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Begum Samru

Joanna Nobilis Sombre began her career as a Nautch (dancing) girl in 1700s India, and eventually became the ruler of Sardhana, a small principality near Meerut.

Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina was a powerful Roman empress and one of the most prominent and effective women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

Shima

Known as a just and wise ruler, Shima was the queen regnant of the 7th-century kingdom of Kalingga on the northern coast of Central Java circa 674 CE.

Lý Chiêu Hoàng

Lý Chiêu Hoàng was the ninth and last sovereign of the Lý dynasty from 1224 to 1225 and the only empress regnant in the history of Vietnam.

Queen Labotsibeni Mdluli

Nicknamed Gwamile for her strength of character, Labotsibeni was Swaziland’s queen mother from 1894 to 1899 and then regent from 1899 to 1921.

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was the queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and regent of the kingdom on behalf of her daughter Isabella from 1833 to 1840.

Tin Hinan was the first queen of the Tuareg, a group of Berber clans of obscure origin. Legend states that she led them into the Sahara around 400AD. The Tuareg would later dominate lucrative trade routes across the desert in medieval times.

Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo

Lozikeyi was a senior queen of the Ndebele nation until 1893.

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

Sophia Alekseyevna ruled Russia with a firm hand from 1682 to 1689, as regent for her brother Ivan V and half-brother Peter I.

Nawab Sikander Begum

Her Highness Nawab Sikander Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI ruled as the the Nawab of Bhopal from 1860 until her death in 1868.