List of female monarchs

Java

• Dyah Tulodong (reigned ?–1032) – she was a queen of Lodoyong, now Tulungagung; she defeated Airlangga in 1031, but was ultimately defeated by Airlangga in 1032

• , also known as Nyi Rambut Kasih (reigned in the 15th century)

Nusa Tenggara

Kalimantan

• Gusti Intan, also known as Ratu Permaisuri (reigned 1892–1902)

• Putri Di Dalam Petung (reigned 1516–?)

•  (reigned in the mid-18th century)  – after her death, the kingdom was divided into several petty states, each with its own ruler
•  (reigned in the late 18th century) – ruler of and
• Gusti Besar (reigned in the early 19th century) – ruler of , , , , , and
• Aji Tukul, also known as Ratu Intan II  (reigned in the mid-19th century) – ruler of , , and

• Nyai Undang (reigned in the 14th century)

• Ikenawai (reigned 1542–1557)

Sulawesi

• Boki Panesi (reigned 1825–?)

• Wekoila (reigned )

• Queen of Lipukasi, name unknown (reigned ) – in 1814, John Crawfurd saw the female sovereign of the little state of Lipukasi; she was also the wife of the Macassar chief Kraing Lembang Parang, also spelled Karaeng Lembangparang, of Gowa-Tallo

• Ratu Leheraung (reigned 1570–1609)

Laos

Myanmar

• Nang Ye Hkam Leng (), ruler of Möng Mao (reigned 1293–1310 or 1127–1152) – according to some sources, she succeeded her father ()

• Nang Li, ruler of Möng Sit (reigned 1873–1876)

• Mi Thit, ruler of Pangtara (reigned c. 1840s)
• Mi Sit, ruler of Pangtara (reigned c. 1840s)

Philippines

• Dayang Kalangitan (reigned –)

• Queen of Maynila, name unknown (reigned ) – she succeeded her husband Salalila and was succeeded by her son Matanda; according to oral traditions, her name is "Ysmeria"

• Nur ul-Azam (reigned )

Thailand

Timor-Leste

There were many chiefdoms on Timor, but according to the hierarchy among the Timorese domains, the ruler of Sonbai of West Timor, the ruler of Wehali of Central Timor, and the ruler of Likusaen (today: Liquiçá) of East Timor were three paramount rulers of Timor.

• Ursula da Costa (reigned )
• Dona Gracia da Costa Rodrigues Pereira (reigned )
• Dona Engracia da Costa Delgado (reigned )

Vietnam

West Asia

Iran

Iraq

Israel and Palestine

Jordan

• Laodice of the Sameans (reigned ) – in the Codex Leidensis, the people of Laodice is Gileadites.

• Chuldu (reigned 9 BC–16 AD) – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris
• Shaqilath (reigned 16–40 AD) – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris
• Shaqilath II – she ruled with her husband Malichus II; after his death she was regent for her son Rabbel II Soter
• Gāmilat – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter
• Hagaru – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter

Lebanon

• Lucia of Tripoli (reigned 1287–1289)

Saudi Arabia

• Iapa, queen of the city Dihrani – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu
• Baslu, queen of the city Ihilum – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu

• Zabibe (reigned –735 BC)
• Samsi (reigned –710 BC)
• Yatie (reigned –695 BC)
• Te'el-hunu (reigned –690 BC)
• Tabua (reigned –675 BC)

Syria

• Mavia (reigned 375–425) – "The Queen of the Arabs"

• Cleopatra Thea (reigned 126–121 BC) – she ruled with her sons Seleucus V and Antiochus VIII
• Cleopatra Selene I (reigned 82–69 BC) – she ruled with her son Antiochus XIII

• Zenobia (reigned 272) – she ruled mostly as regent for her son but reigned briefly under the regnal name Septimia Zenobia Augusta in 272.

