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Mọremí Àjàṣorò

Queen Moremi was a renowned Yoruba queen from the Yorubaland region of modern-day southwestern Nigeria.

Merchant queen’ Omu OOkwei was made Chief of the Ontisha Waterside Settlement and a member of the native court in 1912. In 1936 she was crowned Omu of Osomari. Despite her interaction with British colonisers for trade purposes, she maintained and fought for Igbo beliefs and practises.

Béti

Béti (1735-1805) was queen regnant of the Betsimisaraka people and the kingdom of Foulpointe, Madagascar upon the death of her father, Ratsimilaho, in 1750.

Ranavalona I

Queen of Madagascar

Rasoherina

Queen Rasoherina reigned first as queen consort alongside her husband until his death in 1863, and then ruled as queen regnant of Madagascar until her own death in 1868.

Chengtian

Empress Chengtian was one of the most well-known and powerful women in the Liao Dynasty, taking after her aunt Empress Yingtian.

Amina of Zazzau

This sixteenth century queen ruled over her domains for nearly forty years and is the only female ruler of Zazzau, modern day northern Nigeria, recorded for almost nine hundred years.