Siti Aisyah We Tenriolle was the Queen ("Datu") regnant of the Kingdom of Tanete,

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

from 1855 to 1910. Her birth date is unknown. She died in 1919, in the village of Pancana Tanette ri Lau. Siti Aisyah We Tenriolle helped to emancipate the women leaders from the tribe of

Bugis The Bugis people (pronounced ), also known as Buginese, are an ethnicity—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar and Toraja), in the south-western province of Sulawe ...

, Tanete Sand

, Indonesia while serving as queen. Siti Aisyah We Tenriolle also controlled the Kingdom of Bugis.''Perempuan dan Politik dalam Islam'', Pustaka Pesantren, May 2004. A major contribution of Siti Aisyah We Tenriolle was translating the epic piece '' La Galigo'' from the ancient Buginese language.

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{{reflist History of Sulawesi 19th-century women monarchs 20th-century women monarchs Indonesian monarchs 19th-century monarchs in Asia 1919 deaths Year of birth unknown 20th-century monarchs in Asia