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Royalty (Or Associated With)

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.

Entries:

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

From the Middle East:

 

From North America:

 

From Oceania/Australia:

 

From South America:

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