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List of female monarchs
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| Top left: Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning female monarch, ruling as Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years, from 1952 to 2022. | Top right: Victoria ruled as Queen of the United Kingdom for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901; the longest at the time. | Bottom left: Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands for 58 years from 1890 to 1948, is the longest-reigning female monarch outside the United Kingdom. | Bottom right: Margrethe II was Queen of Denmark for 52 years, from 1972 until her abdication in 2024; she is the most recent sole female monarch of a sovereign state.
This is a list of current and former female monarchs regardless of title, including queens regnant, empresses regnant, pharaohs and monarchs by other titles (grand duchess, princess, etc.). Consorts, such queens consort (i.e. spouses of male monarchs) are not included, see list of current consorts of sovereigns. Female regents are not included, see list of regents.
The following is an incomplete list of women monarchs who are well known from popular writings, although many ancient and poorly documented ruling monarchs (such as those from Africa and Oceania) are omitted. Section 1 lists monarchs who ruled in their own right, such as queens regnant. Section 2 lists legendary monarchs. Section 3 lists monarchs who ruled in their own right, but had no official legal recognition while in power. Section 4 lists various female rulers who were referred to with the title "Chieftainess." Regents, such as queens regent, are not monarchs and are not included in this page. Page does include claimants and anti-rulers whose recognition among their subjects and legitimacy as monarchs are disputed.
Monarchs
Africa
North Africa
Algeria
| Monarch | Portrait | State | Reign dates | Length | Cleopatra Selene II | Tin Hinan | Dihya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Cleopatra Selene II bust, Cherchell, Algeria 4.jpg | 100x100px]] | Mauretania | 25–5 BC | 20 years | ||||
| [[File:Hocine Ziani - La reine Tin Hinan.jpg | 100px]] | Hoggar | 4th century AD | Unknown | ||||
| [[File:Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria).jpg | 100px]] | Kingdom of the Aurès | 668–703 AD | 35 years |
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are Spanish territories of North Africa.
Peraza family
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Reign dates | Length | Inés Peraza | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Lordship of the Canary Islands | 1452–1477 | 25 years | url=https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/revhistoria/id/48 | title=El linaje español más antiguo en Canarias :: Revista de historia | website=mdc.ulpgc.es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927015923/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/revhistoria/id/48 | archive-date=2022-09-27}} |
Kingdom of the Canary Islands The title of "King/Queen of the Canary Islands" was included in the list of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown.
| Monarch | Portrait | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Isabella I of Castile | Joanna of Castile | Isabella II of Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg | 123x123px]] | 4 September 1479 | 26 November 1504 | |||||
| [[File:Juan de Flandes 003.jpg | 159x159px]] | 26 November 1504 | 12 April 1555 | |||||
| [[File:Isabel de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias.jpg | 133x133px]] | 29 September 1833 | 30 November 1833 |
Egypt
The first verified female monarch of Egypt is Sobekneferu of the Twelfth dynasty. However, queens from earlier periods such as Neithhotep, Merneith and Khentkaus I held powerful positions and may have ruled Egypt in their own right, but the archaeological evidence is ambiguous. Many of the Ptolemaic kings co-ruled with their queens. However, Arsinoe II, Berenice II, Arsinoe III and Cleopatra I are considered monarchs by Sally-Ann Ashton, but not by Tara Sewell-Lasater.
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Sobekneferu | Hatshepsut | Neferneferuaten | Twosret | Arsinoe II | Berenice II | Arsinoe III | Cleopatra I | Cleopatra II | Cleopatra III | Berenice III | Cleopatra V | Cleopatra VI | Berenice IV | Cleopatra VII | Arsinoe IV | Zenobia | Shajar al-Durr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Statue of Sobekneferu (Berlin Egyptian Museum 14475).jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Middle Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1777 BC | c. 1773 BC | 3 years, 10 months and 24 days | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Seated Statue of Hatshepsut MET Hatshepsut2012.jpg | 120x120px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1479 BC | c. 1458 BC | 21 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Amarna Neues 05.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1334 BC | c. 1332 BC | 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen Tausret Émile Prisse d'Avennes.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1191 BC | c. 1189 BC | 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:ArsinoeII.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 273 or 272 BC | 270 or 268 BC | 2 to 5 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Egitto tolemaico, berenice II, octodracma di efeso, 246-222 ac ca.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 246 BC | 221 BC | 25 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Dinastia tolemaica, arsinoe III, octodracma, 204-203 ac ca.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 220 BC | 204 BC | 16 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ptolemaios SS 8061 Av.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 193 BC | 176 BC | 17 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Lagid queen Isis Ma3546.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 170 BC | 164 BC | 51 years (Total) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 163 BC | 127 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 124 BC | 115 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Kom-Ombo-Relief-mural-004.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | c. 139 BC | 130 BC | c. 35 years (Total) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 127 BC | 101 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Berenice III.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 101 BC | 88 BC | 14 years (Total) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 81 BC | 80 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ra80-HDD-b.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 79 BC | 69 BC | 11 years (Total) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 58 BC | 57 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 58 BC | 55 BC | 3 years | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Berlín Cleopatra 03.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | Ptolemaic Kingdom | 51 BC | 12 August 30 BC | 21 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Jacopo Tintoretto - The Liberation of Arsinoe - WGA22667.jpg | 100px]] | Pharaoh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Ptolemaic Kingdom | December 48 BC | January 47 BC | 1 or 2 months | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Zenobia obverse.png | 100px]] | Queen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Aegyptus | October 270 | June 272 | 1 year and 9 months | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:شجر الدر عصمة الدين خاتون.jpg | 100px]] | Sultan | Mamluk Sultanate | 2 May 1250 | 30 July 1250 | 3 months |
Libya
| Monarch | Portrait | State | Reign dates | Length | Berenice II | Cleopatra Selene II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Egitto tolemaico, berenice II, octodracma di efeso, 246-222 ac ca.JPG | 100x100px]] | Cyrenaica | 258–246 BC | 12 years | |||
| [[File:Cleopatra Selene II bust, Cherchell, Algeria 4.jpg | 100x100px]] | Cyrenaica | 34–30 BC | 4 years |
Sudan
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Reign dates | Length | Nahirqo | Unknown Queen | Amanirenas | Amanishakheto | Shanakdakhete | Nawidemak | Amanitore | Amanikhatashan | Amanikhalika | Amanipilade | Gaua | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Shanakdakheto portret.jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Mid-2nd century BC | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | End of 2nd–first half of 1st century BC | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Bar 4 Kush queen (Lepsius).jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | End of 1st century BC–Beginning of 1st century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Osiris and the Egyptian resurrection 1911 cropped.jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Early 1st century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | First half of the 1st century AD | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Nawidemak (Lepsius, crop).jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Amanitore bust.jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Mid-1st century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Amanikhatashan.jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Mid-2nd century AD | – | last=Török | first=László | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Guh5DwAAQBAJ | title=The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization | date=2015 | publisher=BRILL | isbn=978-90-04-29401-1 | page=206 | language=en}} | |||||||||||
| [[File:Amanikhalika (Lepsius).jpg | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Second half of the 2nd century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Patrepeamani (crop).png | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | First half of the 4th century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Amanipilade (crop).png | 100px]] | Kandake | Kingdom of Kush | Mid-4th century AD | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Dotawo |
West Africa
Benin
| Monarch | Title | State | Reign dates | Length | Hangbe | Hude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | ||||||
| (disputed) | Kingdom of Dahomey | 1716–1718 | 2 years | |||
| Queen | Hogbonu | 1746–1752 | 6 years |
The Gambia
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Reign dates | Length | Elizabeth II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100px | Queen | The Gambia | 1965–1970 | 5 years |
Ghana
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Dode Akaabi | Afrakoma | Amoako Atta Yiadom | Nana Afia Dokuaa | Ama Serwah | Unknown Queen | Nana Juaben Serwah II | Elizabeth II | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Gã Mantse | Gã | 1610 | 1635 | 25 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Ohemmaa | Akwamu | 1625 | 1640 | 15 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Denkyirahene | Denkyira | 1770 | 1793 | 23 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Okyenhene | Akyem Abuakwa | 1817 | 1835 | 18 years | last=Stewart | first=John | title=African States and Rulers | publisher=McFarland | year=1989 | isbn=0-89950-390-X | location=London | page=8}} | ||||||||
| – | Dwabenhene | Dwaben | 1838 | 1846 | 8 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Dwabenhene | Dwaben | 1846 | Unknown | – | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Dwabenhene | Dwaben | April 1959 | 1966 | 7 years | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen_Elizabeth_II,_Washington_National_Airport,_october_1957.jpg | 131x131px]] | Queen | Dominion of Ghana | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 |
Guinea-Bissau
Orango
- Okinka Pampa (reigned 1910–1930)
Canhabaque
- Idiana Ibop, also known as Juliana (reigned ?–1925)
Côte d'Ivoire
Baoule
- Pokou (reigned ) – Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe.
- Akwa Boni (reigned ) – Pokou's niece who succeeded her to the throne.
Liberia
- Famata Bendu, queen of the Vai people (reigned ?–1892)
Mali
Mali Empire
- Kassi (reigned ?–1352/1353), co-ruler with Mansa Sulayman
Nigeria
Akure Kingdom
- Èyé Àró (reigned 1393–1419)
- Èyémọ̀ị́n (reigned 1705–1735)
- Amọ́robíòjò (reigned 1850–1851)
Daura The title "Kabara" was used by female monarchs who ruled over the Hausa people in the Middle Ages. A line of matriarchal monarchs is recorded in the Kano Chronicle that ends with the reign of Daurama in the 9th century. These queens reigned from to .
- Kufuru
- Ginu
- Yakumo
- Yakunya
- Wanzamu
- Yanbamu
- Gizir-gizir
- Inna-Gari
- Daurama
- Ga-Wata
- Shata
- Fatatuma
- Sai-Da-Mata
- Ja-Mata
- Ha-Mata
- Zama
- Sha-Wata
- Daurama II
Federation of Nigeria
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Nigeria (reigned 1960–1963)
Ifẹ
- Ooni Luwoo (reigned in the 10th century)
Igala Kingdom
- Ebulejonu, also known as Ebule (reigned in the 16th century)
Igodomigodo
- Emose (reigned 584–600)
- Orrorro (reigned 600–618)
Kumbwada Kumbwada has been ruled by women for at least six successive generations.
