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Marau Taaroa

Tahitian queen and memoirist

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.

Matelita

A paramount chief of the islands of Manu’a, now in American Samoa.

Sŏndŏk of Silla

Korean queen

Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian (624-705) was empress consort of China through her marriage to Emperor Gaozong, and later became empress dowager and regent for her sons Zhongzong and Ruizong. She later became the first empress regnant of China.

Trưng Trắc

The Trung sisters organised an army – composed mostly of women – and rose up against the Chinese regime, eventually securing Vietnamese independence from China for the first time in 150 years.

Trần Thị Dung

Empress consort in 1200s Vietnam

Börte

First wife of Temüjin, the future Chinggis (Genghis) Khan, at the age of ten.

Līlāvatī of Polonnaruwa

Līlāvatī was the agra-maheśī (principal wife) of Parākramabāhu I, ruler of the medieval kingdom of Lanka (current Sri Lanka). She was placed on the throne, and subsequently deposed, not twice but three times, ruling c. 1197-1200, 1209-1210 and 1211-1212.

Padmini

Indian rani