Some of them wore the crown, others were surrounded by it. In either case, here are those who were near the throne for some period of their lives.
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The Royals:
Ruled In Africa:
- Ahhotep I, Egyptian Queen
- Ahmose-Nefertari, Egyptian Queen
- Amanirenas, Warrior Queen of Kush
- Ankhesenamun, Egyptian Queen
- Ankhesenpepi I,Egyptian Queen
- Ankhesenpepi II,Egyptian Queen
- Anna Kingsley, Born into the Jolof Royal Family (Present-day Senegal)
- Arawelo, Somalian Queen
- Arsinoë IV, Egyptian Princess
- Berenice III, Egyptian Queen
- Cleopatra VII Philopater, Egyptian Queen
- Cleopatra I Syra, Queen of Egypt
- Cleopatra Selene II,Egyptian Princess
- Hatshepsut, Egyptian Pharaoh
- Hetepheres I, Egyptian Queen
- Khaemweset, Egyptian Prince
- Khentkaus III, Egyptian Queen
- Kiya, Wife of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten
- Meketaten, Egyptian Princess
- Meresankh III, Egyptian Royal Woman
- Meritaten, Egyptian Princess
- Merneith, Egyptian Queen
- Neferneferure, Egyptian Princess
- Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Egyptian Princess
- Nefertari Merytmut, Egyptian Queen
- Nefertiti Nefernefernuaten, Egyptian Queen
- Neferure, Egyptian Princess
- Njinga Mbandi, Queen of the Ndongo (Present-day Angola)
- Nitocris, Last Pharaoh of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty
- Psamtik I,Egyptian Pharaoh
- Ranavalona I, Queen of Madagascar
- Rudrama Devi, Queen During the Kakatiya Dynasty
- Setepenre, Egyptian Princess
- Tawosret, Egyptian Pharaoh
- Taytu Betul, Empress of Ethiopia
- Tetisheri, Egyptian Queen
- Tiye, Egyptian Queen
- Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of the Ejisu
- Yennenga, Mother of the Mossi People
Ruled in Asia:
- Alexandra Feodorovna, The Last Russian Tsarina
- Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Catherine the Great, Russian Empress
- Cixi, Chinese Empress Dowager
- Ekaterina Dolgorukaya, Mistress and Later Wife of Alexander II of Russia
- Hoelun, Mother of Genghis Khan
- Khutulun, Great-Great-Granddaughter of Genghis Khan
- Kubaba, Sumerian King and the First Known Female Ruler in History
- Kurmanjan Datka, Tsaritsa of Alaia
- Lakshmi Bai, Queen of Jhansi (In India)
- Liu Chuyu, Princess of the Liu Song Dynasty (China)
- Mandukhai Khatun, Mongolian Empress
- Mikhail Romanov, Russian Tsar
- Mumtaz Mahal, Empress of the Mughal Empire
- Noor Inayat Khan, Princess and Radio Operator During World War II
- Nur-Jahan, Empress of the Mughal Empire
- Olga of Kiev, Queen Regnant of Kievan Rus
- Olga Nikolaevna Romonova, Russian Grand Duchess
- Pingyang, Chinese Princess
- Qin Shi Huang, Chinese Emperor
- Raj Rajeshwari Devi, Queen Consort and Regent of Nepal
- Sutematsu Oyama, Given the Title of Princess in Her Native Japan
- Tamar, King of Georgia
- Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Toregene, Yeke Khatun of the Mongol Empire
- Trưng Nhị, Vietnamese Queen
- Trưng Trắc, Vietnamese Queen
- Wu Zetian, Chinese Empress
Ruled in Europe:
- Alexandra of Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria
- Alwilda, Legend and Possible Danish Queen
- Angelberga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire
- Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and Ireland
- Anne of Cleves, Queen of England and Ireland
- Anne Neville, Queen Consort of England
- Arachidamia, Warrior Queen of Sparta (Ancient Greece)
- Arsinoë II, Queen of Many Places (Ancient Macedonia, Asia Minor, Thrace, and Egypt)
- Boudica, Queen of the Iceni (Celtic Tribe)
- Calpurnia, Wife of Julius Caesar
- Camilla, HRH The Queen Consort
- Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes
- Catherine de Medici, Queen of France
- Catherine Howard, Queen of England and Ireland
- Catherine, HRH The Princess of Wales
- Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England and Ireland
- Catherine of Valois, Queen Consort of England
- Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Claudia Octavia, Empress of Rome Who was Tortured and Murdered by her Husband
- Cynisca, Spartan Princess
- Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
- Draginja Obrenovic,Queen Consort of Serbia
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England and France
- Elisabeth of Austria, Empress of Austria
- Elizabeth I,Queen of England and Ireland
- Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of England
- Faustina the Elder, Empress of Rome
- Faustina the Younger, Empress of Rome
- Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, German Princess
- Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco
- Grace O'Malley, Irish Tribal Queen
- Gruoch ingen Boite, The First Known Queen of Scotland
- Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile and Aragon (In Modern Day Spain)
- Isabella II, Queen of Spain
- Isabella of France, Queen of England
