List of female monarchs

Monarchs

Africa

North Africa

Algeria

Canary Islands

Egypt

Libya

Sudan

West Africa

Benin

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

• Okinka Pampa

• Idiana Ibop, also known as Juliana

  Côte d'Ivoire

• Pokou – Queen and founder of the Baoule tribe.
• Akwa Boni – Pokou's niece who succeeded her to the throne.

  Liberia

• Famata Bendu, queen of the Vai people

  Mali

• Kassi, co-ruler with Mansa Sulayman

  Nigeria

• Èyé Àró
• Èyémọ̀ị́n
• Amọ́robíòjò

• 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

• Elizabeth II, Queen of Nigeria

• Ooni Luwoo

• Ebulejonu, also known as Ebule

• Emose
• Orrorro

• Magajiya Maimuna
• Hajiya Maimuna – grandmother of Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed
• Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed
• Idris – daughter of Hajiya Haidzatu Ahmed

• Pupupu, founder and ruler of the Ondo Kingdom.

• Orompoto – Succeeded her brother Eguguojo to the throne.

• Bakwa Turunku
• Amina
• Zaria – she succeeded her sister Amina

  Senegal

• Lingeer
• Lingeer Fatim Beye
• Lingeer Ndoye Demba – she was the founder of the Serer Joos Maternal Dynasty
• Lingeer Ngoné Dièye
• Njembot Mbodj
• Ndaté Yalla Mbodj
• Lingeer Selbeh Ndoffene Joof

• Ayimpène
• Sibeth, also spelled Sibet

  Sierra Leone

• Elizabeth II, Queen of Sierra Leone

• Fatima

• Madam Yoko

Central Africa

Angola

• Vamwene Naama
• Vamwene Yamvu
• Vamwene Mbaao ya Chinguli
• Vamwene Kaamba ka Mbaao
• Vamwene Mukenge wa Lweembe, Livindamo

• Ana Afonso de Leão, queen of Nkondo and matriarch of Kinlaza
• , queen of Luvota and matriarch of Kimpanzu

• Nyakatolo Kuvango
• Nyakatolo Ngambo
• Nyakatolo Kutemba
• Nyakatolo Chissengo

• Cameroon

• Wou-Ten, founder of the Tikar dynasty
• Ngon-Nso, founder of the Nso dynasty
• Soukda, founder of the Mandara Kingdom
• Ngoungoure, queen of Bamum – her reign lasted 30 minutes

  Chad

• Aissa Koli

  Congo-Kinshasa

East Africa

Comoros

Ethiopia

Kenya

• Elizabeth II, Queen of Kenya
• 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 conquered Kitao, according to the Pate Chronicle
• Mwana Mimi, ruler of the Pate Sultanate

  Madagascar

• Ravorombato

• Bibiasa

• Safy Mozongo – Mother of Binao
• Binao – Daughter of Safy Mozongo

• Irana
• Tsiresy I
• Tsiresy II

• Ambary
• Soanaomby

  Mauritius

Mozambique

• Queen of Angoche, name unknown  – she succeeded her brother and was succeeded by her husband Molidi

  Somalia

• Asha Ngumi, ruler of Ngumi Island in the Bajuni Islands

  Somaliland

• Māti Layla Abūd

  South Sudan

• , the eighth ruler of the Shilluk.

  Tanzania

• Elizabeth II, Queen of Tanganyika

• Mwana Mwema, queen of Unguja
• Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi, queen of Unguja

• Mwana Mize binti Muaba
• Mwana Fatuma binti Dathash
• Mwana Hadiya
• Mwana Aisha

• Mwana wa Mwana
• Fatima
• Mwana Kazija bint Ngwale bin Kombo bin Ali

• Mother of Mwanzuani
• Mwanzuani – she succeeded her mother

• Sabani binti Ngumi – she was succeeded by her daughter
• Daughter of Sabani binti Ngumi

  Uganda

Southern Africa

Eswatini

• 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

  Malawi

Namibia

South Africa

• Mamani kaPhahlo

• Maselekwane Modjadji
• Masalanabo I Modjadji
• Khetoane Modjadji
• Makoma Modjadji
• Mokope Modjadji
• Makobo Modjadji
• Masalanabo II Modjadji