Turkey

• Constance (reigned 1130–1163)

• Isabella (reigned 1219–1252) – she co-ruled with her husband Hethum I from 1226

• Artemisia I (reigned )
• Artemisia II (reigned 353–351 BC)
• Ada (reigned 344–340 and 334–326 BC)

• Mania (reigned after 399 BC) – queen of ancient Dardania according to Polyaenus and Xenophon

• Amastris (reigned –284 BC)

• Laodice, co-ruler of Mithridates IV
• Pythodorida (reigned 8 BC–38 AD)

• Queen Aba (reigned in the 1st century BC)

• Orodaltis (reigned after 30 BC)

• Melike Mama Hatun (reigned 1191–1200)

• Theodora Megale Komnene (reigned 1284–1285)
• Eirene Palaiologina (reigned 1340–1341)
• Anna Megale Komnene (reigned 1341–1342)

Yemen

Central Asia

Afghanistan

• Queen of Greater Yuezhi, name unknown (reigned in the 2nd century BC) – after the king of the Greater Yuezhi was killed by the Xiongnu, his wife became the new monarch of Greater Yuezhi

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

• Tomyris (reigned –520 BC) — queen of Massagetae

North Asia

Siberia

• Botohui-Tarhun (reigned in the 13th century) — queen of

Europe

Central Europe

Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and Czechia

Poland

Eastern Europe

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

Russia

Northern Europe

Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Lithuania

Western Europe

Luxembourg and Belgium

• Mary of Burgundy (reigned 1477–1482) – according to 's book, Mary of Burgundy and Isabella Clara Eugenia are included in the list of thirty women sovereigns over European states between 1300 and 1800

• Isabella Clara Eugenia (reigned as independent sovereign 1598–1621) – during her and Albert's co-reign period, the Spanish Netherlands temporarily had formal independence from Spain

• Maria Theresa (reigned 1740–1780) – she was also the sovereign of many other states as ruler of the Habsburg monarchy

• Marie-Adélaïde (reigned 1912–1919)
• Charlotte (reigned 1919–1964)

Netherlands

Monaco

United Kingdom and Ireland

• Pictish Queen, name unknown (reigned c. 617) – in 617, she summoned pirates to massacre Donnán and his companions on the island of Eigg; she is the only woman ruler mentioned in early Scottish history

Southern Europe

Albania

With the fall of the Serbian Empire after 1355, for a period Albania were ruled by local chieftains. In the 14th and 15th centuries Ottoman Empire conquered the sovereign Albanian principalities.

• Caeria (reigned ?–344/343 BC)

Bosnia

• Jelena Gruba (reigned 1395–1398)

Bulgaria

• Antonia Tryphaena (reigned 18–38) – she ruled with her son Rhoemetalces II
• Pythodoris II (reigned 38–46) – she ruled with Rhoemetalces III

Cyprus

Greece

• Deidamia II (reigned )

• Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (reigned 1384–1385)

• Yolanda (reigned 1217–1219, disputed)

• Irene of Montferrat (reigned 1303–1317)
• Anna of Savoy (reigned 1351–1365)

• Helena of Bulgaria (reigned 1355–1365) – she built up her own autonomous principality

• Cratesipolis (reigned ) — ruler of Sicyon and Corinth
• Nicaea, ruler of Corinth

Italy

Portugal

Romania

• Catherine of Brandenburg (reigned 1629–1630)

Spain and Andorra

• Toda of Pamplona (reigned ) — queen of Deio and Lizarrara
• Andregoto Galíndez (reigned ) — queen of Lumbier
• Tota of Ribagorza (reigned 1003–1010) — independent countess of Ribagorza
• Mayor García of Castile (reigned 1010–1025) — independent countess of Ribagorza

Malta

Montenegro

Oceania

Australasia

Australia

New Zealand

• Makea Takau Ariki, Queen/Supreme High Chiefess of the Cook Islands (reigned 1871–1911) – was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Rarotonga established in 1858, she ceased to be sovereign after 1888

Melanesia

Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Polynesia

American Samoa

• Tuimanufili (reigned as 20th Tui Manu'a)
• Siliave (reigned as 23rd Tui Manu'a)
• Seuea (reigned as 27th Tui Manu'a)
• Matelita (reigned 1891–1895, as 39th Tui Manu'a)