- Magajiya Maimuna
- Hajiya Maimuna (reigned ?–1998) – grandmother of Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed
- Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed (reigned 1998–2021)
- Idris (reigned 2021–present) – daughter of Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed
Ondo Kingdom
- Pupupu, founder and ruler of the Ondo Kingdom .
Oyo Empire
- Orompoto (reigned –1575) – Succeeded her brother Eguguojo to the throne.
Zazzau
- Bakwa Turunku (reigned 1536–1539/1566)
- Amina (reigned 1576–1610)
- Zaria (reigned 1610–?) – she succeeded her sister Amina
Senegal
Lingeer's leadership activities were carried out at the highest tier, as a co-monarch.
- Lingeer
- Lingeer Fatim Beye (reigned )
- Lingeer Ndoye Demba (reigned ) – she was the founder of the Serer Joos Maternal Dynasty
- Lingeer Ngoné Dièye
- Njembot Mbodj
- Ndaté Yalla Mbodj
- Lingeer Selbeh Ndoffene Joof
- Ayimpène (reigned c. 1907–c. 1931)
- Sibeth, also spelled Sibet (reigned late 1930s–1976)
Sierra Leone
Dominion of Sierra Leone
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Sierra Leone (reigned 1961–1971)
Koya Temne
- Fatima (reigned 1826–1840)
Kpa Mende
- Madam Yoko (reigned 1878–1906)
Central Africa
Angola
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Mussasa | Tembandumba | Nzinga (Ana I) | Barbara | Verónica I | Ana II | Verónica II | Ana III | Kamana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Imbangala | 17th century | Unknown | – | |||||||||||
| [[File:The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By (14765629462).jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Imbangala | 17th century | Unknown | – | ||||||||||
| – | Queen | Matamba | Unknown | 1631 | – | |||||||||||
| [[File:Ann Zingha.jpg | 133x133px]] | Ngola | Ndongo | 1624 | 1626 | 2 years | ||||||||||
| 1657 | 1663 | 6 years | ||||||||||||||
| Queen | Matamba | 1631 | 1663 | 32 years | ||||||||||||
| – | Ngola | Ndongo | 1663 | 1666 | 3 years | |||||||||||
| Queen | Matamba | |||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Matamba | 1681 | 1721 | 40 years | |||||||||||
| – | Queen | Matamba | 1742 | 1756 | 14 years | |||||||||||
| – | Queen | Matamba | 1756 | 1758 | 2 years | |||||||||||
| – | Queen | Matamba | 1758 | 1767 | 9 years | |||||||||||
| – | Queen | Jinga | 1767 | 1810 | 43 years |
Mbunda Kingdom
- Vamwene Naama
- Vamwene Yamvu
- Vamwene Mbaao ya Chinguli (reigned in the 1500s–early 1600s)
- Vamwene Kaamba ka Mbaao
- Vamwene Mukenge wa Lweembe, Livindamo
Kingdom of Kongo There were two female monarchs during Kongo Civil War.
- Ana Afonso de Leão, queen of Nkondo and matriarch of Kinlaza{{Cite book |editor-last=Shillington |editor-first=Kevin |editor-link=Kevin Shillington
- , queen of Luvota and matriarch of Kimpanzu
Luvale or Nyakatolo is the hereditary queen of Luvale.
- Nyakatolo Kuvango
- Nyakatolo Ngambo
- Nyakatolo Kutemba
- Nyakatolo Chissengo
Cameroon
- Wou-Ten, founder of the Tikar dynasty (reigned c. 1299–?)
- Ngon-Nso, founder of the Nso dynasty (reigned late 14th century–c. 1421)
- Soukda, founder of the Mandara Kingdom (reigned )
- Ngoungoure, queen of Bamum (reigned 1865) – her reign lasted 30 minutes
Chad
Kanem–Bornu Empire
- Aissa Koli (reigned c. 1563–1570)
Congo-Kinshasa
Lunda Kingdom
East Africa
Comoros
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Alimah I | Alimah II | Alimah III | Wabedja | Alimah IV | Djoumbé Fatima | Salima Machamba | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Sultan | Ndzuwani | Unknown | c. 1590 | – | last=Stewart | first=John | title=African States and Rulers | publisher=McFarland | year=2006 | isbn=0-7864-2562-8 | edition=third | location=London | pages=19–20}} | ||||||||
| – | Sultan | Ndzuwani | c. 1632 | c. 1676 | 44 years | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultan | Ndzuwani | c. 1676 | c. 1711 | 35 years | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultan | Itsandra | Unknown | 1743 | c. 50 years | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultan | Ndzuwani | 1788 | 1792 | 4 years | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Djoumbe Fatima 1868.jpg | 150x150px]] | Sultan | Mwali | 1842 | September 1865 | 23 years | title=Njazidja (Grande Comore), French Comoros, Comoro Islands (Comoros) Coins and Rulers | url=http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/Comoros.htm | access-date=2025-05-17 | website=www.chiefacoins.com}} | ||||||||||||
| 1874 | 1878 | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:La Reine Salima.gif | 100x100px]] | Sultan | Mwali | 1888 | 1909 | 21 years |
Other female sultans also ruled on the Comoros, but their reign dates are unknown:
| Monarch | Title | State | Reign dates | Ref. | Nyau wa Faume | Ja Mhaba | Hadija bint Ahmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sultan | Bambao | Unknown | |||||
| Sultan | Bajini | c. 1880s | |||||
| Sultan | Bajini | c. 1880s |
Ethiopia
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Zewditu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Zewditu Empress.PNG | 124x124px]] | Empress | Ethiopian Empire | 27 September 1916 | 2 April 1930 |
Kenya
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Kenya (reigned 1963–1964)
- Mwana Mkisi, founder of Mombasa, founded in c. 900 AD
- Mwana Inali, ruler of Kitao on Manda Island – she was the ruler of Kitao when the Pate Sultan Omar (d. 1392/3) conquered Kitao, according to the Pate Chronicle
- Mwana Mimi, ruler of the Pate Sultanate (reigned 1763–1773)
Madagascar
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Rangita | Rafohy | Bety | Andrianaginarivo | Tombola | Ravahiny | Ranavalona I | Oantitsy | Tsiomeko | Rasoherina | Ranavalona II | Ranavalona III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Vazimba | 1520 | 1530 | 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Vazimba | 1530 | 1540 | 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Betsimisaraka | 1750 | 1762 | 12 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Boina Kingdom | 1777 | 1778 | 1 year | last=Truhart | first=Peter | author-link=:de:Peter Truhart | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4pdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1627 | title=Regents of Nations / Regenten der Nationen, Part 2, Asia, Australia-Oceania / Asien, Australien-Ozeanien | date=2017-10-23 | publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG | isbn=978-3-11-161625-4 | pages=1627–1628 | language=de}} | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Boina Kingdom | 1778 | 1778 | Less than 1 year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Boina Kingdom | 1778 | 1808 | 30 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ranavalona I.jpg | 143x143px]] | Queen | Merina Kingdom | 11 August 1828 | 16 August 1861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Boina Kingdom | 1832 | 1836 | 4 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Boina Kingdom | 1836 | 1840 | 4 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Rasoherina (USC).jpg | 131x131px]] | Queen | Merina Kingdom | 12 May 1863 | 1 April 1868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ranavalona II.jpg | 154x154px]] | Queen | Merina Kingdom | 2 April 1868 | 13 July 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ranavalona.jpg | 126x126px]] | Queen | Merina Kingdom | 30 July 1883 | 28 February 1897 |
Ambohidratrimo
- Ravorombato
Menabe
- Bibiasa
Bemihisatra
- Safy Mozongo – Mother of Binao
- Binao – Daughter of Safy Mozongo
Bemazava
- Irana
- Tsiresy I
- Tsiresy II
Antankarana
- Ambary
- Soanaomby
Mauritius
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File: The Queen wearing sapphires.tif | 100px]] | Queen | Mauritius | 1968 | 1992 | 24 years |
Mozambique
Angoche Sultanate
- Queen of Angoche, name unknown (reigned in the 16th century) – she succeeded her brother and was succeeded by her husband Molidi
Somalia
- Asha Ngumi, ruler of Ngumi Island in the Bajuni Islands
Somaliland
Sultanate of Ifat
- Māti Layla Abūd (reigned in the 14th century)
South Sudan
Shilluk Kingdom
- , the eighth ruler (and only queen) of the Shilluk.
Tanzania
Tanganyika
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Tanganyika (reigned 1961–1962)
Unguja
- Mwana Mwema, queen of Unguja (reigned ?–1653)
- Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi, queen of Unguja (reigned ?–1698 and 1709–1715)
Pemba Island
- Mwana Mize binti Muaba (reigned in the 17th century)
- Mwana Fatuma binti Dathash (reigned in the 17th century)
- Mwana Hadiya (reigned in the 17th century)
- Mwana Aisha (reigned in the 17th century)
Tumbatu Island
- Mwana wa Mwana
- Fatima
- Mwana Kazija bint Ngwale bin Kombo bin Ali
Kua
- Mother of Mwanzuani
- Mwanzuani – she succeeded her mother
Mikindani
- Sabani binti Ngumi – she was succeeded by her daughter
- Daughter of Sabani binti Ngumi
Uganda
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Nyabagabe | Kudidi | Nyakahongerwa | Kogyere I Rusija-Miryango | Kogyere II | Njunaki Kamaranga | Nyakahuma | Kitami kya Nyawera | Kantunguru | Akech | Kogyere III Ikamiro | Elizabeth II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Busongora Kingdom | 775 | 780 | 5 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Empress | Busongora Kingdom | 950 | 990 | 40 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Empress | Busongora Kingdom | 1000 | 1025 | 25 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Empress | Busongora Kingdom | 1075 | 1085 | 40 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1090 | 1120 | title=Busongora Kinglist | url=https://www.busongora-chwezi.org/busongora-kinglist | access-date=2024-01-14 | website=Busongora-Chwezi Kingdom | language=en-US}} | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Empress | Busongora Kingdom | 1120 | 1130 | 10 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Empress | Busongora Kingdom | 1250 | 1280 | 30 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Busongora Kingdom | 1330 | 1375 | 45 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Busongora Kingdom | 1685 | 1725 | 40 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Busongora Kingdom | 1740 | 1750 | 10 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Paroketu | 1760 | 1787 | 27 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Busongora Kingdom | 1886 | 1889 | 3 years | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_1963.jpg | 135x135px]] | Queen | Dominion of Uganda | 9 October 1962 | 9 October 1963 |
Southern Africa
Eswatini
The Ndlovukati serves as a joint head of state, ruling alongside the Ngwenyama.
