Yohl Ikʼnal
Yohl Ik’nal – meaning Lady Heart Wind Place – was the first recorded Mayan queen, ruling from late 583 until late 604.
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Chuqui Huipa
Chuqui Huipa was a sixteenth-century princess and later coya (queen or empress consort) of the Incan Empire
Cusirimay
15th century Incan queen
Francisca Canapaynina
A young noblewoman and cacica from the town of Nariguala, who in 1610 successfully litigated for recognition as a cacica in Peru.
Maria Teresa Choquehuanca
Cacica of Muñani in the late 1700s
Micaela Bastidas
Born in Tamburco in 1744, Micaela was ruler of the chiefdoms of Tungasuca, Surimana and Pampamarca, Peru
Rahua Ocllo
Incan queen
Azcasuch
Azcasuch was a mid- to late-fifteenth century queen of Tepetlaoxtoc, in what is now the Valley of Mexico northeast of modern-day Texcoco.
Lady Eveningstar
Lady Ik’skull or Lady Eveningstar was the second queen consort of the Mayan king Itzamnaaj B’alam II. She may have been regent for their son, ruling in his name for a decade.
Wak Chanil Ajaw
Lady Wak Chanil Ajaw, also known as “Lady Six Sky” (c. 667 C.E-741 C.E), was a Maya queen of Naranjo.