French Polynesia

• Teriimaevarua II (reigned 1860–1873)
• Teriimaevarua III (reigned 1873–1895)

• Teha'apapa I (reigned 1760–1790)
• Teri'itaria II (reigned 1815–1852)
• Teha'apapa II (reigned 1868–1893)
• Teuhe (reigned 1888–1890) – she reigned under a rebellion government against her mother Queen Tehaapapa II
• Teha'apapa III (reigned 1893–1895)

• Tehauroarii (reigned 1881–1884)
• Tuarii (reigned till 1897) – she reigned under a rebellion government against the French with the support of Teraupo'o after Tamatoa VI abdicated.

• Daughter of Parima (reigned ?–1887)

• Tamaeva IV (reigned 1876–1892)
• Tamaeva V (reigned 1892–1901)

• Purea (reigned in the 18th century), queen of the Teva clan on the southern part of the island before unification
• Pōmare IV (reigned 1827–1877)

• Vaekehu – her husband died in 1863, but Vaekehu continued to reign on her own as Queen

Hawaii

• Ululani, 7th Chiefess of Hilo

• Hinakaimauli'awa, 2nd Chiefess of Ko'olau
• Mualani, 3rd Chiefess of Ko'olau
• Kaimihauoku, 7th Chiefess of Ko'olau
• Holaulani (Kauaohalaulani), 16th Chiefess of Ko'olau
• Ipuwai-o-Hoalani, 19th Chiefess of Ko'olau

• Kapau-a-NuÊ»akea, 3rd Chiefess of Molokai
• Kamauliwahine, 4th Chiefess of Molokai
• Hualani, 5th Chiefess of Molokai
• Kanealai, Chiefess of Molokai (reigned during the 18th century)

• KÅ«kaniloko, 11th MoÊ»i of OÊ»ahu
• Kalaimanuia, 12th MoÊ»i of OÊ»ahu (reigned 1600–1665)

• Kaikilani, 17th MoÊ»i of HawaiÊ»i Island (reigned 1575–1605)
• Keakamahana, 19th MoÊ»i of HawaiÊ»i Island (reigned 1635–1665)
• Keakealaniwahine, 20th MoÊ»i of HawaiÊ»i Island (reigned 1665–1695)
• Kalanikauleleiaiwi, 21st MoÊ»i of HawaiÊ»i Island (reigned 1695–1725) — co-ruler with her brother KeaweʻīkekahialiÊ»iokamoku

• Kamakahelei, 22nd MoÊ»i of KauaÊ»i (reigned 1770–1794)

• LiliÊ»uokalani (reigned 1891–1893 and claimed status as queen until her death in 1917) – the only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii established by Kamehameha I

Tonga

• Tupoumahe'ofo (reigned 1777–1781, as Tu'i Kanokupolu)
• Salote Tupou III (reigned 1918–1965)

Tuvalu

Wallis and Futuna

• Toifale (reigned 1825)
• Falakika Seilala (reigned 1858–1869)
• Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki (reigned 1869–1895)
• Aloisia Brial (reigned 1953–1958)

Legendary and mythological monarchs

Chad

• Hu of Kanem

Chile

• Gaboimilla

China

• Nüwa, the only female among Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
• Queen Mother of the West
• Queen of the Aini people (爱尼人), a branch of the Hani people

Congo-Kinshasa

Kuba Kingdom

Women written in italics in the list of Kuba Kingdom rulers:

• Lobamba
• Gokare
• Sanga Motunu
• Pelama Pena
• Boeke
• Sanga Lenga
• Bosh Akama
• Kele Kama
• Bolueme

Czechia

• LibuÅ¡e, female ruler of Bohemia
• Valasca

Denmark

• Asa – she was described in Chronicon Lethrense
• Hethae – she was described in Chronicon Lethrense

Easter Island

• Vakai, queen of Kingdom of Rapa Nui

Ecuador

• Paccha Duchicela, queen of the

Egypt

• Nitocris of the Sixth Dynasty – Nitocris is mentioned within Herodotus' book Histories as being the last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
• Charoba – A queen mentioned in a history of Egypt written by 12th-century Arab writer Murtada ibn al-'Afif.
• Daluka of the Soleyman Dynasty – An Antediluvian monarch from medieval Coptic and Arabic texts who supposedly built a wall around Egypt to protect the country from invasion and also was said to have built a pyramid and a nilometer at Memphis. Sometimes claimed to be a cousin of Charoba and her immediate successor.
• Borsa of the Soleyman Dynasty – Mentioned in medieval Coptic and Arabic texts as a ruler of Egypt in the Antediluvian era. Sometimes described as a "priestess".

