176) Ellen Rometsch Possible Soviet Spy Born: 19 September 1936, Germany She joined the Communist Youth Party as a young teenager living in East Germany. In 1955, Ellen and her family escaped Eastern Germany to the West. She moved to the United States with her second husband in 1961 with him working in the German…
175) Ranavalona I Queen of Madagascar who has Been Vilified as the “Female Caligula” in the West Born: 1778, Madagascar Died: 16 August 1861, Madagascar She supposedly killed anywhere from thirty to fifty percent of her people but also kept Madagascar independent, beat back the British and the French, and began one of the first…
174) Cleopatra Selene II The Daughter of Cleopatra VII Born: c.40 BC, Alexandria, Egypt Died: c. 5 BC, Present-day Algeria Also Known As: Cleopatra VIII Cleopatra Selene was a Mauritanian Queen and the daughter of Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII. As a toddler, Cleopatra Selene’s father named her Queen of Cyrenaica and Libya and she…
173) Arsinoë IV Egyptian Queen and Cleopatra VII’s Younger Sister Born: c.68 BC, Alexandria, Ancient Egypt Died: c.41 BC The Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Ancient Roman Empire (Present-day Ephesus, Turkey) Arsinoë may have been Ptolemy XIII’s twin sister. In 48 BC, Arsinoë’s siblings Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII started a civil war over who would be…
172) Cleopatra VII Philopater Yes, That Cleopatra Born: 69 BC, Alexandria, Egypt Died: 30 BC, Alexandria, Egypt Cleopatra was an Egyptian Pharaoh who first ruled as co-regent with her two younger brothers (Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV respectively) and then her oldest son Caesarion (Ptolemy Caesar/ Ptolemy XV). Cleopatra is widely seen as the last…
171) Nefertiti Neferneferuaten Egyptian Queen and Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten Born: c. 1370 BC, Thebes, Egypt Died: c. 1331 BC, Egypt Her name means “Beautiful of the Beauties of Aten, a Beautiful Woman has Come.” Nefertiti is one of the most iconic figures from Ancient Egypt thanks to her alluring bust (and by that,…
“Now my heart turns to and fro, In thinking what will people say, They who shall see my monument in after years, And shall speak of what I have done.” -Inscription on one of Hatshepsut’s mortuary obelisks at Karnak 170) Hatshepsut Egyptian Pharaoh who Has Been Falsely Identified by Many as the First Woman in…
169) Sobekneferu The First Confirmed Female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt Birth Date Unknown: Ancient Egypt Died: c.1802 BC, Ancient Egypt Alternate Name: Nefrusobek Sobekneferu’s name means “She Who Shows the Beauty of Sobek.” Sobek is one of the most powerful pharaohs the Egyptian Pantheon. He is most known as being the Crocodile god. Nefrusobek’s father…
168) Khentkaus III Egyptian Queen from the 5th Dynasty Lived Around 2450 BC, Ancient Egypt Alternate Spelling: Khentakawess III Her tomb was uncovered in 2015. She was either the mother or wife of Pharaoh Neferefre. The location of the tomb points to her more likely being his wife but that still isn’t certain. The confusion…
167) Justa Grata Honoria Roman Princess and sister of Roman Emperor Valentinian III who was literally responsible for the collapse of Western Civilization Born: c.416 CE, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Modern Day Italy) Died: c.455 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Modern Day Italy) Her brother was crowned at the age of six while she was pushed aside…