Maria of Jever
The last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family. She reigned from 1517 until her death on February 20, 1575.
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Kittur Chennamma
Indian queen of Kittur in present-day Karnataka who led an armed resistance against the British East India Company to maintain control over her dominion.
Kahupāke Rongonui
Te Wai-o-Hua leader
Claudine of Monaco
1400s Lady of Monaco
Embet Ilen
Embet Ilen was a distinguished figure of high birth and political prominence during the Zemene Mesafint period in what is now Eritrea.
Kurmanjan Datka
Kurmanjan Datka, known as the Tsarina of Alaï or the “Queen of the South” in Kyrgyz, was a prominent figure in the history of present-day Kyrgyzstan.
Apama II
Apama II was a prominent Greco-Syrian princess hailing from the Seleucid dynasty, who ascended to the position of Queen of Cyrenaica through marriage.
Durgavati
Queen of Gondwana from 1550 until her death in 1564
Salima Machamba
Salima Machamba was the Sultan of Mohéli (Mwali) from 1888 to 1909.
Borkia
In the mid-1500s, Borkia migrated to Mambolo, between the Little and Great Scarcies rivers in what is now Sierra Leone, from Guinea, likely as part of the Mane invasions of that period. The settlement she ruled was later conquered by Bullom warriors, whose descendents became the area’s five ruling houses.