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abdications by female rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Adot, Alvaro, (i)
Agrippa, Henry Cornelius, (i), (ii), (iii)n5.
See also Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy
Ahmadi (Iranian poet), (i)
Albert, archduke of Austria, co-sovereign of Netherlands (1598–1621), (i), (ii)
Albertus Magnus, (i)
Alexander the Great, (i)
Alexander VI, pope (1492–1503), (i)
Alfonso VI, king of Léon and Castile (1065–1109), (i)
Anderson, Maxwell (playwright), (i)
Andrew of Hungary, uncrowned joint ruler of Naples (1345), (i), (ii)n15
Anna Ivanovna, Russian autocrat (1730–40), (i), (ii), fig. 12
Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russian empire (1740–41), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n.
See also Ivan VI
Anne, female monarch of England (1702–14), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), fig. 11
Anne of Austria, queen of France, (i)
Antony, Marc, (i), (ii), (iii)
Aragon, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n31
Austria, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Ayyub, Egyptian sultan (1240–49), (i)
Azarmidokht, female Iranian sovereign (631), (i)
Bara, Theda (actress), (i)
Beatriz, deposed joint sovereign of Portugal (1383–85), (i), (ii)
Beauvoir, Simone de, (i)
Beem, Charles, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Belges, Lemaire des (poet), (i)
Belgium, (i), (ii), (iii). See also Duchesse de Bourgogne
Bernhardt, Sarah (actress), (i), (ii)
Ben-Hur (film), (i)
Bilqis. See Sheba, Queen of
Biron, Ernst, prince of Courland, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n33
Biron, Peter, prince of Courland, (i)
Blanca, joint monarch of Navarre (1425–41), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n2
Blanchett, Cate (actress), (i)
‘Bloody Mary.’
See Mary Tudor
Boccaccio, Giovanni, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n13
Bodin, Jean (jurist), (i)
Bohemia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Bolshevik Revolution, (i), (ii), (iii)
Boran, female Iranian emperor (629–30), (i)
Borgia, Cesare, (i)
Borgia, St. Francis, (i)
Bourbon, Antoine de, joint monarch of Navarre (1555–62), (i), (ii)
Bourbon, Jacques de (husband of Joanna II of Naples), (i)
Bourbon dynasty (France), (i), (ii), (iii)
Bourdon, Sébastien (painter), (i), fig. 10
Brantôme (memoirist), (i), (ii)
Britten, Benjamin (composer), (i)
Bronze Horseman (Pushkin), (i)
Browne, Sir George, (i)
Buckley, Veronica, (i)
Byzantium, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Cadet Corps (Russian), (i), (ii)
Camden, William (annalist), (i)
Carraciolo, Ser Gianni, (i)
Casteen, Elizabeth, (i), (ii)n13, (iii)
Castiglione, Baldassare (diplomat/author), (i), (ii), (iii)
Castile, kingdom of, (i), (ii), (iii)n24.
See also León and Castile; Spain
Catalina of Austria, queen-regent of Portugal (1557–62), (i)
Catarina de Braganza, Infanta (Portuguese pretender, 1580), (i)
Catherine I, female autocrat of Russia (1725–27), (i), (ii), (iii)
Catherine II the Great, female autocrat of Russia (1762–96), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n18, (viii)n34, (ix), figs. 14, 16
Catherine of Foix, joint monarch of Navarre (1483–1516), (i), (ii)
Cecil, William (statesman), (i)
Chagarrat al-Dorr (film), (i)
Chambers, David (jurist), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n26
Charlemagne, Roman emperor (800–814), (i)
Charles Albert, elector of Bavaria (1726–45), (i). See also Charles VII
Charles I, king of Spain (1516–55), (i), (ii), fig. 5. See also Charles V
Charles IV, king of France and Navarre (1322–28), (i)
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519–55), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv).
See also Charles I
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–40), (i), (ii)
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742–45), (i). See also Charles Albert
Charles IX, king of France (1560–74), (i)
Charles X Gustavus, king of Sweden (1654–60), (i)
Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697–1718), (i)
Charles of Lorraine, (i)
Charlotte, deposed female monarch of Cyprus (1458–60), (i), (ii), (iii)n2
chess queens, (i), (ii), (iii)
China, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Christian VII, king of Denmark (1766–1808), (i)
Christina, female monarch of Sweden (1632–54), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), figs. 9, 10
Churchill, Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, (i), (ii), (iii)n4
Chuvalov, Ivan, (i)
Cimarosa, Domenico (composer), (i)
cinema and female rulers, (i), (ii)
City of Ladies. See Pizan, Christine de
Clement VI, pope (1342–52), (i)
Clement XIII, pope (1758–69), (i)
Clemenza di Tito, La (opera), (i)
Cleopatra (film), (i)
Cleopatra VII, female monarch of Egypt (51–30 B.C.), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), fig. 2
coins: designs of, (i), (ii); as mythologizing devices, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); as numismatic evidence, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); role in affirming authority of women, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)n3, (xiv)n25, figs. 3–6, (xv), (xvi).
