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Wu Zetian
founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690
Prince Shōtoku
semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Theodelinda
Theodelinda, also spelled Theudelinde (c. 570 – 628 AD), was a queen of the Lombards through marriage to two successive Lombard kings, Authari and Agilulf. She later served as regent of the Kingdom of the Lombards during the minority of her son, Adaloald, and as co-regent after he came of age, from 616 to 626. For well over thirty years, she wielded considerable influence throughout the Lombard realm, which encompassed much of Italy between the Apennines and the Alps.
Brunhilda of Austrasia
Queen of Austrasia
Grimoald I of Benevento
Lombard king
Martina
Byzantine empress
Balthild
Wife of Clovis II
Gregoria
Gregoria (; fl. 641) was the Byzantine empress as the wife of Constantine III. She participated in the minority regency government of her son, Constans II, in 641–650.
Sak K'uk'
Maya queen
Seaxburh of Ely
queen of King Eorcenberht of Kent, abbess, and saint of the Christian Church (640-699)
Gundeberga
Gundeberga or Gundeperga ( – after 653) was queen of the Lombards in 626–652 by marriage to the kings Arioald (king of the Lombards; 626–636) and his successor Rothari (king of the Lombards; 636–652). She acted as Regent during the minority of her stepson Rodoald after the death of her second husband in 652.
Nanthild
Nanthild ( 610 – 642), also known as Nantéchilde, Nanthechilde, Nanthildis, Nanthilde, or Nantechildis, was a Frankish queen consort and regent, the third of many consorts of Dagobert I, king of the Franks (629–639). She was regent during the minority of her son from 639 until 642.
Wulfoald
Wulfoald (died 680) was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 657 or 661 (depending on when his predecessor Grimoald I was removed from that office) to his death, as well as mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy from 673 to 675.
Wak Chanil Ajaw
noblewoman of Dos Pilas; politician
Bertrude
Bertrude ( 582–618 or 619) was a Frankish queen consort from 613 to 618. She was married to Chlothar II.
Clothildis Doda
Chrothildis (7th-century – 692 CE) (also called Clothild, Chrodhild, Clotilde) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to king Theuderic III. After Theuderic III's death she was formally the nominal regent for her son Clovis IV during his minority from his succession in 691 (when he was nine) until her own death in 692. However, in reality her brother, Pepin of Herstal, controlled government.
Organa
Organa (Alpo-Morgan) was Kubrat's maternal uncle of the Ermi clan. According to John of Nikiu, he was regent (kavkhan) over the tribe of the Onogur Bulgars from 617 to 630 in place of his nephew, Kubrat, for the time Kubrat was growing up as a hostage in the Byzantine Empire. There is information that Organa accompanied Kubrat on his initial trip to Constantinople. Some historians have identified Organa with Gostun and Western Turkic Baghatur Qaghan (莫賀咄可汗 Mòhèduō Kèhán). Panos Sophoulis considered that Organa is in fact a Turkic title (or-ḡan/qan) rather than a proper name.
Romilda of Friuli
Peerage person ID=672231
Valentinus
Byzantine general and usurper
Khri ma lod
Tibetan queen
Rodelinda
wife of Langobardian king Perctarit
Khutak Khatun
queen regent of Bukhara
Sparama
Sparama (also called Spram) (fl. late 7th century CE) was the queen consort of the Mihranid king Varaz-Tiridates I of Caucasian Albania. She served as regent during the absence of her spouse in 694-699.