- LaYaka Ndwandwe
- Lomvula Mndzebele
- Lojiba Simelane
- Tsandzile Ndwandwe
- Sisile Khumalo
- Tibati Nkambule
- Labotsibeni Mdluli
- Lomawa Ndwandwe
- Nukwase Ndwandwe
- Zihlathi Ndwandwe/Mkhatjwa
- Seneleleni Ndwandwe
- Dzeliwe Shongwe
- Ntfombi Tfwala (reigned 1983–present)
Malawi
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II smiling during visit to Ottawa 1964.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Malawi | 1964 | 1966 | 2 years |
Namibia
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Kapango | Mate I | Nankali | Simbara | Mate II | Nakashwa | Mpande | Kanuni | Maria Mwengere | Anna Katrina Christiaan | Angelina Matumbo Ribebe | Martha Nelumbu | Sofia Mundjembwe Kanyetu | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | Mbunza | c. 1750 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | c. 1750 | – | – | last=Dierks | first=Klaus | authorlink=Klaus Dierks | title=Traditional Leaders in the History of Namibia | url=https://www.klausdierks.com/Chronology/index_kings.htm | publisher=klausdierks.com}} | ||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | c. 1770 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | 1785 | 1800 | 15 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | 1800 | 1818 | 18 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Ongandjera | 1862 | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | 1880 | 1886 | 6 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hompa | Uukwangali | 1926 | 1941 | 28 years (Total) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Shambyu | 1947 | 1987 | 40 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaptein | Bondelswarts | 1977 | 2011 | 34 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Shambyu | 1989 | 2015 | 26 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohmaba | Oukwanyama | November 2005 | Incumbent | 19 years to date | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Shambyu | 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year to date |
South Africa
AmaMpondomise
- Mamani kaPhahlo (reigned 1732–1758)
Lobedu people The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Lobedu, the people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The succession to the position of Rain Queen is matrilineal, meaning that the Queen's eldest daughter is the heir, and that males are not entitled to inherit the throne at all. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall.
- Maselekwane Modjadji (reigned 1800–1854)
- Masalanabo I Modjadji (reigned 1854–1894)
- Khetoane Modjadji (reigned 1895–1959)
- Makoma Modjadji (reigned 1959–1980)
- Mokope Modjadji (reigned 1981–2001)
- Makobo Modjadji (reigned 2003–2005)
- Masalanabo II Modjadji (reigned 2023–present)
Union of South Africa
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Elizabeth II & Philip after Coronation (cropped).JPG | 105px]] | Queen | Union of South Africa | 1952 | 1961 | 9 years |
Zambia
- Mamochisane, queen of the Makololo (reigned )
Zimbabwe
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Elizabeth II & Philip after Coronation (cropped).JPG | 105px]] | Queen | Rhodesia | 1965 | 1970 | 5 years |
Americas
North America
Canada
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Victoria | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Victoria, c.1870. (7936242480).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Canada | 1867 | 1901 | 34 years | |||
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II wearing her Coronation robes and regalia.jpg | 100px]] | 1952 | 2022 | 70 years |
Mexico
Coba
- (reigned )
- (reigned )
- Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw (reigned 640–682)
Ecatepec
- Tlapalizquixochtzin (reigned in the late 15th–early 16th century)
Palenque

- Ix Yohl Ikʼnal (reigned 583–604)
- Sak Kʼukʼ, also known as Muwaan Mat (reigned 612–615)
Tepetlaoztoc
- Azcasuch (reigned 1489–1498)
Toltec Empire
- Xiuhtlaltzin (reigned 979–983)
Toniná
- Lady K'awiil Yopaat (reigned 762–774)
Tzacoalco
- Malinxalchitl (reigned ?–1524)
Mixtec
- Lady 9 Wind Stone Quexquemitl
- Lady 6 Monkey War Quexquemitl
- Lady 1 Death
- Lady 13 Flower Precious Bird
- Lady 2 Flower Rising Jewel
- Lady 11 Monkey Jade Spiderweb
- Lady 11 Alligator Quetzal Jewel
- Lady 2 Jaguar Jade Spiderweb
- Lady 5 Rabbit Jewel
- Lady 3 Jaguar Precious Butterfly Sun
- Lady 6 Water Quetzal Jewel of Flower War
- Lady 3 Rabbit Divine Flame
- Lady 12 Flower Broken Mountain Butterfly
- Lady 11 Rabbit Jewel of the Rising Sun
- Lady 8 Deer Quetzal Spiderweb
- Lady 1 Flower Jaguar Quexquemitl
Central America
Belize
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:President Ronald Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, Nancy Reagan, and Prince Philip (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Belize | 21 September 1981 | 8 September 2022 |
Pusilha
- Lady Ich’aak K’inich (reigned c.710–731)
Guatemala
El Perú
- Lady K'abel (reigned 672–692)
La Florida
- Lady Chaak (reigned )
Naranjo
- Wac Chanil Ahau, also known as Lady Six Sky
Tikal
- Unen Bahlam (reigned )
- Lady of Tikal (reigned 511–527?)
Caribbean
West Indies
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:The Queen and the Duke, 1963 (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 November 1981 | 8 September 2022 | |||
| Queen | Bahamas | 10 July 1973 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Barbados | 30 November 1966 | 30 November 2021 | |||||
| Queen | Grenada | 7 February 1974 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Jamaica | 6 August 1962 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 September 1983 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Saint Lucia | 22 February 1979 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 October 1979 | 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Queen | Trinidad and Tobago | 31 August 1962 | 1 August 1976 |
South America
Brazil
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Maria I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816) in an 18th century painting.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Brazil | 16 December 1815 | 20 March 1816 |
Ecuador
- Quilago (reigned in the early 16th century) – queen of Cochasquí
Guyana
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II in 1969.png | 100px]] | Queen | Guyana | 1966 | 1970 | 4 years |
Peru
- Lady of Cao, Moche ruler
Asia
East Asia
China
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Daughter of Xiaoming | Wu Zetian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Empress | |||||||||
| (disputed) | Northern Wei | 1 April 528 | 1 April 528 | Less than 1 day | ||||||
| [[File:A Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian.JPG | 124x124px]] | Empress | Wu Zhou | 16 October 690 | 21 February 705 |
Eastern Queendom In Tibet, there was Nüguo (, lit. "Kingdom of Women"), also known as Dong nüguo (, lit. "Eastern Kingdom of Women"), related to the tribe Sumpa. Several queens regnant of there were recorded in Chinese history books.
- Supi Mojie ()
- Dajiawa ()
- Qibangsun ()
- Tangpangshi ()
- Lianbi ()
- Eyaner ()
- Zhaoyefu ()
Wuman
- () – her son submitted to of Nanzhao, and instead she declared herself "Wáng of the Wuman tribe (烏蠻部落王)"
Kingdom of Derge Within the Derge royal lineage of Dharma Kings (法王), there were two female "Dharma Kings".
