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Lý Chiêu Hoàng

Lý Chiêu Hoàng was the ninth and last sovereign of the Lý dynasty from 1224 to 1225 and the only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam. Because she was only 6 when she succeeded to the throne, Lý Chiêu Hoàng ruled under the complete nfluence of Commander of Royal Guard Trần Thủ Độ and other members of the Trần clan. She was forced to marry another child when she was only 7, and her title diminished to Empress consort when her new husband, Trần Cảnh, was crowned. She was later further downgraded to “princess” when her husband stole another man’s pregnant wife and named her empress.

Komako Kimura

Born: July 29 1887, Japan Died: 10 July 1980 Country most active: Japan Also known as: 木村駒子, Komaku Kimura or Komago Kimura (misspellings in American newspapers) Komako Kimura was […]

Jhalkaribai

Jhalkaribai was a soldier who served in the Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi’s women’s army and eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen herself, including analysing and strategising battle tactics. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, she disguised herself as the queen and fought on her behalf, at the front, allowing the Queen to escape.

Zhang Yao’er

Zhang Yao’er (章要兒).z was an empress of the Chinese Chen Dynasty, and wife of the founding emperor Emperor Wu (Chen Baxian). She was known for being educated in mathematics and poetry. After her husband died, she tried to preserve the throne for her son, who was a prisoner of war at the time, but was convinced to give up the imperial seal so that her nephew could become emperor instead.

Maurissa Tancharoen

Maurissa Tancharoen is an American television producer, writer, actress, singer, lyricist and dancer. She is best-known for her work as creator and executive producer on the Marvel Cinematice Universe television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020), which she also wrote for (17 episodes) and served as showrunner on (44 episodes).

Nawab Sikander Begum

Her Highness Nawab Sikander Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI ruled as the the Nawab of Bhopal from 1860 until her death in 1868. Initially appointed regent on behalf of her 9-year old daughter Shah Jahan Begum in 1844, she was recognized as nawab in 1860. She was made a Knight Grand Commander for her pro-British stance during the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. In 1863, she became the first Indian ruler to perform the Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj. Sikandar enacted many reforms in the state, including creating a mint, an administrative secretariat, a parliament and a modern judiciary.

Shahjahan Begum

Shah Jahan Begum GCSI CI was the Begum (ruler) of the princely state of Bhopal in central India for two periods: 1844–60 (with her mother acting as regent), and during 1868–1901. During her reign the first postage stamps of the Bhopal state were issued, in 1876 and 1878. She also published The Taj-ul Ikbal Tarikh Bhopal, Or, The History of Bhopal.

“Comfort women”

During World War II, approximately 200,000 Chinese, Korean, Singaporean, Malaysian, Taiwanese and Filipino women and girls were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army.

Genmei

Empress Genmei (元明天皇, Genmei-tennō, April 20, 660 – December 29, 721), also known as Empress Genmyō, was the monarch of Japan from 707 through 715 CE.
Genmei was the fourth of eight women in Japan’s history to take on the role of empress regnant (see: Suiko, Kōgyoku/Saimei, Jitō, Genshō, Kōken/Shōtoku, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi).

Genshō

Empress Genshō (元正天皇, Genshō-tennō, 683 – May 22, 748) was the monarch of Japan from 715 through 724. She was the only empress regnant in Japan’s history to have inherited her title from another empress regnant (Empress Genmei), rather than from a man
Genshō was the fifth of eight women to be Japan’s empress regnant (see: Suiko, Kōgyoku, Jitō, Genmei, Kōken, Meishō, and Go-Sakuramachi).