- Jadwiga, King of Poland
- Jane Grey, Queen of England and Ireland
- Jane Seymour, Queen of England and Ireland
- Joanna of Castile, Queen of Castile and Aragon
- Josephine de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Empress of France and Queen Consort of Italy
- Julia Agrippina, The First Roman Empress
- Julia Drusilla The Younger, Caligula's Only Legitimate Child
- Julia the Elder, Augustus's Only Biological Child
- Justa Grata Honoria, Roman Princess
- Katherine Parr, Queen of England and Ireland
- Lucilla, Empress of Rome
- Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England
- Margaret of Norway, Scotland's First Queen Regnant
- Margaret Pole, Born a Plantagenet Princess
- Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Marie Antoinette, French Queen
- Mary I,Queen of England and Ireland
- Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland
- Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of England
- Olympias, Queen Consort of Ancient Macedonia
- Pompeia Plotina, Empress of Rome
- Sophia Dorothea of Celle, She Should Have Been Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Sparethra, Amazon Warrior Queen
- Stéphanie of Monaco,Princess of Monaco
- Stephanie von Hohenlohe, German Princess
- Teuta of Illyria, Queen of the Ardiaei
- Urraca of Zamora, Infanta of Zamora
- Valeria Messalina, Roman Empress
- Vibia Sabina, Roman Empress
- Victoria, Queen of The United Kingdom and Empress of India
- Yolande of Aragon, Queen of So Much and Also So Little
Ruled in the Middle East:
- Alexandra of Jerusalem, Ancient Queen of Judaea
- Cleopatra I Thea, Queen of the Seleucid Empire
- Hürrem Sultan, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Jezebel, Biblical Queen
- Kösem Sultan, Regent of the Ottoman Empire
- Mihrimah Sultan, Ottoman Princess
- Noor Al-Hussein, Dowager Queen of Jordan
- Puabi, Possible Queen of Ur in Sumer
- Puduhepa, Hittite Queen
- Rania al-Abdullah, Queen Consort of Jordan
- Sammu-Ramat, Empress Regnant of Assyria
- Soraya Tarzi, Queen Consort of Afghanistan
- Theodora I, Byzantine Empress
- Theodora III, Byzantine Empress
- Turhan Hatice Sultan, Regent of the Ottoman Empire
- Zenobia, Empress of Palmyra
- Zoe Porphyrogenita, Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Ruled in North America:
- Awashonks, Though Not Technically a Queen, the British Referred to Her as One
- Ka'ahumanu, Queen of Hawaii
- Xochitl, Queen of the Toltec Empire
Ruled in Oceania/Australia:
- Te Puea Herangi, Maori Leader and Activist
Ruled in South America:
Those Near the Throne:
From Africa:
- Nebet, Vizier to Pharaoh Pepi I
From Asia:
- Fu Hao, Consort to Emperor Wu Ding of China, Military General, Priestess, etc
- Murasaki Shikibu, Court Lady and Novelist During the Japanese Heian Period
- Peter Carl Fabergé, Maker of the Fabulous Fabergé Eggs and Jewelry
- Ruan An, The Vietnamese Man Who Built China's Forbidden City
- Shangguan Wan'er, Prime Minister to Wu Zetian (Chinese Empress)
- Yao Niang, Court Dancer Attributed With Popularizing Foot Binding
From Europe:
- Agnes Howard, Step-Grandmother to Two English Queens
- Agnès Sorel, Mistress to Charles VII of France
- Alice Perrers, Mistress to Edward III of England
- Barbara Villiers Palmer, Mistress to Charles II of England
- Bessie Blount, Mistress to Henry VIII of England
- Bianca Cappello, Famous Mistress & Grandduchess of Tuscany
- Caroline Lacroix, Mistress to Leopold II of Belgium
- Diane de Poitiers, Mistress to Henry II of France
- Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, Mistress to Charles II of England
- Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart,Mistress to Louis XIV of France
- Gabrielle d'Estrees, Mistress of Henri IV of France
- Ines de Castro, Mistress and Posthumously Recognized Wife of Peter I of Portugal
- Jeanne Bécu, Mistress to Louis XV of France
- Jeanne Poisson, Mistress to Louis XV of France
- Lady Jeannette Churchill, Mistress to Two English Kings
- John Harington, Friend and Possible Secret Lovechild of Elizabeth I
- Katharina Schratt, Mistress of Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary
- Lillie Langtry, Mistress to Edward VII
- Lola Montez, Mistress to Bavarian King Ludwig I
- Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
- Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Youngest European Court Mistress
- Marie Walewska, Mistress of Napoleon
- Mary Boleyn, Mistress to Henry VIII
- Mary Curzon, Vicereine of India and Baroness of Kedleston
- Mary von Vetsera, Mistress to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
- Mary Von Waldersee, Philanthropist & Possible Mistress of Wilhelm II
- Octavia Minor, Ex-Wife of Marc Antony and Sister of Augustus
- Wallis Simpson, That Woman, the Duchess of Windsor
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From North America:
From Oceania/Australia:
From South America: