List of female rulers and title holders
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- Adelaide of Auxerre, Countess of Auxerre
- Adelaide I of Auxerre, Countess of Auxerre, 853-864
- Adelaide II of Burgundy, Countess of Auxerre, 921-936
- Adelaide of Burgundy (941-?), Countess of Troyes
- Adelaide of Burgundy (941-?), Countess of Beaume
- Adelaide of Burgundy (941-?), Countess of Chalon-sur-Saône
- Adelaide of Provence, Countess of Forcalquier
- Adelaide I (Aelis) of Normandy, Regent Countess of Aumale, 1053-1063
- Adelaide II of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, 1053-1087
- Adelaide of Provence, Lady of Forcalquier, 1065-1129
- Adelaide of Soissons, Countess of Soissons
- Adelaide of Soissons (d.1066), Countess of Soissons
- Adelaide of Susa (1020-1091), Countess of Turin, Lady of Auriate, Bredulo, Asti, Alba, Albenga and Ventimiglia
- Adelaide of Vermandois (1065-1102), Countess of Valois, Countess of Vermandois
- Adelasia of Torres, Judge of Logudoro, 1236-1259
- Adele of Valois, Counstess of Valois, Countess of Crespy
- Adelheid of Heinsberg, Countess of Heinsberg
- Adelheid of Kyburg, Countess of Kyburg
- Adelicia of Sanseverino, Lady of Serino, 1283-?
- Adrienne of Estouteville, Duchess of Estouteville
- Agalbursa, Judge of Arborea, c. 1186
- Aghate of Poitiers-Valentinois, Lady of Baux, 1348-?
- Agnes of Baudemont (1130-1210), Countess of Baudemont, Countess of Braine
- Agnes I of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, 1181-1192.
- Agnès de Tarroja inherited the Lordships of of Solsona, Arbeca and Tarroja; wife of Ramon Folc IV, Viscount of Cardona [1]
- Agnes of Montferrat (1180-1208), Latin Empress of Constantinople
- Alice de Lacy (1281-1348), 4th Countess of Lincoln, 1311-48, 4th Countess of Salisbury, 1311-1348
- Alienor of Champagne, Countess of Bar-sur-Aube
- Alix of Burgundy, Countess of Auxerre, 1261-1290
- Alix of Chacenay (d.1278), Countess of Forez
- Alix of Dammartin, Countess of Dammartin
- Alix of Dreux-Beu (1255-1275), Viscountess of Chateaudun
- Alix of Eu (d.1246), Lady of Hastings, 1191-1246
- Alix of Meran, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, 1248-1279
- Alix of Montfort (1218-1255), Countess of Bigorre, 1251-1255
- Alix I of Thouars (1200-1221), Duchess of Brittany, 1203-1221, Countess of Richmond, 1203-1221
- Alveradis of Saffenberg, Lady of Maubach
- Amalie of Zweibrucken, Lady of Rixingen, 1547-1577
- Amicia of Gloucester (d.1225), Countess of Gloucester, 1217
- Amicia, Countess of Leicester, Countess of Leicester
- Anastasia of Isenburg (1400-30), Heiress of Wied.
- Andregota Galindez, Countess of Aragon, 922-925
- Anna of Jever, Lady of Jever, 1511-1536
- Anna of Kyburg, Countess of Kyburg
- Anna of Stolberg (d.1436), Countess of Stolberg
- Anna of Tecklenburg, Heiress of Tecklenburg and Rheda
- Anna of Wevelinghoven, Heiress of Wevelinghoven and Lievendael
- Anna Anachoutlou Komnena, Empress of Trebizond, 1341, 1341-42
- Anna Balbo Lascaris (1487-1554), Countess of Tenda, Lady of Mauro, Prela, Villanuovo, Mentone and Antibes
- Anna Lascaris, Countess of Tenda, Lady of Ventimiglia
- Anna Maria of Piombino, Princess of Piombino, 1699-1700
- Anne of Auvergne, Countess of Forez, 1372-1417
- Anne of Brittany (1476-1514), Duchess of Brittany, 1488-1514.
- Anne of Clermont, Lady of Baux, ?-1403
- Anne of Gloucester (1383-1438), Countess of Buckingham
- Anne of Lorraine, Duchess of Aumale, 1618-1638
- Anne of Vaudemont, Duchess of Aumale, 1631-1638
- Anne de Beauchamp (1443-1449), 15th Countess of Warwick, 1445-1449.