Zambia

• Mamochisane, queen of the Makololo

  Zimbabwe

Americas

North America

Canada

Mexico

• Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw

• Tlapalizquixochtzin

• Ix Yohl Ikʼnal
• Sak Kʼukʼ, also known as Muwaan Mat

• Azcasuch

• Xiuhtlaltzin

• Lady K'awiil Yopaat

• Malinxalchitl

• 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

• Lady Ich’aak K’inich

  Guatemala

• Lady K'abel

• Lady Chaak

• Wac Chanil Ahau, also known as Lady Six Sky

• Unen Bahlam
• Lady of Tikal

Caribbean

West Indies

South America

Brazil

Ecuador

• Quilago – queen of Cochasquí

  Guyana

Peru

• Lady of Cao, Moche ruler

Asia

East Asia

China

• Supi Mojie
• Dajiawa
• Qibangsun
• Tangpangshi
• Lianbi
• Eyaner
• Zhaoyefu

• – her son submitted to of Nanzhao, and instead she declared herself "Wáng of the Wuman tribe "

• Yangchen Drolma
• Tsewang Lhamo

• Queen of Po-mo, name unknown  – in 1891, Rockhill reported that the principality of Po-mo or So-mo, located near Sung-p'an, was ruled by a queen

  Japan

• Saionji Neishi, also called Saionji Yasuko – she was the only female to hold the position of , exercising cloistered rule while reigning alongside the Emperor

  Korea

South Asia

Bangladesh

India

• Queen of Quilon, name unknown  – she concluded a treaty with the Portuguese in 1516
• Queen of Quilon, name unknown  – she concluded a treaty with the Dutch in 1659

• Makayiram Thirunal
• Umayamma Rani
• Queen of Attingal, name unknown  – 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  – she was the other of the two princesses from Kolathunad adopted by Umayamma Rani in 1688

• Queen of Maruthurkulangara, name unknown – she was installed on the throne by Marthanda Varma of Travancore in 1733

• Queen of Elayadathu Swarupam, name unknown – she was installed on the throne by the Dutch during the Travancore–Dutch War

• Kumaradevi, co-ruler of Chandragupta I

  Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

• Cleophis

• Dadi Jawari — also known as Malika Jawahir Khatun
• Malika Sahibnuma, also spelled as Sahebnuma

• Sada Kaur

• Hamoon – she occupied the throne after her husband Sanghar's death, but was soon crushed by the nobles

  Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

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

• Putri Di Dalam Petung

  Laos

Myanmar

• Nang Ye Hkam Leng, ruler of Möng Mao – according to some sources, she succeeded her father

• Nang Li, ruler of Möng Sit

• Mi Thit, ruler of Pangtara
• Mi Sit, ruler of Pangtara

  Philippines

• Dayang Kalangitan

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

• Nur ul-Azam

  Thailand

Timor-Leste

• Ursula da Costa
• Dona Gracia da Costa Rodrigues Pereira
• Dona Engracia da Costa Delgado

  Vietnam

West Asia

Iran

Iraq

Israel and Palestine

Jordan

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

• Chuldu – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris
• Shaqilath – she ruled with her husband Aretas IV Philopatris
• Shaqilath II – she ruled with her husband Malichus II; after his death she was regent for her son Rabbel II Soter
• Gāmilat – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter
• Hagaru – she ruled with Rabbel II Soter

  Lebanon

• Lucia of Tripoli

  Saudi Arabia

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

• Zabibe
• Samsi
• Yatie
• Te'el-hunu
• Tabua

  Syria

• Mavia – "The Queen of the Arabs"

• Cleopatra Thea – she ruled with her sons Seleucus V and Antiochus VIII
• Cleopatra Selene I – she ruled with her son Antiochus XIII

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

  Turkey

• Constance

• Isabella – she co-ruled with her husband Hethum I from 1226

• Artemisia I
• Artemisia II
• Ada

• Mania – queen of ancient Dardania according to Polyaenus and Xenophon

• Amastris

• Laodice, co-ruler of Mithridates IV
• Pythodorida

• Queen Aba

• Orodaltis

• Melike Mama Hatun

• Theodora Megale Komnene
• Eirene Palaiologina
• Anna Megale Komnene

  Yemen

Central Asia

Afghanistan

• Queen of Greater Yuezhi, name unknown – 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 — queen of Massagetae

North Asia

Siberia

• Botohui-Tarhun  — queen of

Europe

Central Europe

Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and Czechia

Poland and Lithuania

Eastern Europe

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

Russia

Northern Europe

Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Western Europe

Luxembourg and Belgium

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

• Isabella Clara Eugenia – during her and Albert's co-reign period, the Spanish Netherlands temporarily had formal independence from Spain

• Maria Theresa – she was also the sovereign of many other states as ruler of the Habsburg monarchy

