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page 117th-century women regents
Marie de' Medici
Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642)
Kösem Sultan
Consort of Ahmed, Valide Sultan and regent of Murad IV and Ibrahim I, grandmother and regent of Mehmed IV
Anne of Austria
Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)
Maria Theresa of Spain
Queen Consort of France (1660-1683)
Mariana of Austria
Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)
Elisabeth of France
Queen consort of Spain (1602-1644)
Turhan Sultan
sixth Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1683
Maria Anna of Spain
Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)
Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal
eldest daughter of Charles I of England and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France; mother of William III of England (1631-1660)
Natalya Naryshkina
russian Tsarina (1651–1694)
Christine of France
Duchess of Savoy (1606-1663)
Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
queen consort of Sweden (1573-1625)
Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
queen of Sweden (1636-1715)
Anne Marie d'Orléans
Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)
Christina of Lorraine
Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
Electress of Bavaria by marriage (1610-1665)
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Marie Jeanne of Savoy
Duchess of Savoy (1644–1724)
Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)
Luisa de Guzmán
Duchess of Braganza; Queen consort of Portugal (1613-1666)
Eleanor de' Medici
Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)
Margaret of Savoy
Spanish Vicereine of Portugal (1589-1655)
Amalia of Solms-Braunfels
Regent of Orange (1602-1675)
Margherita de' Medici
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Claudia de' Medici
Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)
Virginia de' Medici
Italian noble (1568-1615)
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien
queen of Poland (1641-1716)
Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau
Electress Palatine (1576-1644)
Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg
German noble (1623-1683)
Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp
princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst; regent of Anhalt-Zerbst
Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp
Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
German princess
Ketevan the Martyr
Georgian queen and martyr (Queen of Kakheti; c.1560-1624)
Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg
German noblewoman (1592-1642)
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
German noble (1674-1748)
Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau
Regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1664–1679)
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1602-1651)
Catherine de' Medici
Tuscan princess and Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat as the second wife of Duke Ferdinando and Governor of Siena (1593-1629)
Laura Martinozzi
Italian noble (1639-1687)
Margherita Aldobrandini
Noblewoman (1588-1646)
Sophie of Brandenburg
Regent of Saxony (1568-1622)
Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat
Italian princess of the House of Gonzaga (1609-1660)
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara
Italian noble, sponsor of the arts (1564-1618)
Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau
Countess of Orange-Nassau by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg (1578-1648)
Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria
Austrian archruchess (1629-1685)
Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
regent of the Duchy of Württemberg and hymn lyricist (1652-1712)
Mangammal
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.
Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg
Duchess consort and later regent of Württemberg (1584-1636)
Henriette Catherine of Nassau
Countess of Nassau (1637-1708)
Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt
Countess of East Frisia
Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg
Regent of Hesse-Homburg (1604-1667)
Sophie of Solms-Laubach
wife of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1594-1651)
Christine Charlotte of Württemberg
Regent of East Frisia (1645-1699)
Anna Isabella Gonzaga
noble
Countess Elisabeth of Nassau
French noble (1577-1642)
Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1614-1670)
Isabella Gonzaga
duchess
Maria Skuratova-Belskaya
Russian noble
Belawadi Mallamma
warrior queen of Belawadi