- Anne de Mowbray (1472-81), 8th Countess of Norfolk, 1476-1481
- Anne Marie Louise of Bourbon-Orleans, Princess of Dombes, 1627-1681
- Antonia Enriquez de Ribera y Portocarrero (d.1623), Duchess of Huescar
- Arsinde, Viscountess of Rocaberti and Perelada
- Aurembiaix of Urgel (d.1231), Countess of Urgell
- Barbara of Daun (d.1547), Lady of Rixingen
- Beatrice II of Bigorre, Viscountess of Fezensac, 1112-1114
- Beatrice I of Burgundy, Countess Palatine of Burgundy
- Beatrice II of Burgundy, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, 1205-1231
- Beatrice of Portugal (d.1374), Lady of Alburquerque
- Beatrice of Provence (1234-67), Lady of Forcalquier, 1245-1267
- Beatrice I of Bigorre, Countess of Bigorre, 1055-1095
- Beatrice II of Bigorre, Countess of Bigorre, 1112-1114
- Beatrice III of Bigorre (1104-1156), Countess of Bigorre, 1128-?
- Beatrice IV of Bigorre, Viscountess of Marsanm 1185-?
- Beatrice of Thiers, Countess of Chalon-sur-Saône, 1202-1227
- Beatrix of Putten (d.1354), Lady of Putten and Strijen
- Benedetta of Cagliari, Judge of Cagliari, 1214-1233
- Berenguela of Castile, Queen of Castile, 1217, Queen of Leon, 1217
- Blanca I of Navarre (1386-1441), Queen of Navarre
- Blanca II of Navarre (1424-1464), Queen of Navarre
- Blanca of Molina, Lady of Molina, 1248-1293?
- Blanche of Lancaster (1345-1369), Duchess of Lancaster
- Brianda de Beaumont (d.1588), Countess of Lerin
- Catherine of Gemen (d.1502), Heiress of Wevelinghoven
- Catherine of Navarre (1468-1518), Countess of Bigorre, 1483-1517, Duchess of Gandia, 1483-1517, Queen of Navarre, 1483-1513, Countess of Ribagorza, 1483-1517, Duchess of Penyafiel, 1483-1517
- Catherine of Appiano(1398-1451), Princess of Piombino, 1445-1451 [[2]]
- Claire of Athens, Duchess of Athens, 1451
- Constance of Antioch, Princess of Antioch, Lady of Laodicea and Gibel
- Constance of Bigorre (d.1310), Countess of Bigorre, 1301-1310
- Constance of Brittany (1161-1201), Countess of Richmond, 1166-96.
- Constance I of Sicily, Queen of Sicily, 1194-1198
- Contance II of Sicily, Queen of Sicily, 1266-1302 [3]
- Dias of Muret, Lady of Muret
- Douce, Countess of Pallars-Jussa
- Eleanor of Castile (1374-1435), Lady of Alburquerque
- Elena of Gallura, Judge of Gallura, 1203-1217
- Eleonora of Arborea, Judge of Arborea, 1387-1408
- Eleonora of Roddi, Countess of Roddi, 1588-1620
- Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte, Duchess of Massa, 1805-1814
- Elisabeth of Freiburg, Countess of Freiburg
- Elisabeth of Leiningen, Lady of Rixingen
- Elisabeth of Mansfeld, Countess of Mansfeld
- Elisabeth of Orlamunde (d. after 1363), Countess of Orlamunde
- Elisabeth of Sponheim, Countess of Sponheim-Kreutznach, 1414-1417
- Elizabeth I of England
- Elizabeth of Lippe-Alviderssen, Couyntess of Schaumburg, ?-1646 [4]
- Elvira of Leon, Lady of Toro
- Elvira de Lara, Lady of Subirats, 1209-1220, Countess of Urgell, 1209-1220
- Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Regent Countess of Barcelona, 1018-1023 [5]
- Ernestina of Sayn, Countess Sayn-Hachenburg, 1648-1661.
- Eschiva of Montfort (d. bef. 1350), Lady of Beirut
- Ethelfleda of Mercia, Lady of the Mercians, 911-918,
- Falquiline of Bigorre, Countess of Bigorre
- Felicitas of Beichlingen, Countess of Beichlingen
- Francesca Acciajuoli, Duchess of Athens, 1394-95.