• Marie-Adélaïde
• Charlotte

  Netherlands

Monaco

United Kingdom and Ireland

• Pictish Queen, name unknown – 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

• Caeria

  Bosnia

• Jelena Gruba

  Bulgaria

• Antonia Tryphaena – she ruled with her son Rhoemetalces II
• Pythodoris II – she ruled with Rhoemetalces III

  Cyprus

Greece

• Deidamia II

• Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina

• Yolanda

• Irene of Montferrat
• Anna of Savoy

• Helena of Bulgaria – she built up her own autonomous principality

• Cratesipolis — ruler of Sicyon and Corinth
• Nicaea, ruler of Corinth

  Italy

Portugal

Romania

• Catherine of Brandenburg

  Spain and Andorra

• Toda of Pamplona — queen of Deio and Lizarrara
• Andregoto Galíndez — queen of Lumbier
• Tota of Ribagorza  — independent countess of Ribagorza
• Mayor García of Castile  — independent countess of Ribagorza

Malta

Montenegro

Oceania

Australasia

Australia

New Zealand

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

Melanesia

Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Polynesia

American Samoa

• Tuimanufili
• Siliave
• Seuea
• Matelita

  French Polynesia

• Teriimaevarua II
• Teriimaevarua III

• Teha'apapa I
• Teri'itaria II
• Teha'apapa II
• Teuhe – she reigned under a rebellion government against her mother Queen Tehaapapa II
• Teha'apapa III

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

• Daughter of Parima

• Tamaeva IV
• Tamaeva V

• Purea, queen of the Teva clan on the southern part of the island before unification
• Pōmare IV

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

  Hawaii

• Ululani, 7th Chiefess of Hilo

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

• Kapau-a-Nuʻakea, 3rd Chiefess of Molokai
• Kamauliwahine, 4th Chiefess of Molokai
• Hualani, 5th Chiefess of Molokai
• Kanealai, Chiefess of Molokai

• Kūkaniloko, 11th Moʻi of Oʻahu
• Kalaimanuia, 12th Moʻi of Oʻahu

• Kaikilani, 17th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island
• Keakamahana, 19th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island
• Keakealaniwahine, 20th Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island
• Kalanikauleleiaiwi, 21st Moʻi of Hawaiʻi Island — co-ruler with her brother Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku

• Kamakahelei, 22nd Moʻi of Kauaʻi

• Liliʻuokalani – the only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii established by Kamehameha I

  Tonga

• Tupoumahe'ofo
• Salote Tupou III

  Tuvalu

Wallis and Futuna

• Toifale
• Falakika Seilala
• Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki
• Aloisia Brial

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, a branch of the Hani people

Congo-Kinshasa

Kuba Kingdom

• 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

• Borsa - Originated from Coptic tradition.
• Eylouka - Originated from Coptic tradition.
• Nehasset Nais
• Kasiyope - Originated from Greek mythology.
• Mumazes reigned - Daughter of king Bonu I.
• Aruas - Daughter of Mumazes.
• Helena
• Makeda - 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
• Hadina - Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 9 years.
• Nikawla Kandake II - An alternate name for the Queen of Sheba
• Akawsis Kandake III
• Nikosis Kandake IV
• Awsena - Most regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 1 year.
• Nicotnis Kandake V
• Garsemot Kandake VI - Supposedly the Kandake from the Biblical story of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
• Wakana - Reigned for 2 days.
• Ahywa Sofya - Likely based on Sofya of Axum, mother of Ezana.
• Adhana I - Some regnal lists of Ethiopia claim this monarch reigned for 14 years.
• Adhana II - Some regnal lists claim this monarch co-ruled with king Abreha III.

Kingdom of Simien

• Gudit

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
• 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
• Sphatikarnawa Warmandewi, queen of Salakanagara

Iran

• Humay Chehrzad

Iraq

• Kubaba of Kish, the only queen on the Sumerian King List
• 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,
• Medb, Queen of Connacht

Japan

• Empress Jingū
• Princess Iitoyo
• Kamu-nashi-hime, female Tsuchigumo of Hōfu-shi
• Hayatsuhime, female Tsuchigumo of Hayami-gun
• , female Tsuchigumo of Yamato-gun
• , 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
• Hongranyeo – according to the legend of Yeowangjwagangsanhyeong, she became the monarch of Balhae

Libya

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

Mexico

Tenochtitlan

• Ilancueitl
• Atotoztli II

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

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

Syria

• al-Zabba', claimed to be Zenobia

Tunisia

• Dido – 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
• Queen Cordelia
• Queen Marcia
• 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 – She led a peasant uprising in 653. During the rebellion, she declared herself huangdi. Jian Bozan recognized her as a female huangdi.
• Mǐlǔ, also known as "Invincible Tian Wang " – female rebel leader to assume the title of ''Tian Wang''

