African queen mothers

Merneith (also written Merit-neith and Meryt-Neith; died 2950 BC) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty.

Egyptian queen consort

Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader

Queen consort of Egypt, c. 1560–1530 BCE

Egyptian queen consort (1894–1978)

Egyptian queen consort

Egyptian queen consort

Ntfombi Tfwala (also spelled Ntombi, born 27 December 1949) is Ndlovukati (Queen Mother) of Eswatini since 1983, as the mother and co-ruler of King Mswati III. She was also queen regent of Eswatini from 1983 until her son's accession in 1986.

thumb|Relief depicting Kandake AmanitoreKandake, kadake or kentake (), often Latinised as Candace (), was one Meroitic term for a queen or queen mother of Kingdom of Kush. It is attested for six or seven women. Some were rulers, while others were most likely just wives of a king. In some cases, she may have been sister or close female relative of the king of Kush, she also could be the queen mother. She sometimes had her own court, possibly acted as a landholder and held a secular role as regent until her son came of age. A kandake who ruled in her own right bore in addition the title qore, th

ancient Egyptian queen consort

Egyptian queen consort

thumb|Fragment of seal impression on clay citing the "mother of the king's sons", Nymaathap. She was the mother of Djoser and wife of Khasekhemwy. Originally from Abydos, Umm el Qaab, tomb V. (Tomb of Khasekhemwy) and now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Nimaathap (also read as '''Nima'at-Hapi and Nihap-ma'at''') was an ancient Egyptian queen consort at the transition time from 2nd Dynasty to 3rd Dynasty. Nimaathap may have acted as regent for her son Djoser.

Queen regnant of Lesotho (1941–2003)

female monarch of Eswatini

thumb|Bronze Head of Queen Idia, one of four from the 16th century ([[Ethnological Museum of Berlin)]]

Swazi royal regent

pair of ivory pendant masks from Benin at The Met Museum and the British Museum

Zulu queen

Yeye Oba of the Itori Kingdom

female traditional ruler in Africa

Queen Regent of Swaziland

Queen mother of the Ashanti Kingdom

Gagoangwe (c. 1845 – 1924) was the Acting (Regent) King, the Queen Mother or Mohumagadi of the Mmanaana Kgatla and BaNgwaketse in what is now Botswana. Gagoangwe was a member of the Kwena family, a devout Christian, and regent for her grandson, Bathoen II.

Senior queen of Swaziland

Queen mother of the Ashanti kingdom

Swazi queen