Olympias of Macedon
Olympias (c. 375-316 BCE), the mother of Alexander the Great, was the driving force behind Alexander’s rise to the throne and was accused of having a hand in the assassination of Philip by Pausanias of Oretis.
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Katharina von Zimmern
Katharina von Zimmern (l. 1478-1547) was the abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich for 30 years and the last before the monasteries were dissolved.
Eurydice I of Macedon
Eurydice I (circa 410 to before 343 BCE) is the earliest queen in the history of ancient Macedonia, whose impact on the political affairs of her time is known to us.
Šērūʾa-ēṭirat
Mesopotamian princess
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