Ethiopia

The following names all come from a regnal list written in 1922, which is partially based on native traditions and older regnal lists, but also contains additional names of Coptic and Nubian origin, the latter due to its association with the word "Aethiopia" in ancient and Biblical texts. Claimed dates follow the Ethiopian calendar.

• Borsa (reigned 4321–4254 BC) – Originated from Coptic tradition.
• Eylouka (reigned 3776–3731 BC) – Originated from Coptic tradition.
• Nehasset Nais (reigned 2434–2404 BC)
• Kasiyope (reigned 1890–1871 BC) – Originated from Greek mythology.
• Mumazes reigned (1675–1671 BC) – Daughter of king Bonu I.
• Aruas (reigned 1671 BC) – Daughter of Mumazes.
• Helena (reigned 1358–1347 BC)
• Makeda (reigned 1013–982 BC) – The Biblical queen of Sheba in Ethiopian tradition and mother of Menelik I. She succeeded to the throne after the death of her father king Kawnasya.
• Nicauta Kandake I (reigned 740–730 BC)
• Hadina (reigned 372–362 BC) – Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 9 years.
• Nikawla Kandake II (reigned 342–332 BC) – An alternate name for the Queen of Sheba
• Akawsis Kandake III (reigned 325–315 BC)
• Nikosis Kandake IV (reigned 242–232 BC)
• Awsena (reigned 99–88 BC) – Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 1 year.
• Nicotnis Kandake V (reigned 35–25 BC)
• Garsemot Kandake VI (reigned 40–50 AD) – Supposedly the Kandake from the Biblical story of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
• Wakana (reigned 230 AD) – Reigned for 2 days.
• Ahywa Sofya (reigned 299–332 AD) – Likely based on Sofya of Axum, mother of Ezana.
• Adhana I (reigned 369–374 AD) – Some regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 14 years.
• Adhana II (reigned 412–418 AD) – Some regnal lists claim this monarch co-ruled with king Abreha III.

Kingdom of Simien

• Gudit (reigned )

Sidama people

• Furra

French Polynesia

• Queen Mamea

Greece

• Omphale of Lydia, wife of Heracles
• Gerana, queen of Pygmy
• Callidice of Thesprotia

Amazons

• Otrera, the daughter of Eurus (the east wind)
• Hippolyta, the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle
• Penthesilea, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe
• Antianara, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe
• Eurypyle
• Lampedo
• Marpesia
• Aegea
• Myrina
• Orithyia
• Antiope
• Thalestris

Iceland

• Brunhild – in the Nibelungenlied, she is first presented as the ruling queen of Iceland

India

• , ruler of Kashmir – she was described in Rajatarangini
• Pandaie

Indonesia

• Mahisa Suramardini Warmandewi, queen of Salakanagara (reigned 276–289 AD)
• Sphatikarnawa Warmandewi, queen of Salakanagara (reigned 340–348 AD)
• Dona Maria of the Kingdom of Sikka
• Dona Ines da Silva of the Kingdom of Sikka

Iran

• Humay Chehrzad

Iraq

• Kubaba of Kish, the only queen on the Sumerian King List (reigned in the 25th century BC)
• Semiramis of Assyria, claimed to be Shammuramat
• Nitocris of Babylon, the ruling queen of Babylon described by Herodotus in his Histories
• Queen Zidam – according to the legend of Bayajidda, she conquered Baghdad

