Falakika Seilala
19th century queen of the Polynesian kingdom `Uvea, or Wallis Island
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Ines
Doña Ines was a fifteenth-sixteenth century caciqua of Taíno origin
Hinematioro
Hinematioro was a woman of high standing among the East Coast peoples from Whāngārā to Ūawa (Tolaga Bay) in 1700s New Zealand.
Kunigunda Slavonia
1200s queen of Bohemia
Makea Takau
Makea Takau Ariki was chiefess of the Makea Nui dynasty, one of the three chiefdoms on the island of Rarotonga.
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV was the regnant queen of the Kingdom of Tahiti from January 1827 until her death in September 1877.
Salamāsina
Queen Salamāsina lived in 16th century Samoa and held the paramount position of Tafa‘ifā, after acquiring four papā or district titles. Her elevation to the highest chiefly ranks was a dynastic move by her relatives.
Sālote Toupou III
1900s Queen of Tonga
Tarereenore
Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.
Gudït
Ethiopian queen who brought down the ruling house of Aksum in the tenth century, a dynasty which was not to rise again until c. 1270.