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Tsarina

Tsarina

Tsarina (or tsaritsa; Cyrillic: царица) is the title of a female autocratic ruler (monarch) of Bulgaria, Serbia, and Russia, or the title of a tsar's wife. The English spelling is derived from the German czarin or zarin, in the same way as the French tsarine / czarine, and the Spanish and Italian czarina / zarina. A tsar's daughter is a tsarevna.

"Tsarina" or "tsaritsa" was the title of the female supreme ruler in the following states:

  • Bulgaria: from 913 to 1018, from 1185 to 1422, and from 1908 to 1946
  • Serbia: from 1346 to 1371
  • Russia: officially from about 1547 to 1721, unofficially from 1721 to 1917 (officially "Empresses").