Queen mothers

ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

Bathsheba (; , ) was an Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as monarch, made her the Gebirah () of the Kingdom of Israel.

Roxana (died BC, , ; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā- "shining, radiant, brilliant", ) sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane, was a Bactrian or Sogdian princess who married Alexander the Great after he invaded Persia and defeated Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire.

Olympias (; c. 375–316 BC) was an ancient Greek princess of the Molossians, the eldest daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and the sister of Alexander I of Epirus. She was the mother of Alexander the Great by Philip II, king of Macedonia. She was extremely influential in Alexander's life and was recognized as de facto leader of Macedon during his conquests.

Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.

Jezebel () was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 16).

queen of Seleucid Empire (c. 164 - 121 BC)

Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (1922 - 1934)

Atossa (Old Persian: Utauθa, or Old Iranian: Hutauθa; 550–475 BC) was an Achaemenid empress. She was the daughter of Cyrus the Great, the sister of Cambyses II, the wife of Darius the Great, the mother of Xerxes the Great and the grandmother of Artaxerxes I. Atossa was undoubtedly the most prominent woman in the history of Iran. During her husband's reign, she had a direct role in state affairs as queen. She played an important role history of Iran, serving at the court of Darius the Great. She was a poet and a scholar, teaching Persian literature to young people, and played a leading role in

Kaʻahumanu ("The Feathered Mantle", March 17, 1768 – June 5, 1832) was queen consort and acted as regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom as Kuhina Nui. She was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha I and also the most politically powerful, and continued to wield considerable power as co-ruler in the kingdom during the reigns of his first two successors.

Theophanu Skleraina (; also Theophania, Theophana, Theophane or Theophano; ; 955 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991. She was the niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. Theophanu was known to be a forceful and capable ruler, and her status in the history of the Empire was in many ways exceptional. Her official titles contained 'consors imperii', which her stepmother Adelaide of Italy already received and 'comperatrix augusta', whic

Mariam-uz-Zamani (; 1545– 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, was the chief consort, principal wife and the favourite wife of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. She was also the longest-serving Hindu empress of the Mughal Empire with a tenure of forty-three years (1562–1605).

Maharani Tarabai Bhonsle (Marathi: [t̪aːɾabaːi; ; 1675 – 9 December 1761) was the regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 until 1708. She was the queen of Rajaram I, and daughter-in-law of the kingdom's founder Shivaji I. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal rule in Konkan, and acting as the regent of the Maratha Kingdom during the minority of her son, Shivaji II. She defeated Mughal forces of Aurangzeb in several battles and expanded the Maratha Kingdom.

Bulgarian and Italian Royal

Shammuramat (Akkadian: Sammu-rāmat or Sammu-ramāt), also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Beginning her career as the primary consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V (824–811 BC), Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III (811–783 BC). Though there is dispute in regard to Shammuramat's formal status and position, and if she should be considered a co-regent, it is clear that she was among the most powerful and influential women of the ancient Near East and the Iron Age in general; she is

German queen consort and duchess consort of Saxony (895-968)

queen of Indore

Mughal Empress

Queen consort of Iran from 1925 to 1941

title sometimes granted to a queen who is the mother of a reigning king or queen

Austrian archduchess

Serbian queen (1859–1941)

Queen consort of Saxony (1801-1877)

Queen of Wurttemberg (1800-1873)

Spanish Royal

Macedonian princess (353/2 or 346/5 BC – 295 BC)

Serbian queen

Puduḫepa or Pudu-Kheba (fl. 13th century BC) was a Hittite queen, married to the King Hattusili III. She has been referred to as "one of the most influential women known from the Ancient Near East."

10th-century Queen of Burgundy and Italy

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

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Regent of Persia, Qajar queen mother and princess (1805-1873)

Queen consort of Iraq (1911-1950)

Maharani of Indian state of Cooch Behar (1864–1932)

Arabian princess (1884–1935)

Queen Mother of Cambodia

Sesheshet, occasionally known as Sesh, was the mother of King Teti, the first and founding king of the Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was instrumental in enabling her son to gain the throne and reconciling two warring factions of the royal family.

Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, or Jijamata, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Devagiri Yadavas.

Queen of Germany, wife of Arnulf I

Queen consort of Cambodia

Indian politician (1919-2001)

1st century AD queen of Adiabene and consort of Abgar V, King of Osrhoene

Ethiopian Empress

Queen consort of Majorca from 1276–1311

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire

Queen consort of Serbia

Kalanikauikaalaneo Kai Keōpūolani-Ahu-i-Kekai-Makuahine-a-Kama-Kalani-Kau-i-Kealaneo (1778–1823) was a queen consort of Hawaii and the highest ranking wife of King Kamehameha I.

queen consort of Tonga (1926–2017)

Concubine of King Huiwen of Qin (c. 338–265 BC)

Maacah (or Maakah; Maʿăḵā, "crushed"; Maacha in the Codex Alexandrinus, Maachah in the KJV) is a non-gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to a number of people.

Queen mother of Albanians (1876–1934)

Maharani of Mayurbhanj (1874-1959)

prince

Queen mother of Travancore

concubine; mother of Qin Shi Huang

wife of Solomon

Wife of the Maharaja of Mysore

Queen consort of Majapahit

female human biblical figure in 2 Kings 18:2, daughter of Zechariah

Raja Perempuan of Perlis (1928–2008)