Makea Takau

Makea Takau Ariki was chiefess of the Makea Nui dynasty, one of the three chiefdoms on the island of Rarotonga.

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Pōmare IV

Pōmare IV was the regnant queen of the Kingdom of Tahiti from January 1827 until her death in September 1877.

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Salamāsina

Queen Salamāsina lived in 16th century Samoa and held the paramount position of Tafa‘ifā, after acquiring four papā or district titles. Her elevation to the highest chiefly ranks was a dynastic move by her relatives.

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Tarereenore

Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.

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Gudït

Ethiopian queen who brought down the ruling house of Aksum in the tenth century, a dynasty which was not to rise again until c. 1270.

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