- Yangchen Drolma (reigned 1774–1786)
- Tsewang Lhamo (reigned 1790–1806/08, disputed)
Po-mo
- Queen of Po-mo, name unknown (reigned c. 1891) – in 1891, Rockhill reported that the principality of Po-mo or So-mo, located near Sung-p'an, was ruled by a queen
Japan
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Himiko | Toyo | Suiko | Kōgyoku | Saimei | Jitō | Genmei | Genshō | Kōken | Shōtoku | Meishō | Go-Sakuramachi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Yamatai | c. 180 | c. 247 or 248 | 67 or 68 years | |||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Yamatai | c. 248 | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Suiko 2.jpg | 100x100px]] | Empress | Yamato | 15 January 593 | 15 April 628 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Kogyoku-Saimei.jpg | 127x127px]] | Empress | Yamato | 19 February 642 | 12 July 645 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 February 655 | 24 August 661 | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Poem-by-Empress-Jito-by-Utagawa-Kuniyoshi.png | 146x146px]] | Empress | Japan | 686 | 697 | 11 years | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Gemmei.jpg | 136x136px]] | Empress | Japan | 17 August 707 | 3 October 715 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Genshō Tsubosaka-dera.jpg | 108x108px]] | Empress | Japan | 3 October 715 | 3 March 724 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Kōken.jpg | 128x128px]] | Empress | Japan | 19 August 749 | 7 September 758 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 November 764 | 28 August 770 | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Meisho of Japan.jpg | 131x131px]] | Empress | Japan | 22 December 1629 | 14 November 1643 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Go-Sakuramachi.jpg | 136x136px]] | Empress | Japan | 15 September 1762 | 9 January 1771 |
- Saionji Neishi, also called Saionji Yasuko (reigned 1352–1357) – she was the only female to hold the position of ** (治天の君, "lord who governs all under heaven"), exercising cloistered rule while reigning alongside the Emperor
Korea
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Seondeok | Jindeok | Jinseong | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:경주 남산 불곡 마애여래좌상 04.jpg | 150x150px]] | Queen | Silla | 632 | 647 | 15 years | ||||
| – | Queen | Silla | 647 | 654 | 7 years | |||||
| – | Queen | Silla | 887 | 897 | 10 years |
South Asia
Bangladesh
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Kalindi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Rani | Chakma Circle | 1832 | 1873 | 41 years |
India
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Tribhuvana Mahadevi I | Tribhuvana Mahadevi II | Tribhuvana Mahadevi III | Sugandha | Gauri Mahadevi | Dandi Mahadevi | Vakula Mahadevi | Dharma Mahadevi | Didda | Razia Sultana | Rudrama Devi | Ballamahadevi | Kota Rani | Lakhima Devi | Visvasa Devi | Abbakka Chowta | Chennabhairadevi | Keladi Chennamma | Ali Raja Bibi Harrabichi Kadavube | Ali Raja Bibi Junumabe I | Sujana Bai | Virammaji | Ahilyabai Holkar | Ali Raja Bibi Junumabe II | Velu Nachiyar | Daya Kaur | Vellacci | Devammaji | Gowri Lakshmi Bayi | Qudsia Begum | Mohan Kumari | Shah Jahan Begum | Mukhyapan Devi | Bai Saheb Daphle | Sikandar Begum | Victoria | Sultan Jahan | Prafulla Kumari Devi | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | 845 | 850 | 5 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | 890 | 896 | 6 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | 896 | 905 | 9 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Utpala dynasty | 904 | 906 | 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | c. 910 | c. 916 | c. 6 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | c. 916 | c. 936 | c. 20 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | c. 936 | c. 940 | c. 4 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Bhauma-Kara dynasty | c. 940 | c. 950 | c. 10 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Utpala dynasty | 980 | 1003 | 23 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Equestrian miniature painting of Razia Sultana, circa 18th century.jpg | 118x118px]] | Sultana | Delhi Sultanate | 19 November 1236 | 20 April 1240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Rudramadevi.jpg | 141x141px]] | Maharaja | Kakatiya dynasty | c. 1262 | November 1289 | c. 27 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharajadhiraja | Alupa dynasty | 1275 | 1292 | 17 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharani | Lohara dynasty | 1338 | 1339 | 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharani | Oiniwar dynasty | 1416 | 1428 | 12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharani | Oiniwar dynasty | 1431 | 1443 | 12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Abbakka Chowta 2023 stamp of India.jpg | 134x134px]] | Rani | Ullal | 1525 | 1570 | 45 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Gerusoppa | 1552 | 1606 | 54 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Keladi Nayaka Kingdom | 1672 | 1697 | 25 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Arakkal Beevi | Arakkal kingdom | 1728 | 1732 | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Arakkal Beevi | Arakkal kingdom | 1732 | 1745 | 13 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sujana Bai.jpg | 127x127px]] | Rani | Thanjavur Maratha kingdom | 1737 | 1738 | 1 year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Keladi Nayaka Kingdom | 1757 | 1763 | 6 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ahilya Bai Holkar 2025 stamp of India.jpg | 124x124px]] | Maharani | Indore State | 1 December 1767 | 13 August 1795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Arakkal Beevi | Arakkal kingdom | 1777 | 1819 | 42 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Velu Nachchiyar 2008 stamp of India.jpg | 124x124px]] | Rani | Sivaganga estate | c. 1780 | c. 1790 | c. 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Nishanwalia Misl | 1786 | 1808 | 22 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1809 | 1823 | 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Sivaganga estate | c. 1790 | c. 1793 | c. 3 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Kingdom of Coorg | 1809 | 1811 | 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sree Padmanabhasevini Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi.jpg | 137x137px]] | Maharani | Travancore kingdom | 7 November 1810 | 1813 | 3 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Qudsia Begum regnante di Bhopal.jpg | 106x106px]] | Nawab Begum | Bhopal State | 1819 | 1837 | 18 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Sambalpur State | 1827 | 1833 | 6 years | last=O'malley | first=L. S. S. | author-link=L. S. S. O'Malley | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbZc3TjdmxgC&pg=PA26 | pages=26–28 | title=Bengal District Gazetteer : Sambalpur | year=2007 | orig-date=1909 | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | isbn=978-81-7268-139-5 | language=en}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sultan Shah Jahan, 1872 (Begum of Bhopal).jpg | 106x106px]] | Nawab Begum | Bhopal State | 1844 | 30 September 1860 | 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 October 1868 | 16 June 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Sambalpur State | 1849 | 1849 | Less than 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Daphlapur State | 16 December 1885 | 13 January 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sikandar Begum Bhopal.jpg | 180x180px]] | Nawab Begum | Bhopal State | 30 September 1860 | 30 October 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen_Victoria_1887_(Cropped).jpg | 133x133px]] | Empress | British Raj | 1 May 1876 | 22 January 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal.jpg | 133x133px]] | Nawab Begum | Bhopal State | 16 June 1901 | 20 April 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Rani | Bastar State | 23 November 1922 | 28 February 1936 |
Quilon
- Queen of Quilon, name unknown (reigned in the early 16th century) – she concluded a treaty with the Portuguese in 1516
- Queen of Quilon, name unknown (reigned in the mid-17th century) – she concluded a treaty with the Dutch in 1659
Attingal Attingal was an independent principality until 1729 when Marthanda Varma ascended the throne and incorporated his mother's Attingal in Travancore.
- Makayiram Thirunal (reigned as junior queen ?–? and as senior queen ?–1678)
- Umayamma Rani (reigned as junior queen ?–1678 and as senior queen 1678–1698)
- Queen of Attingal, name unknown (reigned as junior queen ?–1698 and as senior queen 1698–1729) – she was one of the two princesses from Kolathunad adopted by Umayamma Rani in 1688; she concluded an agreement with Britain following the Attingal Outbreak of 1721; she was the mother of Marthanda Varma
- Queen of Attingal, name unknown (reigned as junior queen 1698–?) – she was the other of the two princesses from Kolathunad adopted by Umayamma Rani in 1688
- Queen of Maruthurkulangara, name unknown (reigned 1733–?) – she was installed on the throne by Marthanda Varma of Travancore in 1733
Kottarakkara
- Queen of Elayadathu Swarupam, name unknown (reigned 1739–1742) – she was installed on the throne by the Dutch during the Travancore–Dutch War
Gupta Empire
- Kumaradevi, co-ruler of Chandragupta I
Maldives
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Srimati Damahara | Khadijah | Raadhafathi | Dhaain | Kuda Kala Kamanafaanu | Amina Kabafaanu | Amina Rani Kilegefaanu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | 10th century | 10th century | – | |||||||||
| Sultana | Sultanate of Maldives | 1347 | 1362 | 28 years (Total) | ||||||||
| 1363 | 1373 | |||||||||||
| 1376 | 1379 | |||||||||||
| Sultana | 1379 | 1380 | 1 year | |||||||||
| Sultana | 1384 | 1388 | 4 years | |||||||||
| Sultana | 1609 | 1613 | 4 years | |||||||||
| Sultana | 1753 | 1754 | 1 year | |||||||||
| Sultana | 1757 | 1759 | 2 years |
Nepal
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ganga Rani |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rani | Kingdom of Bhaktapur | 1560 | Unknown | – |
Pakistan
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Empire Day, 1956 (IA empireday195600onta) (page 1 crop).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Dominion of Pakistan | 1952 | 1956 | 4 years |
Assacani
- Cleophis (reigned 326 BC–?)
