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Name↕ | Realm↕ | Reign Start↕ | Reign End↕ | Reign (years)↕ | Legacy↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleopatra VII | Ptolemaic Egypt | -51 | -30 | 21 | Last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt |
Hatshepsut | Ancient Egypt (18th dynasty) | -1479 | -1458 | 21 | One of Egypt's most successful pharaohs |
Empress Wu Zetian | Tang / Zhou Dynasty China | 690 | 705 | 15 | Only woman to rule China as emperor |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | France / England (consort) | 1137 | 1204 | 67 | Queen of France and England, crusader |
Isabella I of Castile | Castile and Aragon (Spain) | 1474 | 1504 | 30 | Unified Spain, sponsored Columbus |
Mary I of England | England | 1553 | 1558 | 5 | First crowned queen regnant of England |
Elizabeth I | England | 1558 | 1603 | 44 | Elizabethan golden age, defeated Spanish Armada |
Mary, Queen of Scots | Scotland | 1542 | 1567 | 25 | Tragic rival to Elizabeth I |
Queen Anne | Great Britain | 1702 | 1714 | 12 | First sovereign of the United Kingdom |
Maria Theresa | Habsburg Monarchy | 1740 | 1780 | 40 | Only woman to rule Habsburg domains |
Catherine the Great | Russia | 1762 | 1796 | 34 | Expanded Russian empire, enlightenment reformer |
Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | 1837 | 1901 | 63 | Victorian era, empire at its height |
Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom | 1952 | 2022 | 70 | Longest-reigning British monarch |
Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaiian Kingdom | 1891 | 1893 | 2 | Last monarch of Hawaii |
Empress Matilda | Holy Roman Empire / England | 1141 | 1141 | 1 | Claimant queen during The Anarchy |
Empress Theodora | Byzantine Empire | 527 | 548 | 21 | Influential co-ruler with Justinian I |
Boudica | Iceni (Roman Britain) | 60 | 61 | 1 | Led revolt against Roman occupation |
Tamar of Georgia | Kingdom of Georgia | 1184 | 1213 | 29 | Presided over Georgian Golden Age |
Christina of Sweden | Sweden | 1632 | 1654 | 22 | Abdicated to convert to Catholicism |
Queen Nzinga | Ndongo and Matamba (Angola) | 1624 | 1663 | 39 | Resisted Portuguese colonization |
Rani Lakshmibai | Jhansi (India) | 1853 | 1858 | 5 | Warrior queen of the 1857 rebellion |
Razia Sultana | Delhi Sultanate | 1236 | 1240 | 4 | First female Muslim ruler of South Asia |
Empress Dowager Cixi | Qing China | 1861 | 1908 | 47 | De facto ruler of late Qing China |
Queen Margrethe II | Denmark | 1972 | 2024 | 52 | Modernized Danish monarchy |
Queen Beatrix | Netherlands | 1980 | 2013 | 33 | Abdicated in favor of son Willem-Alexander |
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