assyria * Nitocris of Babylon, the ruling queen of Babylon described by Herodotus in his Histories (Herodotus), ''Histories''

Ireland

* Macha, (ruled 661–654 BC) * Medb, Queen of Connacht

Italy

* Lavinia

Japan

* Empress Jingū (ruled 201–269) * Iitoyo

Korea

* Lady Saso, honorary queen regnant of

Libya

* Cyrene (mythology), Cyrene, queen of the city Cyrene * Lamia, queen of Libya

Malaysia

* Siti Wan Kembang, Che Siti Wan Kembang of

Mexico

Aztec Empire

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

Mongolia

* Alan Gua, a mythical figure from the Secret History of the Mongols

Myanmar

* Panhtwar

Norway

* Lagertha

Pakistan

* Nur Bakht Khatun of Trakhan Dynasty * the Dareli queen of Trakhan Dynasty

Poland

* Princess Wanda, Wanda

Somalia

* Amel Ali of Somali mythology * Arawelo of Proto-Somali

Sudan

* Karimala of

(depicted in Semna) * Pelekh Candace of Meroë (c. 345–332 BCE)

Tunisia

* Dido (Queen of Carthage), Dido (ruled 814 – c. 760 BC) – also known as ''Alyssa''. Founder of Carthage, according to tradition

Turkey

* Zugalum of Harran (ruled 2400 BC)

Turkmenistan

* Zarinaea, legendary Sacae woman ruler, the sister of Cyraedus, and the wife of Marmares, ruler of the Parthians

United Kingdom

* Queen Gwendolen (ruled 11th century BCE) * Queen Cordelia (ruled 8th century BCE) * Queen Marcia (ruled 4th century BCE)

Vietnam

* Lady Po Nagar of

, According to Cham legend, was the founder of the Cham nation * Âu Cơ

Yemen

* Queen of Sheba, Bilkis in Yemen, claimed to be Queen of Sheba

Titular and current constituent queens

Botswana

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

Brazil

* Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Isabel, titular empress regnant of Brazil

Chile and Argentina

* Laure-Therese Cros, pretender to throne of Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia (ruled 1903–1916)

Haiti

* Ti Memenne of La Gonâve (ruled ?–1929) – she was the tribal ruler of Gonâve Island, La Gonâve

Hungary

* Elizabeth of Luxembourg, claimant queen regnant of Hungary

Italy

* Catherine I, Latin Empress, Catherine I, titular empress regnant of Latin Empire * Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Catherine II, titular empress regnant of Latin Empire * Isabella of Majorca, titular queen regnant of Majorca

Korea

* Yi Hae-won, titular empress regnant of Korean Empire (ruled 2006–2020)

Mexico

* María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, María Josepha, titular empress regnant of Mexico

New Zealand

* Te Atairangikaahu, queen of Māori people, Māori (ruled 1966–2006)

Nigeria

* Ahebi Ugbabe

Panama and Costa Rica

* Rufina Santana, queen of Naso people (ruled 1982–1988)

Romania

* Margareta of Romania, pretender to throne of Kingdom of Romania

Spain

* Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, Constance, claimant queen regnant of Castile * Joanna la Beltraneja, claimant queen regnant of Castile

Chieftainess

Burundi

* Nandabunga

Cameroon

* Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda

Dominican Republic

* Iguanamá (or Higuanamá), Cacique, Cacica of Higüey, one of the Chiefdoms of Hispaniola (ruled c. 1514)

Fiji

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

Haiti

* Anacaona, Cacique, Cacica of Jaragua, Hispaniola, Jaragua, one of the Chiefdoms of Hispaniola

Israel

* Deborah, the only female judge of Israelite tribes in Biblical judges

Malawi

* Theresa Kachindamoto

New Zealand

Rarotonga

* Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, Ariki, High Chiefess of Rarotonga#Demographics and settlements, Te Au O Tonga (ruled 1845–1857) * Pa Upoko Takau Ariki, Ariki, High Chiefess of Rarotonga#Demographics and settlements, Takitumu (ruled 1855–1890) * Tinomana Mereana Ariki, Ariki, High Chiefess of Rarotonga#Demographics and settlements, Puaikura (ruled 1881–1908)

Nigeria

* Sarraounia

South Africa

Xhosa

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

United States and Canada

Crow tribe

* Pine Leaf (ruled 1830s)

Giluts'aaw

* Victoria Young

Pamunkey

* Cockacoeske (ruled 1656–1686) * Queen Betty (ruled 1686–1708) * Queen Ann (Pamunkey chief), Queen Ann (ruled 1708–1723)

Puerto Rico

* Doña Ines, mother of Caciques Agueybaná and Agüeybaná II * Doña María, daughter of Cacique Bagnamanay * Yuisa, Cacica in the region near Loíza, Puerto Rico

Sakonnet

* Awashonks

Seneca tribe

* Queen Alliquippa (ruled 1754)

Wampanoag

* Weetamoo

Yemen

* Sharifa Fatima

Female rulers of feudal states and substates

Europe

Albania

= Duchy of Durazzo

= * Joanna, Duchess of Durazzo, Joanna (ruled 1348–1368)

= Principality of Albania

= * Helena Thopia (ruled 1402–1403)

= Principality of Valona

= * Komnina Balšić (ruled 1385–1396) * Ruđina Balšić (ruled 1414–1417)

Belgium

= Duchy of Brabant

= * Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, Joanna (ruled 1355–1406) * Mary of Burgundy, Mary (ruled 1477–1482) * Isabella Clara Eugenia (ruled 1598–1621), with Albert *

(ruled 1740–1780)

France

= Duchy of Aquitaine

= * Eleanor of Aquitaine (ruled 1137–1204)

= Counts and Dukes of Angoulême

= * Isabella of Angoulême (ruled 1202–1246)

Germany

= County of Veldenz

= * Agnes, Countess of Veldenz, ruled 1260–1277

= Duchy of Bar

= * Sophie, Countess of Bar ruled 1033–1093

Romania

= Principality of Transylvania

= * Catherine of Brandenburg (ruled 1629–1630) *

(ruled 1740–1780)

Female Rulers of crown land and personal union

Estonia

Part of the Kingdom of Denmark * Margaret Sambiria (ruled 1266–1282) * Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina (ruled 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654) Part of the Swedish Empire * Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora (ruled 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720) Part of the Russian Empire * Catherine I (ruled 8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727) *

(ruled 13 February 1730 – 28 October 1740) * Elizabeth (ruled 6 December 1741 – 5 January 1762) * Catherine II (ruled 9 July 1762 – 6 November 1796)

Finland

Part of the Kingdom of Sweden * Margaret I of Denmark (ruled 1389–1412) * Christina, Queen of Sweden, Christina (ruled 1632–1654) * Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora (ruled 1719–1720)

Iceland

Possession of Norway * Margaret I (ruled 1388 – 28 October 1412)

Latvia

Swedish Livonia

* Ulrika Eleonora (ruled 1719–1720)

Slovakia

Part of the Kingdom of Hungary *

(ruled 1382–1385 and 1386–1395) *

(Queen, "King") (ruled 1740–1780)

Slovenia

Duchy of Carniola

(ruled c. 1740–1780)

Ukraine

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

(ruled c. 1772–1780)

Notes

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
(Zárate's Political Collections) {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Queens Regnant Lists of monarchs, *Queens regnant Lists of women by occupation Queens regnant, *