Gilgit
- Dadi Jawari (reigned 1642—1667 and 1689—1705) — also known as Malika Jawahir Khatun
- Malika Sahibnuma, also spelled as Sahebnuma (reigned 1825–1828)
Kanhaiya Misl
- Sada Kaur (reigned 1789–1821)
Soomra dynasty
- Hamoon (reigned 1107) – she occupied the throne after her husband Sanghar's death, but was soon crushed by the nobles
Sri Lanka
| Monarch | Picture | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Anula | Sivali | Sugala Devi | Lilavati | Kalyanavati | Kusumasana Devi | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Anuradhapura Kingdom | 47 BCE | 42 BCE | 5 years | |||||||||
| – | Queen | Anuradhapura Kingdom | 35 CE | 35 CE | 4 months | |||||||||
| – | Queen | Principality of Ruhuna | Unknown | 1158 | – | |||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Polonnaruwa | 1197 | 1200 | 5 years (Total) | |||||||||
| 1209 | 1210 | |||||||||||||
| 1211 | 1212 | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Polonnaruwa | 1202 | 1208 | 6 years | |||||||||
| [[File:AMH-6978-KB The Portuguese Pedro Lopez welcomes the Empress of Ceylon, Dona Catharina.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Kandy | 1581 | 1581 | Less than 1 year | ||||||||
| [[File:The Queen waves from the palace balcony after the Coronation, 1953. - Flickr - National Science and Media Museum.jpg | 132x132px]] | Queen | Dominion of Ceylon | 6 February 1952 | 22 May 1972 |
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
| Monarch | Picture | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Soma | Kulaprabhavati | Kambuja-raja-lakshmi | Jayadevi | Indrani | Nṛpatendradevī | Jayendrabhā | Jyeṣṭhāryā | Tey | Ang Mey | Sisowath Kossamak | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Funan | 68 CE | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Funan | 514 | 517 | 3 years | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Chenla | 575 | 580 | 5 years | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Chenla | c. 681 | c. 713 | 32 years | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Sambhupura | 8th century | – | – | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Sambhupura | 8th century | – | – | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Sambhupura | 8th century | – | – | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Sambhupura | c. 803 | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Cambodia | 1687 | 1687 | Few months | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Reina Ang Mei de Camboya 1840.jpg | 134x134px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Cambodia | May 1835 | 1840 | 5 years | ||||||||||||
| March 1844 | October 1846 | 2 years, 7 months | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sisowath Kossamak 81’05” (1) (crop 2x3).jpg | 90px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Cambodia | 20 June 1960 | 9 October 1970 |
Indonesia
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Shima | Sri Isyana Tunggawijaya | Śri Wijaya Mahadewi | Mahendradatta | Śri Ajñadewi | Śri Maharaja Sakalendukirana Laksmidhara Wijayottunggadewi | Arjayadengjayaketana | Unknown Queen | Permaisuri Iskandar Syah | Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi | Wa Kaa Kaa | Bulawambona | Tumanurung Baine | Tekkawanua | Suhita | Benrigau' | Ratu Kalinyamat | Tenri-Rawe | Sambo | Tenri-Tuppu | Ratu Sukadana | Taj ul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah | Nyai Cili | Adang | Nyai Cili Muda | Bi Sonbai | Nurul Alam Naqiatuddin Syah | Inayat Zakiatuddin Syah | Aji Ragi | Zainatuddin Kamalat Syah | Pattekke-Tana I | Batari Tungke | Batari Toja | Unknown Queen | Tenri-Leleang | Kamalat Syah | Raden Ayu Rasmana Tirtanegara | Sitti Saleh I | Tenri-Awaru I | Sitti Saleh II | Unknown Queen | Maniratu | Tanisanga | Aisyah | Tenri-Olle | Tenri-Awaru II | Banrigau' | Sitti Zaenab | Kambo | Pancaitana | Pattekke-Tana II | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Kalingga Kingdom | c. 674 | c. 695 | 21 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Maharani | Mataram kingdom | 947 | c. 958 | 11 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | 983 | 989 | 6 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | 989 | 1007 | 17 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | c. 1016 | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | 1088 | 1101 | 13 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | 1181 | 1200 | 19 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bali Kingdom | Unknown | 1284 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Bentan | c. 1290 | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewicrop.jpg | 194x194px]] | Maharani | Majapahit Empire | 1328 | 1350 | 22 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Buton | 1332 | Unknown | – | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxz9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA191 | title=Forts and Fortification in Wallacea: Archaeological and Ethnohistoric Investigations | date=2020-09-07 | publisher=ANU Press | isbn=978-1-76046-389-2 | editor-last1=O'Connor | editor-first1=Sue | pages=191 | language=en | editor-last2=McWilliam | editor-first2=Andrew | editor-last3=Brockwell | editor-first3=Sally}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Buton | 14th century | 14th century | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Gowa | c. 14th century | c. 14th century | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Samudera Pasai Sultanate | 1360/69 | 1380/89 | 20 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sultanah Nahrasiyah (colorized).jpg | 118x118px]] | Sultana | Samudera Pasai Sultanate | 1406 | 1428 | 22 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | 1408 | 1438 | 30 years | last=Mustamin | first=Fiam | date=2020-12-02 | title=Di manakah Perempuan Tanah Bugis yang Patriotik Pemberani dan Malebbi Itu | url=https://www.pinisi.co.id/di-manakah-perempuan-tanah-bugis-yang-patriotik-pemberani-dan-malebbi-itu/ | access-date=2024-11-29 | website=PINISI.co.id}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:062 Queen Suhita, Jebuk, East Java, 15th c (22861774694).jpg | 133x133px]] | Maharani | Majapahit Empire | 1429 | 1447 | 18 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Arumpone | Bone State | 1470 | 1490 | 20 years | last=Omar | first=Rahilah | date=2003-11-01 | title=The history of Boné A.D. 1775-1795: the diary of Sultan Ahmad as-Salleh Syamsuddin | url=https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212301 | page=319 | language=en}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Ratu Kalinyamat karya Jatmiko.jpg | 108x108px]] | Sultana | Kalinyamat Sultanate | c. 1549 | c. 1579 | 30 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1571 | 1587 | 16 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Tallo | 1576 | 1590 | 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Arumpone | Bone State | 1602 | 1611 | 9 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Matan | 1608 | 1622 | 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sultanah Safiatuddin.jpg | 117x117px]] | Sultana | Aceh Sultanate | 18 February 1641 | 23 October 1675 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Solor | 1646 | 1664 | 18 years | last=Hägerdal | first=Hans | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbJiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA422 | title=Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea: Conflict and Adaptation in Early Colonial Timor, 1600-1800 | date=2012-01-01 | publisher=BRILL | isbn=978-90-04-25350-6 | pages=234–236, 422 | language=en}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | 1654 | 1666 | 12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Solor | 1664 | 1686 | 22 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Keizerin | Sonbai Kecil | 1672 | 1717 | 45 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Aceh Sultanate | 23 October 1675 | 23 January 1678 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Aceh Sultanate | 23 January 1678 | 3 February 1688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | 1686 | 1700 | 14 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Aceh Sultanate | 3 October 1688 | October 1699 | 11 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Tanette | 1690 | 1733 | 43 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1706 | 1715 | 9 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Bone State | 1714 | 1715 | 1 year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1724 | 1738 | 14 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1741 | 1749 | 8 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1715 | 1748 | 33 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Datu | 1727 | 1737 | 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1742 | 1744 | 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Liurai | Wehali | c. 1732 | Unknown | – | editor-last=Niner | editor-first=Sara | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D97LDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 | pages=24–25, 27–28, 41 | title=Women and the Politics of Gender in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste: Between Heaven and Earth | date=2016-08-05 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=978-1-317-32789-9 | language=en}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Tanette | 1744 | 1750 | 6 years | last=Noor | first=Arba’iyah Mohd | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGxwEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 | pages=39 | title=Sumbu Dunia Melayu: Hubungan Keserumpunan Malaysia-Indonesia | date=2017-12-07 | publisher=The University of Malaya Press | isbn=978-983-100-971-0 | language=ms}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1748 | 1760 | 12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1765 | 1778 | 13 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Bima Sultanate | 1748 | 1751 | 3 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Adipati | 1750 | 1762 | 12 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | 1759 | 1761 | 2 years | title=Sultan-Sultan Sumbawa | url=http://kebudayaan.sumbawakab.go.id/objek/id/5 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518080922/http://kebudayaan.sumbawakab.go.id/objek/id/5 | archive-date=2019-05-18 | access-date=2024-06-14 | website=Ensiklopedia Sumbawa}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Kingdom of Tallo | 1767 | 1777 | 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | 1791 | 1795 | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1810 | 1825 | 15 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Datu | 1820 | 1840 | 20 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Kingdom of Tallo | 1814 | 1824 | 10 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Dewa Agung | 1814 | 1850 | 36 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Liurai | Wehali | c. 1814 | Unknown | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Bone State | 1823 | 1835 | 12 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Tanette | 1824 | 1829 | 5 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Kingdom of Tallo | 1845 | 1850 | 5 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:PancanaToa.jpg | 128x128px]] | Datu | Tanette | 1855 | 1910 | 55 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Bone State | 1857 | 1860 | 3 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Sultana | Bone State | 1871 | 1895 | 24 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | 1895 | 1940 | 45 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De vorstin van Luwu Wé Kambo Daëng Risompa en haar tweede echtgenoot La Batjo To Vapilé Opoe Patoenroe eerste lid van de Andat van Luwu TMnr 10001343.jpg | 100x100px]] | Datu | Kingdom of Luwu | 1901 | 1935 | 34 years | date=2023-05-10 | title=Inilah Sosok Perempuan yang Menjadi Datu di Kerajaan Luwu | agency=INDEKS MEDIA | url=https://www.indeksmedia.id/2023/05/10/inilah-sosok-perempuan-yang-menjadi-datu-di-kerajaan-luwu/ | access-date=2024-11-05 | language=id}} | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Tanette | 1910 | 1926 | 16 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Datu | Tanette | 1926 | 1927 | 1 year |
Kingdom of Lodoyong
- 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
- Nyai Undang (reigned in the 14th century)
- Putri Di Dalam Petung (reigned 1516–?)
Laos
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Nang Keo Phimpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | Lan Xang | 1438 | 1438 | Few months |
Myanmar
| Monarch | Picture | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Kuverami | Saw Yin Mi | Shin Sawbu | Wife of Sao Ne Ya | Youngest Sister of Hkun Hkawt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Waithali | 334 | 341 | 7 years | last=Singer | first=Noel F. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXw9pgWvFxUC&pg=PA49 | title=Vaishali and the Indianization of Arakan | date=2008 | publisher=APH Publishing | isbn=978-81-313-0405-1 | pages=49–50 | language=en}} | ||||||
| – | Queen | Sandoway | 1420s | 1437 | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen Shin Sabu.jpg | 143x143px]] | Queen | Hanthawaddy | 1454 | 1471 | 17 years | ||||||||||||||
| – | Saopha | Laihka State | 1680 | 1683 | 3 years | |||||||||||||||
| – | Saopha | 1866 | 1868 | 2 years |
Möng Mao
- Nang Ye Hkam Leng (), ruler of Möng Mao (reigned 1293–1310 or 1127–1152) – according to some sources, she succeeded her father ()
Möng Sit
- Nang Li, ruler of Möng Sit (reigned 1873–1876)
Pangtara
- Mi Thit, ruler of Pangtara (reigned c. 1840s)
- Mi Sit, ruler of Pangtara (reigned c. 1840s){{Cite book |author1=James George Scott|author2=John Percy Hardiman
Philippines
Pasig
- Dayang Kalangitan (reigned –)
Kingdom of Maynila
- 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"
Sultanate of Sulu
- Nur ul-Azam (reigned )
Thailand
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Jamadevi | Chiraprapha | Wisutthi Thewi | Ratu Hijau | Ratu Biru | Ratu Ungu | Ratu Kuning | Raja Mas Kelantan | Raja Mas Chayam | Raja Dewi | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File: Camadevi (I).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Hariphunchai | 662 or 659 | 669 or 679 or 688 | 7 or 17 or 29 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File: Chiraprabha Mahadevi.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Lanna | 1545 | 1546 | 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Queen | Lanna | 1564 | 1578 | 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File: Raja Hijau, Optocht van de koningin van Pattani, 1602 Afteeckeninghe hoe de Coninginne van Patana uyt rijdt, haer te vermaecken, RP-P-OB-75.416.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Patani | 1584 | 1616 | 32 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Queen | Patani | 1616 | 1624 | 8 years | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Queen | Patani | 1624 | 1635 | 11 years | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Queen | Patani | 1635 | 1651 | 16 years | last= Amirell | first= Stefan | title=The Blessings and Perils of Female Rule: New Perspectives on the Reigning Queens of Patani, c. 1584–1718 | journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | volume=42 | number= 2 | date=2011 | pages= 303–323 | doi= 10.1017/S0022463411000063 | s2cid= 143695148 | url=https://www.academia.edu/1950979 }} | ||||||||||
| — | Raja | Patani | 1670 | 1698 | 28 years | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Raja | Patani | 1698 | 1702 | 6 years (Total) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1716 | 1718 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Raja | Patani | 1702 | 1711 | 9 years |
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.
