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Hatshepsut

Celebrated queen of Egypt

Artemisia II of Caria

She is chiefly known to history for the conquest of the Island of Rhodes, afterwards the greatest seat of learning in the world, and then celebrated and wealthy.

Elizabeth I

Queen of England, whose reign may be said to mark the transition from medieval to modern England.

Blanche of Castile

Blanche of Castile (1187-1252), Queen of France

Isabella of Castile

Isabella (1451-1504), Queen of Castile

Christina of Sweden

Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689)

Theodora

Byzantine empress, wife of Justinian I

Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (69-30 B.C.)

Often portrayed as a villainous figure in Chinese history, she is seen as the person who provoked the War of the Eight Princes, which led to the Wu Hu rebellions and the Jin Dynasty’s loss of northern and central China.