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1100s queen of Antioch

Yohl Ik’nal – meaning Lady Heart Wind Place – was the first recorded Mayan queen, ruling from late 583 until late 604.

A young noblewoman and cacica from the town of Nariguala, who in 1610 successfully litigated for recognition as a cacica in Peru.

Kösem Sultan the wife of Ahmed I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire

Cacica of Muñani in the late 1700s

Born in Tamburco in 1744, Micaela was ruler of the chiefdoms of Tungasuca, Surimana and Pampamarca, Peru

Incan queen

Queen of Tikal in the early 500s

Ruler of Palenque from 612-615

Sultan Jahan Begum was the fourth and last female ruler of Bhopal, a principality in Malwa in Central India, ruling from 1901 until 1926.