Liquiçá
- Ursula da Costa (reigned )
- Dona Gracia da Costa Rodrigues Pereira (reigned )
- Dona Engracia da Costa Delgado (reigned )
Vietnam
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Trưng Trắc | Trưng Nhị | Triệu Ẩu | Daughter of Kandarpadharma | Lý Chiêu Hoàng | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Hai ba trung Dong Ho painting.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Jiaozhi | 40 | 43 | 3 years | ||||||
| [[File:Ba trieu cuoi voi.jpg | 127x127px]] | Lady | Jiaozhou | 248 | 248 | Less than 1 year | ||||||
| – | Queen | Champa | Unknown | 653 | – | |||||||
| – | Empress | Đại Việt | 1224 | 1225 | 1 year |
West Asia
Iran
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Anzaze | Musa | Ulfan | Boran | Azarmidokht | Sulafa Khatun | Kutlugh Turkan | Abish Khatun | Padishah Khatun | Kurdujin Khatun | Dawlat Khatun | Sati Beg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Kamnaskires III and Anzaze.png | 105x105px]] | Basilissa | Elymais | c. 82 or 81 BCE | c. 75 BCE | c. 6 or 7 years | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:The portrait of Musa of Parthia on the reverse of a drachm, Ecbatana mint.jpg | 100x100px]] | Basilissa | Parthian Empire | 2 BCE | 4 CE | 6 years | ||||||||||||||
| – | Basilissa | Elymais | 2nd century CE | 2nd century CE | – | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Gold coin of Boran, daughter of Khusrau II.jpg | 110x110px]] | Banbishn | Sasanian Empire | 630 | 630 | Less than 1 year | ||||||||||||||
| June 631 | June 632 | 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||
| – | Banbishn | Sasanian Empire | 630 | 631 | 1 year | |||||||||||||||
| – | Atabeg | Ahmadilis | 1209 | 1225 | 16 years | |||||||||||||||
| – | Khatun | Qutlugh-Khanids | 1257 | 1282 | 25 years | |||||||||||||||
| – | Atabeg | Salghurids | 1264 | 1284 | 20 years | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Padishah Khatun - 1956 drawing.png | 138x138px]] | Khatun | Qutlugh-Khanids | 1292 | 1295 | 3 years | ||||||||||||||
| – | Khatun | Qutlugh-Khanids | June or July 1295 | November 1295 | 4 or 5 months | |||||||||||||||
| Atabeg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Salghurids | 1319 | 1338 | 19 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Atabeg | Khorshidi dynasty | 1316 | 1316 | – | |||||||||||||||
| – | Il khan | Ilkhanate | July or August 1338 | May 1339 | 9 or 10 months |
Iraq
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Puabi | Tandu Khatun | Mir Xanzad | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Puabi with attendants.jpg | 100x100px]] | Nin | First Dynasty of Ur | c. 2600 BC | – | – | ||||
| – | Sultan | Jalayirid Sultanate | 1411 | 1419 | 8 years | |||||
| – | Mir | Soran Emirate | c. 1590 or c. 1620 | – | 7 years |
Israel and Palestine
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Lady of the Lions | Athaliah | Salome Alexandra | Salome I | Berenice | Melisende | Sibylla | Isabella I | Maria | Isabella II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Nin | Beit Shemesh | c. 1350 BC | – | – | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Athalia.png | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Judah | c. 841 BC | c. 835 BC | 6 years | |||||||||||
| [[File:Salome Alexandra medal.svg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Hasmonean dynasty | c. 76 BC | c. 67 BC | 9 years | |||||||||||
| – | Toparch | Herodian dynasty | 4 BC | 10 AD | 14 years | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Festus window.JPG | 100x100px]] | Queen | Herodian dynasty | 48 | – | – | |||||||||||
| [[File:Melisenda head.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1131 | 1153 | 22 years | |||||||||||
| [[File:Queen Sibyl of Jerusalem.jpg | 140x140px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1186 | 1190 | 4 years | |||||||||||
| [[File:IsabelaKOnrad (2).jpg | 102x102px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1190 | 1205 | 15 years | |||||||||||
| [[File:JanBrienne.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1205 | 1212 | 7 years | |||||||||||
| [[File:Yolande of Jerusalem.jpg | 192x192px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Jerusalem | 1212 | 1228 | 16 years |
Jordan
Gileadite
- Laodice of the Sameans (reigned ) – in the Codex Leidensis, the people of Laodice is Gileadites.
Nabataean Kingdom The queens of the later Nabataean Kingdom appear alongside their husbands as co-rulers on their coinage.
- 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
Tripoli The County of Tripoli was an autonomous state.
- Lucia of Tripoli (reigned 1287–1289)
Saudi Arabia
Bāzu
- 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
Qedarite
- Zabibe (reigned –735 BC)
- Samsi (reigned –710 BC)
- Yatie (reigned –695 BC)
- Te'el-hunu (reigned –690 BC)
- Tabua (reigned –675 BC)
Syria
Tanukhids
- Mavia (reigned 375–425) – "The Queen of the Arabs"
Seleucid Empire
- 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
Palmyrene Empire
- Zenobia (reigned 272) – she ruled mostly as regent for her son but reigned briefly under the regnal name Septimia Zenobia Augusta in 272.
Turkey
Antioch The Principality of Antioch was an autonomous state.
- Constance (reigned 1130–1163)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

- Isabella (reigned 1219–1252) – she co-ruled with her husband Hethum I from 1226
Caria
- Artemisia I (reigned )
- Artemisia II (reigned 353–351 BC)
- Ada (reigned 344–340 and 334–326 BC)
Dardania
- Mania (reigned after 399 BC) – queen of ancient Dardania according to Polyaenus and Xenophon
Heraclea Pontica
- Amastris (reigned –284 BC)
Pontus
- Laodice, co-ruler of Mithridates IV
- Pythodorida (reigned 8 BC–38 AD)
Olba Kingdom
- Queen Aba (reigned in the 1st century BC)
Prusias ad Mare
- Orodaltis (reigned after 30 BC)
Saltukid dynasty
- Melike Mama Hatun (reigned 1191–1200)
Trebizond
- Theodora Megale Komnene (reigned 1284–1285)
- Eirene Palaiologina (reigned 1340–1341)
- Anna Megale Komnene (reigned 1341–1342)
Yemen
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Ref. | Asma bint Shihab | Arwa al-Sulayhi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | Sulayhid dynasty | 1047 | 1087 | 40 years | ||||
| Queen | 1067 | 1138 | 71 years |
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
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Fritigil | Mary | Maria Theresa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Žarošice, mural in pilgrimage areal 06 (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Marcomanni | Late 4th century | – | – | ||||||
| [[File:Mary (Chronica Hungarorum).jpg | center | frameless | 120x120px]] | Queen | Hungary | 10 September 1382 | December 1385 | 3 years and 4 months | ||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||
| Hungary | 24 February 1386 | 17 May 1395 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Kaiserin Maria Theresia (HRR).jpg | center | frameless | 124x124px]] | Archduchess | Austria | 20 October 1740 | 29 November 1780 | |||||
| Queen | Hungary | |||||||||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||
| Bohemia | 19 December 1741 | |||||||||||
| 12 May 1743 | 29 November 1780 |
Poland and Lithuania
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Jadwiga | Anna | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Jadwiga by Bacciarelli.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Poland | 16 October 1384 | 17 July 1399 | ||||
| [[File:Kober Anna Jagiellon in coronation robes.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Poland | 15 December 1575 | 19 August 1587 | ||||
| Grand Duchess | Lithuania |
Eastern Europe
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Erato | Dinar | Tamar I | Rusudan | Tamar II | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queenerato.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Armenia | 8 BC | 5 BC | 3 years | |||||||
| 2 BC | 2 AD | 4 years | |||||||||||
| 6 AD | 12 AD | 6 years | |||||||||||
| — | Queen | Kingdom of Syunik | 1072 | 1094 or 1096 | 22 or 24 years | {{Cite book | title=Soviet Historical Encyclopedia | chapter=Сенекерим | language=ru}} | ||||
| [[File:Queen Dinar fresco, Moscow Kremlin.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Hereti | — | c. 1010s | — | |||||||
| [[File:Betania Monastery, Tamar.jpg | 127x127px]] | Mepe | Kingdom of Georgia | 27 March 1184 | 18 January 1213 | ||||||||
| [[File:Rusudan of Georgia (Gelati Monastery).jpg | 130x130px]] | Mepe | Kingdom of Georgia | 18 January 1223 | 1245 | 22 years | |||||||
| – | Queen | Kingdom of Kartli | 1744 | 12 April 1746 | 2 years |
Russia
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Camasarye Philotecnus | Dynamis | Gepaepyris | Boa | Tulun Beg | Bikhakhanim | Fatima Soltan | Irina Godunova | Catherine I | Anna | Elizabeth | Catherine II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Bosporan Kingdom | c. 180 BC | c. 150 BC | c. 30 years | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Bust of a bosporan queen in the Hermitage.jpg | 146x146px]] | Queen | Bosporan Kingdom | 47 BC | 47 BC | Less than 1 year | |||||||||||||
| 44 BC | 13 BC | 31 years | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 BC | 8 AD | 16 years | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Bosporan Kingdom | 37 or 38 | 39 | 1 or 2 years | ||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Sabir people | 520s | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| – | Khanum | Blue Horde | 1370 | 1371 | 1 year | ||||||||||||||
| – | Princess | Hytuk | c. 1419 | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| – | Khanbika | Qasim Khanate | 1679 | 1681 | 2 years | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Irina Godunova, engraving.jpg | 100px]] | Tsaritsa | |||||||||||||||||
| (disputed) | Tsardom of Russia | 26 January 1598 | 3 March 1598 | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Catherine I of Russia by Nattier.jpg | 100px]] | Empress | Russian Empire | 8 February 1725 | 17 May 1727 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Anna of Russia (Hermitage).jpg | 100px]] | Empress | Russian Empire | 26 February 1730 | 28 October 1740 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna (1760).jpg | 100px]] | Empress | Russian Empire | 6 December 1741 | 5 January 1762 | ||||||||||||||
| [[File:Catherine II by A.Albertrandi after Rokotov.jpg | 100px]] | Empress | Russian Empire | 9 July 1762 | 17 November 1796 |
Northern Europe
Denmark, Norway and Sweden
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Åsa | Margaret I | Christina | Ulrika Eleonora | Margrethe II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Queen | Agder | c. 814 | c. 834 | 20 years | |||||||
| [[File:Margaret of Denmark, Norway & Sweden (1389) effigy 2010 (2).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Denmark | 10 August 1387 | 28 October 1412 | |||||||
| Norway | 2 February 1388 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | 24 February 1389 | |||||||||||
| [[File:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by Sébastien Bourdon stor.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Sweden | 16 November 1632 | 16 June 1654 | |||||||
| [[File:Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden Georg Desmarées.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Sweden | 5 December 1718 | 29 February 1720 | |||||||
| [[File:Drottning Margrethe av Danmark.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Denmark | 14 January 1972 | 14 January 2024 |
Western Europe
Luxembourg and Belgium
Burgundian Netherlands
- 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
Spanish Netherlands
- 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
Austrian Netherlands
- Maria Theresa (reigned 1740–1780) – she was also the sovereign of many other states as ruler of the Habsburg monarchy
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Marie-Adélaïde (reigned 1912–1919)
- Charlotte (reigned 1919–1964)
Netherlands
