Triệu Thị Trinh , known in Vietnamese as Bà Triệu or Triệu Ẩu (225 – 248) is a Vietnamese fighter who successfully led a resistance movement against the Kingdom of Wu (China) which occupied Vietnam. Why should I kowtow and be a slave? Triệu Thị Trinh was born in 225 in the village of Son Trung (
Queen of Sparta, daughter of Cleomenes I and wife of Leonidas, Gorgô leads an active political role and is one of the few women named by the ancient historian Herodotus. The Kings Daughter Gorgos father, Cleomenes, was king of Sparta. Little is known of her childhood except that she was certainly
Aganice or Aglaonice of Thessaly is the first known female astronomer. Daughter of Hegetor of Thessaly, Aglaonice of Thessaly lived in the 2nd century BC in Greece, where she spent for a witch. It is mentioned by Plutarch in his Conjugal Precepts . Of her, he says that she knew the cause of comple
Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370 – 415) was a Greek mathematician and philosopher. She also knows astronomy and practices theurgy (a form of magic that would allow you to come into contact with the gods). She will end up murdered, no doubt for her influence. A renowned and influential scholar Hypath
Nefertari Meryenmout is the main Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramses II; she lived around the 13th century BC. Her significant influence on Ramses II made her a great figure of her time. Nefertari Meryenmut (Fairest of All, Beloved of Mut) probably came from a powerful family of Akhmim. At fourteen
Boadicé e (or Boadicea, Boudicca, AD 30 – 61), is a queen of the Britto-Roman people of the Icenis (Britto-Roman people). These people lived in the area that is now Norfolk, a Roman province of Britain in the 1st century. The birth of a revolt Boadicea marries Prasutagos, king of the Icenis, a peo
Iâhhotep I (Aahhotep or Ahhotep) was an Egyptian queen. Daughter of Queen Tetisheri and King Senakhtenre Ahmose, she lived around 1560-1530 BC. An influential personality, she exercised the regency of the throne of Egypt. Regent Iâhhotep is the wife of Seqénenrê Taâ, Egyptian king of the Seventeen
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator reigned Egypt between 51 and 30 BC, first with her brothers and husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, then with the Roman general Marc Antoine. Childhood Born during the winter of -69/-68 in Alexandria, Cleopatra was one of the daughters of the king of Egypt Ptole
Bérénice IV, half-sister of Cleopatra VII, reigned over Egypt from 58 to 55 BC. She is the daughter of Ptolemy XII, of the Lagide dynasty, king of Egypt. In -58, after the annexation of Cyprus by the Roman Republic, the Egyptian people overthrew Ptolemy XII who fled in Rome to seek help. His wife
Aspasia, born in Miletus (Asia Minor) in 470 and died in 400 BC, was a learned Greek courtesan who won the respect of the great men of her time. A hetaera Aspasia is the daughter of Axiochos, of whom little is known, and probably belongs to the family of Alcibiades . She probably belonged to a wea
Living in the 4th century BC, Olympias is the daughter of Neoptolemus, king of Epirus of the Molossian tribe. Wife of Philip II of Macedon, she is the mother of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra of Macedon. Alexander on the Macedonian throne A royal family, Olympias was born around 375 BC. On the
Noble Lady of the Vth Egyptian dynasty (between -2500 and -2300), Hetpet is a priestess of Hathor, goddess of fertility. She is buried among the notables of her time, near the pyramids of Giza. Priestess of Hathor Hetpets name has been known to us since 1909; excavations carried out near the pyra
Woman of the pre-Columbian Moche culture, the Lady of Cao, whose name is not known, lived in the 5th century and probably played an important political or even religious role. Her discovery challenged the assumptions then in force on the place of women in the Moche culture. Moche Culture A pre-Co
Queen of Sparta, Archidamia (Ἀρχιδαμία, circa – 340 / – 241) leads the resistance of the women of Sparta during the siege of the city by Pyrrhus Ist in -272. Queen of Sparta Little is known about Archidamias life. Born into a wealthy family around -340, she was the wife of the Eurypontid king of
Queen of the Illyrians in the 3rd century BC, Teuta controls one of the most powerful fleets in the Mediterranean. Her acts of piracy lead her to war against Rome. Wife of Agron of Illyria “Agron, king of Illyria, and son of Pleurate, had greater armies on land and sea than his predecessors ever
Woman of letters, poet and scholar, Ban Zhao (around 40-45 – around 117-120) is the first known Chinese historian. Daughter and sister of historians Ban Zhao was born around 40-45 in Fufeng, near the city of Xianyang, capital of the Qin dynasty and located in the center of present-day China. China
Queen of the Hittite kingdom in Asia Minor and priestess, Puduhepa (XIIIth century BC. JC) reigned for sixty-six years and exercised a major political and religious role. She is considered one of the most influential women of the ancient Near East. The Hittite Empire Puduhepa was born at the begi
Amanirenas (1st century BC), one of the most famous rulers of the Kingdom of Kush, leads the armies of her kingdom against the Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Kush Amanirenas, whose full name and title is Amnirense qore li kdwe li (Amanirenas, Qore and Kandake), is candace (sovereign) of the kingdom
In XIII e century BC, Tapputi-Belet-ekalle was a perfumer at the court of Assyria. She is considered one of the oldest chemists we have kept track of. At the court of Assyria History has retained almost nothing of Tapputi-Belet-ekalle, not even, probably, his name. Belet-ekalle indeed means “as
Berber queen of the 4th century, Tin Hinan is considered by the noble Tuaregs of Hoggar (in Algeria) as their mother founder. It is known mainly through oral tradition, with sometimes contradictory versions that leave a great deal of mystery. The one who comes from afar Oral tradition says she i
Portrait of Ludwik Węgierski by Marcello Bacciarelli. Louis of Hungary, Louis of Anjou, Louis the Great (1326-1382) - king of Hungary and Poland. He was the son of the first Hungarian ruler of the Anjou dynasty, Karol Robert, and his Polish wife, Elżbieta Łokietkówna. He grew up under the watchf
Aminatou of Zaria (1533-ca. 1610), the warrior queen, was the daughter of Queen Bakwa Turunku of the Hausa city-state of Zazzau (or Zaria, in Nigeria); she is known for her courage and her warlike exploits. Daughter of the King of Zaria Little is known about the life of Aminatou of Zaria and histo
Short biography - Although he was an influential politician, François René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) is best known as a talented writer and precursor of theRomantic movement. . Coming from an aristocratic class abused by the French Revolution, conservative, pious, he despises the materialistic ra
Woman of English letters, Mary Wollstonecraft (April 27, 1759 – September 10, 1797) leaves several works on the theme of education and claims the education of women and equal rights. She is recognized, at the emergence of feminism, as one of its pioneers. In 2017, you voted for her for the posthumo