Ireland

• Macha, (reigned 661–654 BC)
• Medb, Queen of Connacht

Japan

• Empress JingÅ« (reigned 201–269)
• Princess Iitoyo (reigned 484; disputed)
• Kamu-nashi-hime (神夏磯媛), female Tsuchigumo of Hōfu-shi (防府市)
• Hayatsuhime (速津媛), female Tsuchigumo of Hayami-gun (速見郡)
• (田油津媛), female Tsuchigumo of Yamato-gun (山門郡)
• , ruler of Yonaguni

Korea

• Lady Saso, honorary queen regnant of Silla
• Queen of Jeoknyeo-guk – Talhae's mother was the princess of Jeoknyeo-guk (), an island country where only women lived
• Queen of Tamna – she is mentioned in the legend of Mountain Shrine and Lady Shring in the Bongnae Mountain (봉래산 산제당과 아씨당)
• Hongranyeo () – according to the legend of Yeowangjwagangsanhyeong (), she became the monarch of Balhae

Libya

• Cyrene, queen of the city Cyrene
• Lamia, queen of Libya

Malaysia

Mexico

Tenochtitlan

• Ilancueitl (disputed)
• Atotoztli II (reigned 1466–1472, disputed)

Myanmar

• Panhtwar

Norway

• Lagertha

Pakistan

• Nur Bakht Khatun of Trakhan Dynasty
• the Dareli queen of Trakhan Dynasty

Peru

• Mama Waqu Quya, mother and predecessor of Manco Cápac as ruler of Inca people according to Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

Poland

• Wanda

Russia

• Narchat

Somaliland

• Arawelo
• Kola, queen of Abasa

South Africa

• Majaji (reigned )

Spain

• Queen Lupa

Sri Lanka

• Kuveni, queen of Yakkha people of Sri Lanka before the founding of Kingdom of Tambapanni
• Alli Raani

Sudan

• Pelekh Candace of Meroë (reigned )

Syria

• al-Zabba', claimed to be Zenobia

Tunisia

• Dido (reigned 814–) – also known as Alyssa. Founder of Carthage, according to tradition

Turkey

• Onomaris, Queen of the Galatians
• Queen of Kanesh

Turkmenistan

• Zarinaea, legendary Sacae woman ruler of the Dahae

United Kingdom

• Queen Gwendolen (reigned in the 11th century BC)
• Queen Cordelia (reigned in the 8th century BC)
• Queen Marcia (reigned in the 4th century BC)
• Hermuthruda

Vatican City

• Pope Joan, legendary monarch of the Papal States

Vietnam

• Lady Po Nagar of Champa, According to Cham legend, was the founder of the Cham nation

Yemen

• Bilkis in Yemen, claimed to be Queen of Sheba

Self-proclaimed monarchs

China

• Chen Shuozhen (reigned 653) – She led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself huangdi. Jian Bozan recognized her as a female huangdi.
• Mǐlǔ (), also known as "Invincible Tian Wang ()" – female rebel leader to assume the title of Tian Wang (天王)

Easter Island

• Koreto, reigning queen of Easter Island (reigned ?–1876) – Dutrou-Bornier married Koreto and appointed her as Queen
• Caroline, reigning queen of Easter Island (reigned 1877) – after the death of Dutrou-Bornier, his widow Koreto briefly installed their daughter Caroline as Queen

Guinea

• Niara Bely

Guinea-Bissau

• Aurelia Correia

Haiti

• Ti Memenne of La Gonâve (reigned ) – she was the tribal ruler of La Gonâve

India

• Rani Gaidinliu, leader of the Naga people

Italy

• Nina Menegatto

Jamaica

• Queen Nanny, leader of the Jamaican Maroons

Korea

• Yi Hae-won, titular empress regnant of Korean Empire

New Zealand

• Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (reigned 1966–2006)
• Nga wai hono i te po, Māori queen (reigned 2024–present)

Panama

• Rufina Santana, queen of Naso people (reigned 1982–1988)

Senegal

• Aline Sitoe Diatta, Queen of Kabrousse

Trinidad and Tobago

The list of Carib Queens were:

• Delores MacDavid
• Maria Fuentes Werges Ojea
• Edith Martinez
• Justa Werges
• Valentina Medina
• Jennifer Cassar
• Nona Aquan

United States of America

• Verdiacee Goston, empress of the Washitaw Nation

United States Virgin Islands

The leaders of the 1878 St. Croix labor riot were:

• "Queen Mary" Thomas
• "Queen Agnes" Salomon
• "Queen Mathilda" McBean

Chieftainesses

Argentina

• Isabel Pallamay, Cacica of the Quilme people (reigned 1708–1718)

Australia

• Cora Gooseberry (reigned 1830–1852)

Botswana

• Kgosi Basadi Seipone III
• Kgosi Rebecca Banika
• Mosadi Muriel Seboko (reigned 2002–present), the kgosikgolo of the Balete people

Brazil

• Juma Xipaia of the Xipaya people (reigned 2015–present)
• Mandei Juma of the Juma people
• Borea Juma of the Juma people
• Ajareaty Waiapi of Waiapi

Burundi

• Nandabunga

Cameroon

• Nkunkuma Marie-Louise Zoa of Okoa
• Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda

Canada

• Marilyn Baptiste
• Elsie Knott
• Gwendolyn Lucy O'Soup Crane
• Sacha Labillois-Kennedy
• Bev Sellars
• Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier
• Viola Wyse
• Victoria Young of Giluts'aaw

Chile

• María la Grande
• Janequeo

China

• (), female chieftain of the Shāohé (燒何) tribe of the Ancient Qiang (reigned )
• Lady Xian, female chieftain of the (俚人), an ancestral group associated with the later Lí people (黎族)
• Huang Shi (), female chieftain of the Lí people (黎族) (reigned ?–1181) – mother of Wang Erniang
• Wang Erniang (), female chieftain of the Lí people (黎族) (reigned 1181–1216)
• Wu Shi (), female chieftain of the Lí people (黎族) (reigned 1216–?) – daughter of Wang Erniang
• Chogi (), female chieftain of the Mancha () tribe of the Jianzhou Jurchens (reigned )
• Ziji Drolma (; ), Golok Queen of the Hongmaocang (红毛仓) tribe of the Golok people (reigned c. 1893–c. 1917)
• Lude (; ), Golok Queen of the Hongmaocang (红毛仓) tribe of the Golok people (reigned c. 1917–1933/35)
• , the last female chieftain of the Aoluguya tribe of the Evenki people (reigned ?–2022)

Colombia

• Gaitana

Congo-Brazzaville

• Ngalifourou, Chef de canton of the Tio Kingdom (reigned 1918–1956)

Dominican Republic

• Higuanamá, also spelled Hiquanama, Cacica of Higüey, one of the Chiefdoms of Hispaniola (reigned ?–1502) – she was described by Las Casas in his A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies; Juan de Esquivel hanged Higuanamá in 1502
• doña María de Higüey, Cacica of Higüey (reigned c. 1514)
• Isabel de Iguanama, Cacica of Higüey (reigned c. 1514)

Ecuador

• Juana Guare

Ethiopia

• Diso Obo Warqe, ruler of the Nonno Jebat

Fiji

• Lala Mara, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa (reigned 1957–2004)
• Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa (reigned 2004–present)

Ghana

• Gundonaa Samata Abudu
• Nana Kofi Abuna V
• Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa
• Peggielene Bartels

Haiti

• Anacaona, Cacica of Jaragua, one of the Chiefdoms of Hispaniola

Iceland

• Aud the Deep-Minded, Ringkvinna who settled in Dalasýsla

India

• Ganapama, ruler of the Yenamadala branch of the Kotas
• Pandambika, ruler of the Tadikonda branch of the Kotas
• Vennaladevi, ruler of the Tadikonda branch of the Kotas
• Banaitangi, ruler of the western Lushai Sailo family
• Ropuiliani, ruler of the southern Lushai Hills

Ireland

• Grace O'Malley, also known as "the Pirate Queen", chieftainess of the Ó Máille clan in Umaill