- Garsende of Urgel, Lady of Forcalquier, 1209-?
- Garsende II of Sabran, Lady of Forcalquier
- Gentile Brancaleoni (d.1459), Countess of Mercatello sul Metauro, Lady of Massa Trabaria
- Gersende of Bigorre (d.1032/34), Countess of Bigorre
- Gertrud of Nordheim (1115-1154/65), Countess of Bentheim
- Giordana of Sanseverino, Lady of Solofra
- Giovanna Carafa, Countess of Roddi, 1525-1534
- Gisela Agnes of Rath (1669-1740), Countess of Nienburg, 1694-1740 [6]
- Guillermina, Countess of Pallars-Soubira
- Hedwig of Ravensberg, Heiress of Lordship of Dale, 1166
- Heilwig of Kyburg (d.1260), Countess of Kyburg
- Helvise of Ramleh, Lady of Ramleh
- Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, 1722-33.
- Ippolita of Piombino, Princess of Piombino, 1700-1733
- Irene the Athenian, Byzantine Empress, 797-802
- Irene Palaeologina, Empress of Trebizond, 1340-41.
- Irmgard of Wevelinghoven (d.1474), Heiress of Lordship of Alfter
- Isabel of Aragon (1409-43), Countess of Urgell, 1433-1443
- Isabel Teles de Molina (1290-?), 10th Lady of Menezes
- Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile, 1474-1504
- Isabella II of Spain, Queen of Spain, 1833-1868
- Isabella of Gloucester (1170-1217), Countess of Gloucester
- Isabella of Ibelin, Lady of Beirut, 1264-1282.
- Isabella of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, 1190-1206
- Isabella of Oultrejourdain, Lady of Oultrejourdain
- Isabella of Piombino, Princess of Piombino, 1611-1661
- Isabella of Taranto, Princess of Taranto, 1463-1465
- Isabella de Warenne (1137-1199), Countess of Surrey.
- Isabelle I de Villehardouin (1260-1311), Princess of Achaea, 1289-1297, 1301-1307
- Isabelle, Lady of Argos and Nauplia
- Isabelle of Brienne, Countess of Conversano, 1356-1360, Countess of Lecce, 1356-1360
- Jadwiga the Saint, Queen of Poland, 1384-99.
- Jeanne of Chatillon, Duchess of Athens, 1311
- Jimena Diaz, Lady of Valencia, 1099-1102
- Joan I of Naples , Queen of Naples, duchess of Calabria, 1373-1381, Lady of Forcalquier, 1373-1381, Princess of Achaea, 1373-1381
- Joan II of Naples, Queen of Naples
- Joan “the Fair Maid of Kent“ (1331-85), Countess of Kent, 1352-85.
- Johanna of Baden-Hochberg, Margravine of Rothelin, 1503-1543, Countess of Neuchatel, 1503-1543.
- Johanna of Forbach, Lady of Rixingen
- Jordane of Grandson, Lady of Belmont.
- Juana II of Navarre, Queen of Navarre, 1328-1349
- Juana III of Navarre (1528-1572), Queen of Navarre; Her full titles: Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix, Bigorre & Perigord; Viscountess of Bearn & Limoges (inherited from her father); Duchess of Alencon & Berry, Countess of Rodez, Armagnac, Perche, Fezensac, L’Isle-Jourdain, Porhoet, Pardiac, Viscountess of Lomagne, Fezenzaguet, Brulhois, Cressey, Auvillars, Baroness of Castelnau, Caussade, Montmiral, Lady of La Fleche and Bauge (inherited from her mother)
- Juana the Mad, Queen of Castile, 1504-1555
- Juliana Grenier, Lady of Caesarea, 1187-1219
- Jusiana de Entenza, Lady of Alcolea
- Katharina of Saffenberg, Countess of Neuenahr
- Laure of Chabanais (1245-?), Countess of Bigorre, 1255-?
