Chabi
Empress Chabi was wife of Kublai (or Qubilai) Grand Khan of the Mongols, and the first Mongol empress of China.
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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
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