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Wilhelmina | Juliana | Beatrix | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Wilhelmina1898.jpg | center | frameless | 153x153px]] | Queen | Netherlands | 23 November 1890 | 4 September 1948 | |||||
| [[File:Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1961 studio portrait (by Max Koot) – Nationaal Archief.jpg | center | frameless | 128x128px]] | Queen | Netherlands | 4 September 1948 | 30 April 1980 | |||||
| [[File:Prinses Beatrix.jpg | center | frameless | 141x141px]] | Queen | Netherlands | 30 April 1980 | 30 April 2013 |
Monaco
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Claudine | Louise Hippolyte | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Claudina di monaco.jpg | center | frameless | 125x125px]] | Lady | Monaco | July 1457 | 16 March 1458 | c. 8 months | |||
| [[File:Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi with a view overlooking Monaco from the studio of Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717).jpg | center | frameless | 100x100px]] | Princess | Monaco | 20 February 1731 | 29 December 1731 |
United Kingdom and Ireland
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Cartimandua | Boudica | Seaxburh | Æthelflæd | Ælfwynn | Matilda | Margaret | Mary | Jane | Mary I | Elizabeth I | Mary II | Anne | Victoria | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Cartimandua.jpg | 100x100px]] | Queen | Brigantes | c. 43 | c. 69 | c. 25 years | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen Boudica by John Opie.jpg | 133x133px]] | Queen | Iceni | c. 60 | c. 61 | c. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Queen | Wessex | c. 672 | c. 674 | c. 2 years | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Æthelflæd as depicted in the cartulary of Abingdon Abbey.png | 100px]] | Lady | Mercia | 911 | 918 | 7 years | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Lady | Mercia | 12 June 918 | 4 December 918 | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Matilda.png | 100px]] | Lady (disputed) | England | 8 April 1141 | 1148 | 7 years | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Margaret, Maid of Norway.jpg | 100px]] | Queen (disputed) | Scotland | 19 March 1286 | September 1290 | 4 years, 6 months | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:François Clouet - Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) - Google Art Project.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Scotland | 14 December 1542 | 24 July 1567 | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Streathamladyjayne.jpg | 100px]] | Queen (disputed) | England | 10 July 1553 | 19 July 1553 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Anthonis Mor 001.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | England | 24 July 1553 | 17 November 1558 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Darnley stage 3.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | England | 17 November 1558 | 24 March 1603 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Mary II - Kneller 1690.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | England | 13 February 1689 | 28 December 1694 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scotland | 11 April 1689 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Dahl, Michael - Queen Anne - NPG 6187.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | England | 8 March 1702 | 1 May 1707 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 1 August 1714 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 1 May 1707 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Portrait_photograph_of_Queen_Victoria_dressed_for_the_wedding_of_The_Duke_and_Duchess_of_Albany,_1882.jpg | 131x131px]] | Queen | United Kingdom | 20 June 1837 | 22 January 1901 | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | United Kingdom | 6 February 1952 | 8 September 2022 |
Picts
- 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.{{Cite book |last=Koço |first=Eno |author-link=:sq:Eno Koço
| Monarch | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Joanna | Helena Thopia | Comita Muzaka | Rugjina Balsha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duchess | Duchy of Durrës | 1348 | 1368 | 20 years | |||||
| 1376 | 1383 | 7 years | |||||||
| Lady | Principality of Albania | 1388 | 1392 | 4 years | |||||
| 1394 | 1403 | 9 years | |||||||
| Lady | Principality of Vlorë | 1385 | 1396 | 11 years | |||||
| Lady | Principality of Vlorë | 1414 | 1417 | 3 years |
Illyria
- Caeria (reigned ?–344/343 BC)
Bosnia
- Jelena Gruba (reigned 1395–1398)
Bulgaria
Odrysian kingdom
- Antonia Tryphaena (reigned 18–38) – she ruled with her son Rhoemetalces II
- Pythodoris II (reigned 38–46) – she ruled with Rhoemetalces III
Cyprus
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Charlotte | Catherine Cornaro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Carlotta I di cipro 2.jpg | 128x128px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Cyprus | 28 July 1458 | 1464 | 6 years | |||
| [[File:Caterina Cornaro - Queen of Cyprus.jpg | 124x124px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Cyprus | 26 August 1474 | 26 February 1489 |
Greece
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Irene of Athens | Thekla | Zoe Porphyrogenita | Theodora Porphyrogenita | Eudokia Makrembolitissa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Irene solidus sb 1599 (obverse).jpg | 100x100px]] | Empress | Byzantine Empire | 15 January 792 | 31 October 802 | |||||||
| [[File:Solidus of Theodora, Thekla and Michael III (reverse).jpg | 100x100px]] | Empress | Byzantine Empire | 842 | 856 | 14 years | ||||||
| [[File:Zoe mosaic Hagia Sophia.jpg | 147x147px]] | Empress | Byzantine Empire | 21 April 1042 | 11 June 1042 | |||||||
| [[File:Theodora Porphyrogenita crown.jpg | 130x130px]] | Empress | Byzantine Empire | 21 April 1042 | 31 August 1056 | |||||||
| [[File:Eudokia Makrembolitissa portrait.png | 121x121px]] | Empress | ||||||||||
| (disputed) | Byzantine Empire | 22/23 May 1067 | 31 December 1067 |
Kingdom of Epirus
- Deidamia II (reigned )
Despotate of Epirus
- Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (reigned 1384–1385)
Latin Empire
- Yolanda (reigned 1217–1219, disputed)
Frankokratia Latin Empire was disestablished in 1261, but Latin states in Greece, also known as Frankokratia, continued to recognize Latin emperors in exile as their overlords until 1383.
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Ref. | Catherine I | Catherine II | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Catherine of Courtenay.png | center | frameless | 106x106px]] | Empress | Latin states in Greece | 15 December 1283 | 11 October 1307 | |||||
| [[File:Catherine of Courtenay.jpg | center | frameless | 120x120px]] | Empress | Latin states in Greece | 11 October 1307 | October 1346 | c. 39 years |
Thessalonica Two Byzantine empresses reigned with autonomy in Thessalonica.
- 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
Polis
- Cratesipolis (reigned ) — ruler of Sicyon and Corinth
- Nicaea, ruler of Corinth
Italy
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length of reign | Ref. | Amalasuintha | Elena of Gallura | Benedetta of Cagliari | Adelasia of Torres | Joanna of Gallura | Eleanor of Arborea | Constance I of Sicily | Constance II of Sicily | Joanna I of Naples | Maria of Sicily | Joanna II of Naples | Joanna of Castile | Elisa Bonaparte | Pauline Bonaparte | Marie Louise | Maria Luisa of Spain | Maria Beatrice d'Este | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Amalasuintha-Cropped.png | center | frameless | 124x124px]] | Queen | Ostrogothic Kingdom | 2 October 534 | 30 April 535 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Giudicessa Elena di Gallura.jpg | center | frameless | 158x158px]] | Judge | Judicate of Gallura | 1203 | 1218 | approx. 15 years | |||||||||||||||||||
| Judge | Judicate of Cagliari | 1214 | 1233 | approx. 9 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judge | Judicate of Logudoro | 1236 | 1259 | approx. 23 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judge | Judicate of Gallura | 1296 | 1308 | approx. 12 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judge | Judicate of Arborea | 1383 | June 1404 | approx. 21 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Constance I.png | center | frameless | 143x143px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Sicily | 25 December 1194 | 27 November 1198 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:D. Constança de Hohenstaufen, Rainha de Aragão - The Portuguese Genealogy (Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal).png | center | frameless | 143x143px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Sicily | 1282 | 1285 | approx. 3 years | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Giovanna I di Napoli - Niccolò di Tommaso (1360 circa).jpg | center | frameless | 111x111px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Naples | 20 January 1343 | 25 August 1381 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Maria I regina di sicilia.jpg | center | frameless | 154x154px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Sicily | 27 July 1377 | 25 May 1401 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Johanna II of Naples.jpg | center | frameless | 129x129px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Naples | 6 August 1414 | 2 February 1435 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Johanna I van Castilië.JPG | center | frameless | 159x159px]] | Queen | Kingdom of Sicily | 23 January 1516 | 12 April 1555 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kingdom of Naples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kingdom of Sardinia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Elisa Baciocchi Franque Joseph.jpg | center | frameless | 128x128px]] | Princess | Principality of Lucca and Piombino | 19 March 1805 | 18 March 1814 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Duchess | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 3 March 1809 | 1 February 1814 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Portrait de Pauline Bonaparte, princesse Borghèse, duchesse de Guastalla.jpg | center | frameless | 122x122px]] | Duchess | Duchy of Guastalla | 30 March 1806 | 14 August 1806 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Empress Marie Louise of the French.jpg | center | frameless | 125x125px]] | Duchess | Duchy of Parma and Piacenza | 11 April 1814 | 17 December 1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duchy of Guastalla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Maria Luisa of Spain, queen of Etruria and duchess of Lucca.jpg | center | frameless | 127x127px]] | Duchess | Duchy of Lucca | 9 June 1815 | 13 March 1824 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Maria Beatrice d'Este, Princess of Modena, miniature2 - Hofburg.png | center | frameless | 127x127px]] | Duchess | Duchy of Massa | 1815 | 14 November 1829 | approx 14 years | |||||||||||||||||||
| Princess | Principality of Carrara |
Portugal
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Theresa | Beatrice | Maria I | Maria II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Theresa of Portugal (1080-1130) mini.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | |||||||||
| (disputed) | Portugal | 1116 | 24 June 1128 | approx. 12 years | |||||||
| [[File:Detalle del Sepulcro de Beatriz de Portugal.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | |||||||||
| (disputed) | Portugal | 1383 | 1385 | approx. 2 years | |||||||
| [[File:Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Portugal | 24 February 1777 | 20 March 1816 | ||||||
| [[File:Maria II Portugal 1829.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Portugal | 2 May 1826 | 23 June 1828 | ||||||
| 26 May 1834 | 15 November 1853 |
Romania
Transylvania The Principality of Transylvania was an autonomous state.
