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- Throughout history, women have fought side by side with the male warriors in their lives—and many of these strong women have become great warrior queens and rulers on their own right. From Boudicca and Zenobia to Queen Elizabeth I and Æthelflæd of Mercia, let's take a look at some of the mightiest female warrior rulers and queens you should know.
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Nov 7, 2021 · Discover the most courageous women warriors and queens throughout history, whether it's Cleopatra, Lozen, or Tomoe Gozen.
- Caroline Redmond
May 1, 2019 · Throughout history, women have fought side by side with the male warriors in their lives—and many of these strong women have become great warrior queens and rulers on their own right. From Boudicca and Zenobia to Queen Elizabeth I and Æthelflæd of Mercia, let's take a look at some of the mightiest female warrior rulers and queens you should ...
- Patti Wigington
- Fu Hao
- Tomyris
- Artemisia I of Caria
- Cynane
- & 6. Olympias and Eurydice
- Queen Teuta
- Boudicca
- Triệu Thị Trinh
- Zenobia
Lady Fu Hao was one of the 60 wives of Emperor Wu Ding of ancient China’s Shang Dynasty. She broke with tradition by serving as both a high priestess and military general. According to inscriptions on oracle bones from the time, Fu Hao led many military campaigns, commanded 13,000 soldiers and was considered the most powerful military leaders of he...
Tomyris was the Queen of the Massaegetae, a confederation of nomadic tribes that lived east of the Caspian Sea. She ruled during the 6th century BC and is most famous for the vengeful war she waged against the Persian king, Cyrus the Great. Initially the war did not go well for Tomyris and the Massaegetae. Cyrus destroyed their army and Tomyris’ so...
The Ancient Greek Queen of Halicarnassus, Artemisia ruled during the late 5thcentury BC. She was an ally to the King of Persia, Xerxes I, and fought for him during the second Persian invasion of Greece, personally commanding 5 ships at the Battle of Salamis. Herodotus writes that she was a decisive and intelligent, albeit ruthless strategist. Accor...
Cynane was the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and his first wife, the Illyrian Princess Audata. She was also the half-sister of Alexander the Great. Audata raised Cynane in the Illyrian tradition, training her in the arts of war and turning her into an exceptional fighter – so much so that her skill on the battlefield became famed throughout...
The mother of Alexander the Great, Olympias was one of the most remarkable women in antiquity. She was a princess of the most powerful tribe in Epirus (a region now divided between northwest Greece and southern Albania) and her family claimed descent from Achilles. Despite this impressive claim, many Greeks considered her home kingdom to be semi-ba...
Teuta was the Queen of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria during the late third century BC. In 230 BC, she was acting as regent for her infant stepson when a Roman embassy arrived at her court to mediate concerns about Illyrian expansion along the Adriatic shoreline. During the meeting however, one of the Roman delegates lost his temper and began to shou...
Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, Boudicca led an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire in Britain after the Romans ignored her husband Prasutagus’ will, which left rule of his kingdom to both Rome and his daughters. Upon Prasutagus’ death, the Romans seized control, flogged Boudicca and Roman soldiers raped her daughters. Boudicca...
Commonly referred to as Lady Triệu, this warrior of 3rdcentury Vietnam temporarily freed her homeland from Chinese rule. That is according to traditional Vietnamese sources at least, which also state that she was 9 feet tall with 3-foot breasts that she tied behind her back during battle. She usually fought while riding an elephant. Chinese histori...
The Queen of Syria’s Palmyrene Empire from 267 AD, Zenobia conquered Egypt from the Romans only 2 years into her reign. Her empire only lasted a short while longer, however, as the Roman Emperor Aurelian defeated her in 271, taking her back to Rome where she — depending on which account you believe — either died shortly thereafter or married a Roma...
- Tristan Hughes
- Greg Beyer
- Tomyris: Warrior Queen of the Massagetae. Even her name evokes a sense of heroism. From the Eastern Iranian tongue, “Tomyris” means “brave,” and during her life, she showed no shortage of this trait.
- Maria Oktyabrskaya: The Fighting Girlfriend. Although it was not uncommon to see warrior women on the frontlines defending the Soviet Union, there are special cases where individual females rose to great prominence through their exploits.
- The Amazons: Mythological Warrior Women. Widely regarded to be no more than a myth, Greek tales of the Amazons are well known. What is likely, however, is that the myth is based on real examples of warrior women, the existence of which reached the ears of Greek historians, who created legends and wove them into stories.
- Boudicca. During the Roman conquest and subjugation of Britain, an Iceni Queen united the tribes and led a major rebellion against the world’s mightiest empire.
Jan 25, 2013 · Meet some of history’s most famous female warriors. Artemisia I, 5th century BC Queen of Halicarnassus (in modern Turkey) within the Persian Empire, Artemisia commanded five ships under Xerxes during his invasion of Greece in 480 BC.
- Drew Lindsay
Mar 5, 2017 · QUEEN BOUDICCA / Wikimedia Commons. As wife of the king of the Celtic tribe Iceni, Boudicca was a queen—but it was widowhood that made her a warrior.
Jan 13, 2023 · However, throughout history, there have been great women warriors who have shattered gender norms and fought for change in their communities. Boudicca Statue of Boadicea Boudicca Queen of the Iceni who died AD 61 after leading her people against Rome.