Israel

• Deborah, the only female judge of Israelite tribes in Biblical judges

Kenya

• Wangu wa Makeri

Korea

• Chieftainess buried in (정촌고분)

Kyrgyzstan

• Kurmanjan Datka, tribal leader of the Alay Kyrgyz (reigned 1862–1895)

Liberia

• Mary Larteh
• Suah Koko

Malawi

• Theresa Kachindamoto

Malaysia

• , female chief of Temong in Hulu Perak (reigned )
• Datuk Puteri Siti Awan I, female Undang of Johol (reigned 1723–1747)
• Datuk Rambut Panjang, female Undang of Johol (reigned 1747–1760)
• Datuk Puteri Siti Awan II, female Undang of Johol (reigned 1760–1790)

Marshall Islands

• Dorothy Tarjikit Laelan Kabua, paramount chief of Majuro (reigned c. 1953–c. 1954)
• Atama Zedkaia, paramount chief (Leroijlaplap) of Majuro (reigned c. 2001–2010)
• Libinnirok, Leroijlaplap of Mejit (reigned c. 1900s)

Mongolia

• () (reigned c. 1580s) – a Mongol female chieftain who resided outside the Great Wall at Gubeikou (古北口)
• () (reigned c. 1580s) – a Mongol female chieftain who resided outside the Great Wall at Malanyu (馬蘭峪)

Morocco

• Chamsi az-Ziwawiya, caïda of the Bani Yznaten tribe in the Rif region (reigned c. 1337)
• Rqia bent Hadidou, caïda of the Aït Zedeg tribe in the Rif region (reigned c. 1880s)

New Zealand

Māori people

• Hine-i-paketia
• Hinematioro

Rarotonga

• Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, High Chiefess of Te Au O Tonga (reigned 1845–1857)
• Pa Upoko Takau Ariki, High Chiefess of Takitumu (reigned 1855–1890)
• Tinomana Mereana Ariki, High Chiefess of Puaikura (reigned 1881–1908)

Niger

• Sarraounia

Nigeria

• Abibatu Mogaji, Ìyál'ọ́jàof Lagos
• Abiola Dosunmu, Erelu Kuti of Lagos
• Agbani Darego, Oloye of Lagos
• Ahebi Ugbabe, Eze of Enugu-Ezike
• Alaba Lawson, Iyalode of Yorubaland
• Aminatu Abiodun, Iyalode of Ibadan
• Efunroye Tinubu, Iyalode of Egbaland
• Efunsetan Aniwura, Iyalode of Ibadan
• Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Oloye of Yorubaland
• Laduntan Oyekanmi, Iyalode of Ibadan
• Wuraola Esan, Iyalode of Ibadan

Palau

• Ngerdoko, Bilung of Koror (reigned ?–1975)
• Gloria Salii, Bilung of Koror (reigned 1975–)

Panama

• Silvia Carrera

Papua New Guinea

• Koloka of Naara (reigned c. 1884 – c. 1910)

Peru

• Capillana, of a northern part of Peru
• Tomasa Tito Condemayta

Puerto Rico

• Luisa, also known as Yuisa, Cacica of Loíza (reigned ?–1513)

Sierra Leone

• Nyarroh of the Barri Chiefdom
• Daughter of Nyarroh of the Barri Chiefdom
• Madam Nenge of the Baoma Chiefdom
• Madam Matolo of the Nongowa Chiefdom
• Humonya of the Nongowa Chiefdom
• Ella Koblo Gulama of the Kaiyamba Chiefdom
• Madam Mamawa Benya of the Small Bo Chiefdom
• Madam Theresa Vibbie of Kandu Leppiam Chiefdom

South Africa

• Phylia Nwamitwa II
• Queen Hoho of Khoekhoe (reigned )