- Laurette of Saarbrucken, Countess of Saarbrucken, 1252-1271
- Leonor de Cabrera (1264-?), Heiress of Urgel
- Liutgarde of Falkenstein, Countess of Falkenstein
- Louise-Renée de Pénancoët de Kéroualle, Baroness of Petersfield, Countess of Fareham, 1st Duchess of Portsmouth & 1st Duchess of Aubigny
- Lucia of Tripoli, Countess of Tripoli, 1287-1289
- Lucrezia Pignatelli (1704-1760), 4th Princess of Strongoli, 6th Countess of Melissa, Duchess of Tolve
- Luisa Manrique of Lara, Duchess of Najera, 1558-1585
- Lukarde of Leiningen, Heiress of Leiningen
- Lyonette of Geneva, Lady of Gex
- Mafalda Manrique of Lara (Mafalda Gonzalez), Lady of Molina, 1239-1248
- Magdalena Christina of Sayn, Countess Sayn-Hachenburg, 1661-1715
- Margaret of Bearn (1245-1319), Countess of Bigorre
- Margaret of Enghien (1365-1397), Countess of Conversano
- Margaret of Limburg (d.1479), Heiress of Bedburg & Hakenbroich
- Margaret of Norfolk (1320-99), Duchess of Norfolk, 1397-99, 2nd Countess of Norfolk, 1338-99.
- Margareta of Gleichen (1480-1567), Countess of Gleichen in Blankenhain
- Margarethe of Marck (1527-99), Countess of Arenberg
- Margarethe of Ravensberg (d.1389), Heiress of Ravensberg and Berg
- Margery of Warwick (d.1253), Countess of Warwick
- Margherita di Chiaramonte, sister and heiress of Ugone, Count of Chiaramonte, Lord of Castronovo, Noja, Torremare and Sevisio
- Margherita di Sangineto (d. after 1380), Countess of Altomonte and Corigliano
- Marguerite of Bigorre, Countess of Bigorre, 1290-1301
- Marguerite Grenier, Lady of Caesarea, 1239-1264
- Marguerite of Lusignan, Lady of Tyre, 1284-1286
- Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), Queen of Portugal, 1777-1816.
- Maria I Sicily, Duchess of Athens, 1377-1388
- Maria of Antioch-Armenia, Lady of Toron, 1229-1266
- Maria of Cleves (1553-?), Duchess of Cleves
- Maria of Hungary(1371-95), Queen of Croatia, 1382-1395, Queen of Hungary, 1382-1395
- Maria of Jever, Lady of Jever, 1511-1575
- Mary I of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, 1205
- Maria Pacheco (c1400-?), Lady of Belmonte.
- Maria Albina of Hauteville (d. after 1205), Countess of Lecce
- Maria Beatrice Ricciarda (1650-1729), Sovereign Duchess of Massa, Sovereign Princess of Carrara, 1790-1797, 1814-1829, 7th Duchess of Ajello, Baroness of Paduli and Lady of Lago, Laghitello, Serra e Terrati, Princess of Modena and Reggio
- Maria del Pilar Garcia Sancho y Zabala, Duchess of Najera, 1864
- Maria Eleonora of Piombino (1686-1745), Princess of Piombino
- Maria of Molina, Lady of Molina, 1293?-1322
- Maria Lopez of Haro, Lady of Vizcaya, 1311-1325, 1326-1333
- Maria Luisa de Aragon y Pernstein (d.1663), 6th Duchess of Luna, 7th Duchess of Villahermosa.
- Maria Manuela of Portugal (1538-87), Duchess of Viseu.
- Maria Teresa Francesca Cybo Malaspina (1725-1790), Sovereign Duchess of Massa, Sovereign Princess of Carrara, 6th Duchess of Ajello, Baroness of Paduli, Sovereign Lady of Moneta and Avenza, Lady of Lago, Laghitello, Serra and Terrati
- Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780), Queen of Croatia, 1743-1780, Queen of Hungary, 1740-1780.
- Marie of Bourbon (1315-1387), Princess of Achaea and Morea, 1364-1370 (Abd)
- Marie of Enghien, Lady of Argos and Nauplia, 1376-88
- Marie of Harcourt (1398-1476), Lady of Forcalquier, 1452-1476
- Marie II of Enghien (1367-1446), Lady of Castro, 1384-1446, Countess of Lecce, 1384-1446
- Marie II Zaccharia, Princess of Achaea, 1402-1404.
