Šērūʾa-ēṭirat
Mesopotamian princess
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Sigrid the Proud
Sigrid the Proud (c. 927-c. 1014 CE) was a Swedish queen who refused to live by other people’s rules.
Aelfgifu of Northampton
1000s CE English queen
Isabella d’Este
Isabella d’Este (l. 1474-1539), was the leading lady of Renaissance Italy who funded the works of such renowned artists as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Elizabeth Meehan
Scottish political scientist
Azadokht Shahbanu
Diplomat for the Sassanian Empire under Shapur I, his primary consort and wife, and a skilled swordswoman and a guiding force in his reign and the one responsible for establishing the great intellectual, cultural, and medical center of Gundeshapur.
Gisela of France
10th-century CE Francian princess
Heterpheres I
4th Dynasty Egyptian queen
Amenirdis I
Amenirdis I (714-700 BCE) controlled Thebes through her position as God’s Wife of Amun and effectively ruled Upper Egypt.
Emma of Normandy
Emma of Normandy (died 1052), the wife of King Aethelred the Unready from 1002 to 1016 and then the wife of King Cnut from 1017 to 1035, was a dominant player in English politics for nearly 50 years.