Easter Island

• Koreto, reigning queen of Easter Island – Dutrou-Bornier married Koreto and appointed her as Queen
• Caroline, reigning queen of Easter Island – 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 – 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
• Nga wai hono i te po, Māori queen

Panama

• Rufina Santana, queen of Naso people

Senegal

• Aline Sitoe Diatta, Queen of Kabrousse

Trinidad and Tobago

• 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

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

Chieftainesses

Argentina

• Isabel Pallamay, Cacica of the Quilme people

Australia

• Cora Gooseberry

Botswana

• Kgosi Basadi Seipone III
• Kgosi Rebecca Banika
• Mosadi Muriel Seboko, the kgosikgolo of the Balete people

Brazil

• Juma Xipaia of the Xipaya people
• 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 tribe of the Ancient Qiang
• Lady Xian, female chieftain of the, an ancestral group associated with the later Lí people
• Huang Shi, female chieftain of the Lí people – mother of Wang Erniang
• Wang Erniang, female chieftain of the Lí people
• Wu Shi, female chieftain of the Lí people – daughter of Wang Erniang
• Chogi, female chieftain of the Mancha tribe of the Jianzhou Jurchens
• Ziji Drolma, Golok Queen of the Hongmaocang tribe of the Golok people
• Lude, Golok Queen of the Hongmaocang tribe of the Golok people
• , the last female chieftain of the Aoluguya tribe of the Evenki people

Cameroon

• Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda

Colombia

• Gaitana

Congo-Brazzaville

• Ngalifourou, Chef de canton of the Tio Kingdom

Congo-Kinshasa

• Diambi Kabatusuila

Dominican Republic

• Higuanamá, also spelled Hiquanama, Cacica of Higüey, one of the Chiefdoms of Hispaniola – 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
• Isabel de Iguanama, Cacica of Higüey

Ecuador

• Juana Guare

Ethiopia

• Diso Obo Warqe, ruler of the Nonno Jebat

Fiji

• Lala Mara, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa
• Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi of Rewa

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

Kyrgyzstan

• Kurmanjan Datka, tribal leader of the Alay Kyrgyz

Liberia

• Mary Larteh
• Suah Koko

Malawi

• Theresa Kachindamoto

Malaysia

• Datuk Puteri Siti Awan I, female Undang of Johol
• Datuk Rambut Panjang, female Undang of Johol
• Datuk Puteri Siti Awan II, female Undang of Johol

Marshall Islands

• Dorothy Tarjikit Laelan Kabua, paramount chief of Majuro
• Atama Zedkaia, paramount chief of Majuro
• Libinnirok, Leroijlaplap of Mejit

Mongolia

• – a Mongol female chieftain who resided outside the Great Wall at Gubeikou
• – a Mongol female chieftain who resided outside the Great Wall at Malanyu

New Zealand

Māori people

• Hine-i-paketia
• Hinematioro

Rarotonga

• Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, High Chiefess of Te Au O Tonga
• Pa Upoko Takau Ariki, High Chiefess of Takitumu
• Tinomana Mereana Ariki, High Chiefess of Puaikura

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

Peru

• Capillana,
• Tomasa Tito Condemayta

Puerto Rico

• Luisa, also known as Yuisa, Cacica of Loíza

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

South Sudan

• Mathiang Yak Anek

Taiwan

• , female chieftain of the Xīnwǔlǐ tribe of the Paiwan people
• Older Sister of Láolǐruǎn, name unknown, female chieftain of the Máoxìxì tribe of the Paiwan people
• Wife of Jiǔliú, name unknown, female chieftain of the Jiābèng tribe of the Paiwan people
• Leng-leng, female chieftain of the Jiābèng tribe of the Paiwan people
• Bao-zhu, female chieftain of the Puyuma people

Tanzania

• Therese Ntare VI of Heru

Uganda

• Murogo of Ibanda 
• Nyabuzana of Ibanda 
• Kishokye of Ibanda
• Julia Kibubura of Ibanda

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 – 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 – 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

Crown landholders

Bangladesh

Estonia

• Christina
• Ulrika Eleonora

• Catherine I
• Anna
• Elizabeth
• Catherine II

Finland

• Margaret I of Denmark
• Christina
• Ulrika Eleonora

Iceland

• Margaret I

Israel and Palestine

Sudan

Suriname

• Juliana