South Sudan

• Mathiang Yak Anek

Suriname

• Grace Watamaleo

Sweden

• Princess of Öland

Taiwan

• (), female chieftain of the XÄ«nwǔlǐ (心武里) tribe of the Paiwan people (reigned ?–1723)
• Older Sister of Láolǐruǎn (勞里阮), name unknown, female chieftain of the Máoxìxì (毛系系) tribe of the Paiwan people (reigned c. 1723–c. 1735)
• Wife of Jiǔliú (久留), name unknown, female chieftain of the Jiābèng (加泵) tribe of the Paiwan people (reigned c. 1727)
• Leng-leng (), female chieftain of the Jiābèng (加泵) tribe of the Paiwan people (reigned c. 1768)
• Bao-zhu (), female chieftain of the Puyuma people (reigned c. 1796–c. 1820)

Tanzania

• Therese Ntare VI of Heru

Uganda

The female chiefs, Murogo and her female descendants, worked for the Ankole kings for several generation in the Ibanda area.

• Murogo of Ibanda (reigned in the early 19th century)
• Nyabuzana of Ibanda (reigned in the mid-19th century)
• Kishokye of Ibanda (reigned ?–1903)
• Julia Kibubura of Ibanda (reigned 1903–1926)

United States of America

• Askamaboo
• Oholasc
• Quaiapen, also known as Old Queen
• Squaw Sachem of Mistick, also known as Massachusetts Queene
• Edith Turner
• Phyliss J. Anderson
• Zara Cisco Brough
• Sharon Bryant
• Alice Brown Davis
• Joyce Dugan
• Lucy Tayiah Eads
• Eagle Woman
• Robbie Hedges
• Cheryll Toney Holley
• Viola Jimulla
• Wilma Mankiller
• G. Anne Richardson
• Wah-Pah-Ho-Ko
• Glenna Wallace
• Opossunoquonuske, also known as Queen of Appamatuck
• The Lady of Cofitachequi
• Pine Leaf
• Glory of the Morning
• Cockacoeske of Pamunkey
• Queen Betty of Pamunkey
• Queen Ann of Pamunkey
• Weetamoo
• Awashonks
• Queen Alliquippa
• Queen of Wayonaoake, name unknown (reigned ) – she was one of the Native American leaders who signed the Treaty of 1677
• Tabbity Abby of Accomac
• Mary of Accomac
• Queen of Pungoteague, name unknown (reigned ) – she was mentioned by Robert Beverley in 1705
• Weunquesh of Narragansett – she succeeded her father Ninigret
• Queen Esther of Narragansett

Vanuatu

• Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i

Venezuela

• Apacuana

Yemen

• Sharifa Fatima

Semi-independent feudal rulers

Bangladesh

• Rani Bhabani, zamindar of Rajshahi Raj family
• Saratsundari Devi, zamindar of Puthia Raj family
• , zamindar of Puthia Raj family

India

• Rani Bhawani, zamindar of Midnapore Raj
• Rani Shiromani, zamindar of Midnapore Raj
• Rani Rashmoni, zamindar of Janbazar
• , zamindar of Ramnad estate
• , zamindar of Ramnad estate
• Parvatha Vardhani Ammal Nachchiyar, zamindar of Ramnad estate
• Kathama Nachiar, zamindar of Sivaganga estate
• Anna Purna, zamindar of Pal Lahara State
• Chellamma, zamindar of Avuku
• Rani Dhwaja Moni Devi, zamindar of Bishnupur (reigned 1885–1889)

Crown landholders

Bangladesh

Between the 1204 and 1352, Bengal was a province of the Delhi Sultanate.

Cyprus

Estonia

• Christina (reigned 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654)
• Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720)

• Catherine I (reigned 8 February 1725 – 17 May 1727)
• Anna (reigned 13 February 1730 – 28 October 1740)
• Elizabeth (reigned 6 December 1741 – 5 January 1762)
• Catherine II (reigned 9 July 1762 – 6 November 1796)

Finland

• Margaret I of Denmark (reigned 1389–1412)
• Christina (reigned 1632–1654)
• Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 1719–1720)

Iceland

• Margaret I (reigned 1388 – 28 October 1412)

Israel and Palestine

Thutmose III of the New Kingdom of Egypt conquered Canaan.

Sudan

Thutmose I of the New Kingdom of Egypt conquered Nubia.

Suriname

• Juliana (reigned 1954–1975)

Notes

References