Ḫurrem Sulṭān
Ottoman royal favourite and chief consort.
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Kösem Sultan
Kösem Sultan the wife of Ahmed I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire
Zheng
Chinese empress of the Song dynasty
Jahanara Begum
Mughal princess and Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire
Maham Begum
She married Babur, the first Mughal emperor, in 1506, in Herat. Though she was Babur’s third wife, she became his chief consort, acting as a political advisor in many circumstances.
Manikuntala Sen
Activist, politician and memoirist Manikuntala Sen was one of the first women active in the Communist Party of India.
Nexhmije Hoxha
Albanian Communist Nexhmije Hoxha was the first lady of Socialist Albania for more than 40 years, from 1944 to 1985, as the wife of Enver Hoxha. She was one of the few spouses of a ruling Communist party leader to gain her own high political profile.
Jane Wilde
Irish poet, nationalist, and feminist
Chabi
Empress Chabi was wife of Kublai (or Qubilai) Grand Khan of the Mongols, and the first Mongol empress of China.
Aurelia de Campisteguy
Uruguayan first lady