Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (69-30 B.C.)
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Jia Nanfeng
Often portrayed as a villainous figure in Chinese history, she is seen as the person who provoked the War of the Eight Princes, which led to the Wu Hu rebellions and the Jin Dynasty’s loss of northern and central China.
Dido
Phoenician princess and founder of Carthage.
Sikelgaita
Sikelgaita was a Lombard princess who commanded troops in her own right.
Anacaona
Anacaona was a Taíno cacica, (female cacique or chief), religious expert, poet and composer of Xaraguá, in what is now Haiti.
Hōjō Masako
Hōjō Masako, known as the “nun shogun”, exercised significant political power in the early years of the Kamakura period (1192 to 1333).
Lili’uokalani
Growing up in a royal family, Queen Lili‘uokalani was trained to be a monarch. Even though becoming queen was probably not a surprise to her, she may not have known that she would also become the last sovereign monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Unfortunately, she was only able to reign for three years because the United States overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy. However, Lili‘uokalani published her side of the story in a memoir that became the only autobiography written by a Hawaiian monarch.
Mama Adame
Mama Adame was a ruler, known as a mansa, of the village of Bakindiki in Niumi Bato in the Kingdom of Niumi, in what is now The Gambia.
Lady of Cao
The Lady of Cao is a nickname given to a female Moche mummy discovered in 2005 at the El Brujo archeological site about 45 km north of Trujillo in Peru’s La Libertad Region.
Queen Sammurāmat
Shammuramat was a wife of King Shamshi-Adad V who ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire as its regent for five years after his death in 811 BC until her son Adad-nirari III came of age. She is believed to be the basis for the mythical figure of Semiramis.