- Marquesa of Ampurias (1322-27), Countess of Ampurias
- Mary of Sicily, Queen of Sicily, 1377-1388
- Mathilde of Baden (d.1259), Lady of Stuttgart
- Mathilde of Hainaut, Princess of Achaea, 1313-1318
- Mathilde of Landsberg (d.1255), Regent Margravine of Brandenburg, 1220-1225 for her son John I of Brandenburg (1208-1266)
- Mathilde of Saarbrucken, Countess of Saarbrucken, 1271-1274
- Matilda of Canossa (1046-1115), Lady of Canossa, Duchess of Tuscany, Countess of Reggio Emilia, Duchess of Spoletto, Margravine of Camerino.
- Maud of Huntingdon (1074-1130), Countess of Huntingdon, 1076-1130
- Maud of Lancaster (1339-1362), Countess of Leicester
- Mayor of Castile, Countess of Ribagorza
- Mechtild of Brunswick-Lunenburg (1230-98), Regent Countess of Anhalt-Aschersleben, 1266-1270, for her sons Otto I and Heinrich III of Anhalt-Aschersleben.
- Mechtild of Guelders, Duchess of Guelders, 1371-1384
- Mechtild of Reifferscheid (d.1437), Heiress of Lordship of Bedburg
- Melisende of Arsuf, Lady of Arsuf, ?-1236
- Melisende of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, 1131-1153
- Mencia de Mendoza y Enriquez de Cabrera (d.1619), Duchess of Huescar
- Miroslawa of Pomerelia (d.1233), Regent Duchess of Pomerania-Wolgast, 1220-1233, for her son Barnim I of Pomerania-Wolgast (1219-1264)
- Munia Mayor of Castile (Munia Elvira)) (990-1066), 5th Countess of Castile
- Nuña Fernandez (Munia Domna), Lady of Amaya, Lady of Lara
- Nuña Núñez, Lady of Amaya
- Oda of Altena, Regent Countess of Tecklenburg, 1202-1206, for her son Otto (d.1263)
- Onna of Esens, Heiress of Esens, Wittmund and Stedesdorf
- Paolina Francesca Pignatelli y Americh- Pinelli-Ravaschieri Squarciafico (1824-1911), 9th Duchess of Acerenza, 21st Countess of Copertino, 21st Marchioness of Galatone, 7th Princess of Belmote
- Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg, Regent Princess of Lippe, 1802-1820, for Leopold II
- Petronila of Aragon, Queen of Aragon, 1137-1162
- Petronille/Perenelle of Comminges (1185-1251), Countess of Bigorre, 1225-1251
- Pulcheria, Empress of Rome, 450-453.
- Renee of Savoy (1535-1587), Countess of Tende
- Ricciarda Malaspina (1497-1553), Duchess of Carrara, Duchess of Massa
- Richardis of Dyck, Lady of Dyck
- Sancha of Aybar (1017-1070), Lady of Aybar
- Sancha of Castile (1037-1065), Queen of Leon
- Sibylla of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem
- Sophie of Bar, Countess of Bar, 1033-1092
- Stephanie of Ibelin, Lady of Nablus
- Stephanie of Milly (d.1197), Lady of Oultrejourdain
- Theodora Komnena, Empress of Trebizond, 1284-85.
- Teodora Gallucio (1200-60), Countess of Teano
- Teresa of Castile, Countess of Portugal
- Teresa Alvarez de Azagra, Lady of Albaracin, c1253-c1281
- Teresa Antonia Manrique de Lara y Mendoza, 7th Marquesa de Canete, c1590.
- Teresa Martins de Menezes (1290?), 5th Lady of Alburquerque
- Teresa de Entenza (1300-1327), Countess of Urgell, 1309-1327.
- Theodora, Byzantine Empress, 527-548
- Theodora, Byzantine Empress, 1042, 1055-1056.
- Toda of Ribagorza (d.1011), Countess of Ribagorza
- Toda Galindez of Aragon (890-?), Countess of Sobrarbe
- Urraca of Castile, Queen of Castile, 1109-1126, Queen of Leon, 1109-1126
- Urraca of Castile (d.1039), Lady of Infantado de Covarrubias.
- Urraca of Leon, Lady of Zamora
- Urraca Paterna (d.861), Countess of Castile
- Valence, Countess of Pallars-Jussa
- Valentina Visconti, Countess of Asti
- Violant of Hungary, Lady of Omelades [7]
- Violant of Hungary, Viscountess of Millau [8]
- Walburga of Moers and Saarweden, Heiress of Baer and Lathum
- Yolande of Flanders, Latin Empress of Constantinople, 1217-1219.
- Zoe, Byzantine Empress, 1028-1050
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