Xu
Third empress of the Ming dynasty.
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Kazunomiya
Japanese princess and waka poet.
Yingtian
Khitan empress
Chabi
Empress Chabi was wife of Kublai (or Qubilai) Grand Khan of the Mongols, and the first Mongol empress of China.
Chengtian
Empress Chengtian was one of the most well-known and powerful women in the Liao Dynasty, taking after her aunt Empress Yingtian.
Falakika Seilala
19th century queen of the Polynesian kingdom `Uvea, or Wallis Island
Marau Taaroa
Tahitian queen and memoirist
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.
Matelita
A paramount chief of the islands of Manu’a, now in American Samoa.
Sŏndŏk of Silla
Korean queen