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Hu Shanxiang

Chinese empress in the 1400s

Chengtian

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

Wu Zetian (624-705) was empress consort of China through her marriage to Emperor Gaozong, and later became empress dowager and regent for her sons Zhongzong and Ruizong. She later became the first empress regnant of China.

Trưng Trắc

The Trung sisters organised an army – composed mostly of women – and rose up against the Chinese regime, eventually securing Vietnamese independence from China for the first time in 150 years.

Trần Thị Dung

Empress consort in 1200s Vietnam

Börte

First wife of Temüjin, the future Chinggis (Genghis) Khan, at the age of ten.

Līlāvatī of Polonnaruwa

Līlāvatī was the agra-maheśī (principal wife) of Parākramabāhu I, ruler of the medieval kingdom of Lanka (current Sri Lanka). She was placed on the throne, and subsequently deposed, not twice but three times, ruling c. 1197-1200, 1209-1210 and 1211-1212.