Apama II
Apama II was a prominent Greco-Syrian princess hailing from the Seleucid dynasty, who ascended to the position of Queen of Cyrenaica through marriage.
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Durgavati
Queen of Gondwana from 1550 until her death in 1564
Salima Machamba
Salima Machamba was the Sultan of Mohéli (Mwali) from 1888 to 1909.
Borkia
In the mid-1500s, Borkia migrated to Mambolo, between the Little and Great Scarcies rivers in what is now Sierra Leone, from Guinea, likely as part of the Mane invasions of that period. The settlement she ruled was later conquered by Bullom warriors, whose descendents became the area’s five ruling houses.
Marie de Guise
Mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, who ruled and fought for her daughter’s throne
Oseberg Viking women
Viking Age female double burial found at Oseberg in Norway threatening gendered values and ideologies 1000 years after their death.
Tembandumba
Ruler of the Jaga of what is now Angola.
Mussasa
Ruler of the Jaga of what is now Angola.
Arsinoe III of Egypt
Queen of Egypt, a brave as well as prudent woman who accompanied her husband when he invaded Syria
Adelaide of Susa
Countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the marchioness of Turin in northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death in 1091.