female ruler
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The collapse of the Sasanian ruling family in Persia also provides a unique glimpse into something that had not happened among the elite before: the brief rise of a female ruler, Boran.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Another female ruler, Hatshepsut, also changed her name to take on a male persona as pharaoh more than 100 years before Nefertiti, Hawass said.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022
Queen Isabella is the first female ruler in Medieval Times history.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2019
It’s the first time a female ruler has presided over the equestrian jousting dinner theater experience in its nearly 35-year history in America.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018
Mama-ciuaco=name of a female ruler of royal blood, mother of Inca Rocca. tatli=father. ta-tzin=father, reverential form. nantli=mother. nantzin=reverential form. cihuatl=woman. mama=verb, to rule. uma=literally, the head, title of priest.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
