Most Famous Women in Ancient History

A Pharaoh of Egypt, she was also known as the "Female Horus".

Becoming the Queen of England at the age of 18, England prospered both economically and socially. She was also known Empress of India as India was part of the British colonial empire.

She was an important teacher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt between 350 AD to 370 AD. She taught Philosophy, Astronomy, and Mathematics. She made important contributions in all of these areas, and is considered the first important women in Mathematics. She was killed for her ideas by a mob who believed she was causing religious termoil.

Known as the Virgin Queen, she was known to speak 6 languages and was the last Tudor ruler of England. Her reign was known as the “Golden ages” in English history.

Joan of Arc is a Catholic saint and a national heroine of France. With her leadership, the French army won numerous battles against the British. Her success was instrumental in permitting Dauphin to be crowned as King Charles VII. Despite her loyal service to the King, she was left to fend for herself at a political trail for heresy. In the end, she was burnt at the stake.

The Queen of Castile, together with her husband, King Ferdinand, she conquered Granada and Spain. She also sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas.

the woman who changed england and mother of the greatest queen in history.

one of the ancestors of Jesus

Ruler of Halicarnassus (Turkey), she helped Xerxes defeated the Greeks at the battle of Salamis. She was so formidable that the Greeks considered a big threat to their empire. Attempts to capture her failed.

Cartimandua was the Queen of Brigantes and through her, Rome ruled the largest English tribal community at that time.

She is regarded by many Chinese and historians to be the ruler who led China to her downfall.

The jewish queen of Persia

She predicted Caesar's murder.

Known as the face that launched a thousand ships.