History Explained

12 Ancient Ruling Queens

Kubaba
(~2500 BC)
Queen of Kish

Sobekneferu
(? - 1802 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Hatshepsut
(1507 - 1458 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Nefertiti
(1370 - 1330 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Tawosret
(1220 - 1189 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Tomyris
(570 - 520 BC)
Queen of the Massagetae

Artemisia
(520 - 460 BC)
Queen of Halicarnassus

Cleopatra Thea
(164 - 121 BC)
Queen of the Seleucid Empire

Cleopatra
(69 - 31 BC)
Queen of Egypt

Cartimandua
(43 - 69 BC)
Queen of the Brigantes

Boudicca
(30 - 61 AD)
Queen of the Iceni

Zenobia
(240 AD - ?)
Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

3 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 358



@foodismylove4434

Hatshepsut, because she was considered the greatest female pharoah of all time i think

3 years ago | 19  

@mallangmochi

There was also Queen Seondeok of Silla (606AD-647AD)! First ever Queen regnant in the Korean Peninsula and second in East Asia! Made life much easier for the commoners such as reduced taxes and even fought her way against officials who were against her succession due to her gender.

3 years ago | 10  

@lovelyscorp79

Could you pretty please make a playlist of women rulers? I'd love to binge that one morning over brunch.

3 years ago | 14  

@atlas7497

They’re all amazing, but Hatshepsut takes the cake 💙

3 years ago | 23  

@ramtin5152

Tomyris is more like a myth rather than a historical figure

2 years ago | 8  

@angusyang5917

"Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt" Which one, there were 7 of them? (this is a joke, I'm pretty sure he's referring to Cleopatra VII, the one who everybody is familiar with)

3 years ago | 16  

@MsG55580

Queen Hangbe who formed the frontline military unit of the Dahomey Amazons.

3 years ago | 11  

@mumtazamiri6409

And I didn't even know about any of the others beyond Nefertiti. How embarrassing 😔 It would be nice to have some details on them, maybe just a paragraph or two for each... thank you

3 years ago | 18  

@theambitious1271

You forgot: Teenhinan queen of Touareg in modern Algeria. Blquis queen of Shiba in modern Yeman.

3 years ago | 10  

@elijahdjinn2304

And the say woman had no rights lmao

3 years ago | 9  

@caspertnt2864

All of them are graet, however I'll choose the Sumerian queen Kubaba, the first recorded female ruler in history (4,500 BC).

3 years ago | 21  

@abdullahidharar49

The first women rulers Xareedo Araweelo Buuti And Siti

3 years ago | 11  

@alexanderkorol677

I would like to know a bit about Tomyris and Artemesia.

3 years ago | 15  

@MohammedAhmed-py4rk

Hatshepsut because she was from the greatest people on earth. She is from Somalia

3 years ago (edited) | 10  

@jasoncramer2310

Hatshepsut very successfully leader and brought great stability and prosperity in Egypt

3 years ago | 9  

@mikeonyilo8837

Why is Zenobia of Palmyra missing from this list?

3 years ago | 12  

@felixrojas2575

None of the above, Queen Nzinga

3 years ago | 12  

@iexist3919

Although I don’t think she was the greatest female ruler in ancient history, Tomyris did supposedly kill Cyrus the Great in battle…

3 years ago (edited) | 11  

@khaiophirgrad7717

What about Dido, a legendary Queen of Phoenician Carthaginian? 💐💪

3 years ago | 8  

@nanatwumasiagyemangmensah6871

Artemisia

3 years ago | 13