17th-century regents

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642)

Consort of Ahmed, Valide Sultan and regent of Murad IV and Ibrahim I, grandmother and regent of Mehmed IV

Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)

Queen Consort of France (1660-1683)

Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)

Swedish statesman (1583-1654)

Queen consort of Spain (1602-1644)

Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)

Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)

sixth Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1683

eldest daughter of Charles I of England and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France; mother of William III of England (1631-1660)

russian Tsarina (1651–1694)

Duchess of Savoy (1606-1663)

queen consort of Sweden (1573-1625)

queen of Sweden (1636-1715)

Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg

Dorgon (17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650) was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci (the founder of the Later Jin dynasty, which was the predecessor of the Qing), Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Mongols, the Koreans, and the Ming dynasty during the reign of Hong Taiji (his eighth brother) who succeeded their father.

Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)

Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany

Electress of Bavaria by marriage (1610-1665)

Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Elector of Brandenburg

Duchess of Savoy (1644–1724)

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)

Duchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)

Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)

Spanish general (1629-1679)

Regent of Orange (1602-1675)

Swedish noble (1602-1680)

Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza

Spanish Vicereine of Portugal (1589-1655)

queen of Poland (1641-1716)

Italian noble (1568-1615)

Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)

Electress Palatine (1576-1644)

Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

German noble (1623-1683)

Third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire

princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst; regent of Anhalt-Zerbst

German princess

Swedish count, general and politician (1622-1686)

Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1664–1679)

Georgian queen and martyr (Queen of Kakheti; c.1560-1624)

German noble (1674-1748)

German noblewoman (1592-1642)

Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1602-1651)

Italian noble (1639-1687)

Regent of Saxony (1568-1622)

Tuscan princess and Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat as the second wife of Duke Ferdinando and Governor of Siena (1593-1629)

Noblewoman (1588-1646)

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Austrian archruchess (1629-1685)

Catholic cardinal

Italian princess of the House of Gonzaga (1609-1660)

Italian noble, sponsor of the arts (1564-1618)

Countess of Orange-Nassau by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg (1578-1648)

regent of the Duchy of Württemberg and hymn lyricist (1652-1712)

Rani Mangammal (Mangamma; died 1705) was a queen regent of the Madurai Nayak kingdom (in present-day Madurai, India) during the minority of her grandson Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha in 1689—1704. She was a popular administrator and is still widely remembered as a maker of roads and avenues, and a builder of temples, tanks and choultries with many of her public works still in use. She is also known for her diplomatic and political skills and successful military campaigns. The capital of Madurai Kingdom during her times was Tiruchy.

Duchess consort and later regent of Württemberg (1584-1636)