- 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
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Jimena Díaz | Urraca | Petronilla | Urraca the Asturian | Berengaria | Sancha | Dulce | Joan I | Joan II | Isabella of Foix-Castelbon | Blanche I | Blanche II | Isabella I | Eleanor | Catherine | Joanna the Mad | Jeanne d'Albret | Isabella II | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess | Principality of Valencia | 1099 | 1102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:UrracaRegina TumboA.jpg | 100px]] | Empress | Hispania | 30 June 1109 | 8 March 1126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | León | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Castile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Galicia | 1111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Peronella reina.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Aragon | 13 November 1137 | 18 July 1164 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | 1144 | 1153 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Bérengère de Castille.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Castile | 6 June 1217 | 31 August 1217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Toledo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | León | 24 September 1230 | 11 December 1230 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Galicia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | León | 24 September 1230 | 11 December 1230 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Galicia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Joan I of Navarreskeble.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Navarre | 22 July 1284 | 2 April 1305 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Jana2Navarra hlava.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Navarre | 1 April 1328 | 6 October 1349 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-Princess | Andorra | 1398 | 1412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blanca of Navarra (1177-1229).jpg | center | frameless | 152x152px]] | Queen | Navarre | 8 September 1425 | 1 April 1441 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Navarre | 23 September 1461 | 2 December 1464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Castile | 11 December 1474 | 26 November 1504 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | León | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Navarre | 28 January 1479 | 12 February 1479 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Catherine de Foix.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Navarre | 7 January 1483 | 12 February 1517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-Princess | Andorra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Johanna I van Castilië.JPG | 100px]] | Queen | Castile | 26 November 1504 | 12 April 1555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Aragon | 23 January 1516 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Upper Navarre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Jeanne-albret-navarre.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Lower Navarre | 25 May 1555 | 9 June 1572 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Co-Princess | Andorra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:La reina Isabel II de España, de Antonio María Esquivel (Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Spain | 29 September 1833 | 30 September 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen | Upper Navarre | 30 November 1833 |
Malta
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Malta | 21 September 1964 | 13 December 1974 |
Montenegro
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Neda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Kneginja | Duklja | 1043 | 1046 | 3 years |
Oceania
Australasia
Australia
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Victoria | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by Gunn & Stuart, 1897.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Australia | 1901 | 1901 | Less than 1 year | |||
| [[File:Elizabeth garden part 1954-04.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Australia | 1952 | 2022 | 70 years |
New Zealand
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen of New Zealand in 1953.jpg | 100px]] | Queen | New Zealand | 1952 | 2022 | 70 years |
Rarotonga

- 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
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain(cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Tui Viti | Fiji | 1970 | 1987 | 17 years | ||
| Queen | Papua New Guinea | 1975 | 2022 | 47 years | ||||
| Queen | Solomon Islands | 1978 | 2022 | 44 years |
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
Bora Bora
- Teriimaevarua II (reigned 1860–1873)
- Teriimaevarua III (reigned 1873–1895)
Huahine
- 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)
Raiatea
- 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.
Rapa Iti
- Daughter of Parima (reigned ?–1887)
Rimatara
- Tamaeva IV (reigned 1876–1892)
- Tamaeva V (reigned 1892–1901)
Tahiti
- 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)
Nuku Hiva
- Vaekehu – her husband died in 1863, but Vaekehu continued to reign on her own as Queen
Hawaii
Hilo
- Ululani, 7th Chiefess of Hilo
Ko'olau
- 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
Molokai
- Kapau-a-Nuʻakea, 3rd Chiefess of Molokai
- Kamauliwahine, 4th Chiefess of Molokai
- Hualani, 5th Chiefess of Molokai
- Kanealai, Chiefess of Molokai (reigned during the 18th century)
Oʻahu
- Kūkaniloko, 11th Moʻi of Oʻahu
- Kalaimanuia, 12th Moʻi of Oʻahu (reigned 1600–1665)
Hawaiʻi Island
- Kaikilani, 17th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island (reigned 1575–1605)
- Keakamahana, 19th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island (reigned 1635–1665)
- Keakealaniwahine, 20th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island (reigned 1665–1695)
- Kalanikauleleiaiwi, 21st Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island (reigned 1695–1725) — co-ruler with her brother Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku
Kauaʻi
- Kamakahelei, 22nd Moʻi of Kauaʻi (reigned 1770–1794)
Kingdom of Hawaii

- Liliʻuokalani (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
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:ITM436209 Dept No 447 (51763268551) (1).jpg | 100px]] | Queen | Tuvalu | 1978 | 2022 | 44 years |
Wallis and Futuna
Uvea
- 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
- Libuše, 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)
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 Jingū (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
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Siti Wan Kembang | Puteri Saadong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen | Kelantan | 1610 | 1667 | 57 years | ||||
| Queen | Kelantan | 1667 | 1671 | 4 years |
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 (無敵天王)" – 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
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)
Cameroon
- Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda
Colombia
- Gaitana
Congo-Brazzaville
- Ngalifourou, Chef de canton of the Tio Kingdom (reigned 1918–1956)
Congo-Kinshasa
- Diambi Kabatusuila
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
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
- Datuk Puteri Siti Awan I, female Undang of Johol (reigned 1723–1747){{Cite book |author=Buyong Adil|author-link=Buyong Adil|url=https://malaycivilization.com.my/omeka/files/original/3ea38a4a79e3d5d03d25b6396a587cec.pdf |pages=34–36 |chapter=Sejarah Johol
- 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)
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'ọ́jà of 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
- Gloria Salii
Panama
- Silvia Carrera
Papua New Guinea
- Koloka of Naara (reigned c. 1884 – c. 1910)
Peru
- Capillana,
- 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
South Africa
- Phylia Nwamitwa II
- Queen Hoho of Khoekhoe (reigned )
South Sudan
- Mathiang Yak Anek
Taiwan
- (), female chieftain of the Xīnwǔlǐ (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.
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Razia Sultana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Miniature painting of Razia Sultana seated in a chair accompanied by attendants.jpg | 142x142px]] | Sultana | Delhi Sultanate | 19 November 1236 | 20 April 1240 |
Cyprus
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Victoria | Elizabeth II | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Queen_Victoria_(1887).jpg | 131x131px]] | Queen | British Cyprus | 4 June 1878 | 22 January 1901 | ||||
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth II - 1953-Dress.JPG | 149x149px]] | Queen | British Cyprus | 6 February 1952 | 16 August 1960 |
Estonia
Swedish Estonia
- Christina (reigned 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654)
- Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 5 December 1718 – 29 February 1720)
Russian Estonia
- 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
Swedish Finland
- Margaret I of Denmark (reigned 1389–1412)
- Christina (reigned 1632–1654)
- Ulrika Eleonora (reigned 1719–1720)
Iceland
Norwegian Iceland
- Margaret I (reigned 1388 – 28 October 1412)
Israel and Palestine
Thutmose III of the New Kingdom of Egypt conquered Canaan.
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Start of reign | End of reign | Length | Neferneferuaten | Tausret | Zenobia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Meketaten-Nefertiti.tiff | 127x127px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1334 BC | c. 1332 BC | 2 years | ||||
| [[File:Queen Tausret Émile Prisse d'Avennes.jpg | 148x148px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1191 BC | c. 1189 BC | 2 years | ||||
| [[File:Zenobia obversee.png | 101x101px]] | Empress | Palmyrene Empire | 272 | 272 | Less than 1 year |
Sudan
Thutmose I of the New Kingdom of Egypt conquered Nubia.
| Monarch | Portrait | Title | State | Reign dates | Length | Hatshepsut | Neferneferuaten | Twosret | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Seated Statue of Hatshepsut MET Hatshepsut2012.jpg | 120x120px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | 1479–1458 BC | 21 years | ||||
| [[File:Amarna Neues 05.JPG | 100px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | 1334–1332 BC | 2 years | ||||
| [[File:Twosret.jpg | 147x147px]] | Pharaoh | New Kingdom of Egypt | c. 1191–1189 BC | 2 years |
Suriname
- Juliana (reigned 1954–1975)
Notes
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