See also medals of female rulers; numismatics
Collot, Marie-Anne (sculptor), (i)
Cornaro, Catherine, female monarch of Cyprus (1474–89), (i), (ii), (iii)
Confucianism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
coups d'état: by women, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); against women, (i), (ii)
Crimean war (1853–56), (i), (ii)
cross-dressing, (i), (ii), (iii), fig. 14. See also Christina
Cyprus, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Darnley, Henry Lord, king-consort of Scotland (1565–67), (i)
Dashkova, princess, (i), (ii)n42
Davis, Bette (actress), (i), (ii)
Deborah (biblical heroine), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dei Gratia Regina, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
See also coins; female sovereigns
Denmark, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); royal law of, (i)
Descalzas Reales (Spanish convent), (i), (ii)
Dialogues of the Dead, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n50.
See also Fassmann, David
Diderot, Denis, (i)
Dido of Carthage, (i)
Dietrich, Marlene (actress), (i)
Discourse on the legitimate succession of women to the possessions of their parents and on the government of princesses in empires and kingdoms (Chambers), (i), (ii)
divine right and women rulers. See Dei Gratia Regina
Dormer, Diego (scholar), (i)
dowagers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii).
See also China; regency and female government
Duchesse de Bourgogne (beer), (i)
Earenfight, Theresa, (i)
Edward IV, king of England (1461–83), (i)
Egypt, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Elisabeth Petrovna, female autocrat of Russia (1741–62), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Elizabeth I, female monarch of England (1558–1603), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)n29, (xiii), fig. 7
England, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Erasmus of Rotterdam, (i), (ii)
Etting, Vivian, (i)
European Union, female inheritance in, (i)
executions: by women rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); of women rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Falconet, Étienne-Maurice (sculptor), (i), (ii), (iii)
See also Dialogues of the Dead
female sovereigns: affairs and lovers of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
coins and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)n25
depositions of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
female advisers of, (i)
gender norms and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
illegitimate male siblings and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n24
inheritance and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
joint rule with men, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
legal restrictions upon, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
male disguises of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
marriages of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)
methods of legitimizing rule of, (i), (ii), (iii)
military matters and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii)n18
portraits and images of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)n3, (xi)
regency and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
religion and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv)
ruling styles of, (i)
studies of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
unmarried, (i)
young heiresses as, (i)
See also inheritance by female rulers; prenuptial contracts of female monarchs; Salic law
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1619–37), (i)
Ferdinand ‘the Catholic,’ king of Aragon (1479–1516) and joint monarch of Castile (1474–1504), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n41, fig. 4
Flores, Juan de (chronicler), (i)
France, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Francis II, king of France (1559–60) and joint monarch of Scotland (1558–60), (i), (ii)
François-Etienne, duke of Lorraine (husband of Maria Theresa). See Franz I Stefan
Franz I Stefan, Holy Roman Emperor (1745–65), (i), (ii)
Fraser, Antonia, (i)
Frederick II the Great, king of Prussia (1740–86), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n18
Frederick of Hesse, king of Sweden (1720–51), (i)
French Revolution, (i), (ii), (iii)n49
Galicia, (i)
Garbo, Greta (actress), (i)
Gattinara, Mercurino (statesman), (i)
gender: Catherine II's superlative and, (i)
Christina of Sweden and, (i), (ii)
female authority and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
female inheritance and, (i)
male disguise and, (i)
military issues and, (i)
religion and, (i)
rulers’ titles and, (i).
See also female sovereigns; misogyny; regency and female government
George III, king of England (1760–1820), (i), (ii), (iii)
George of Denmark, prince-consort of England (1702–8), (i), (ii)n3
Georgia, kingdom of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
See also Holy Roman Empire; Prussia
Glorious Revolution (1688), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Golden Bull of Holy Roman Empire (1356), (i)
Golitsyn, Vasily, (i)
Gonçalves, Ruy, (i)
Gonzalez de Lara, Count Pedro, (i).
See also Urraca
Gracián, Baltasar, (i)
Grassalkovich, Anton, (i)
Great Schism (1378), (i), (ii), (iii)
Gregg, Edward, (i)
Gregory XI, pope (1370–78), (i)
Grey, Lady Jane, English pretender (1553), (i), (ii), (iii)
Grieg, Samuel (Russian admiral), (i), (ii)n34
Grimm, Baron Frederick von, (i)
Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden (1611–32), (i), (ii)
Gustav III, king of Sweden (1771–92), (i)
Habsburg dynasty, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
See also Pragmatic Sanction
Habsburg-Valois wars (1494–1559), (i), (ii)
Hambly, Gavin, (i)
Hamer, Mary, (i)
Hamsun, Knut (playwright), (i)
Han dynasty (China), (i), (ii)
Hanseatic League, (i)
Hatsheput, Egyptian pharaoh (1479–58 B.C.), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), fig. 1
Hedwig. See St. Jadwiga
Heian era (Japan), (i), (ii), (iii)
Henri II, king of France (1547–59), (i)
Henri IV, king of France (1589–1610), (i)
Henrique I, king of Portugal (1578–80), (i), (ii)
Henry I, king of England (1100–1135), (i)
Henry VIII, king of England (1509–47), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Herrin, Judith, (i)
Holy Roman Empire, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
See also Germany; Golden Bull of Holy Roman Empire
honorary orders and female rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n31, (vii)n34
Hughes, Lindsay, (i)
Huguenots, French, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n29
Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), (i), (ii)
Hungary, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Hunt, Alice, (i)
Ibn Wasil (chronicler), (i)
India, (i); female rulers in, (i), (ii)
inheritance by female rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
from female sovereigns, (i), (ii)
obstacles to, along gender lines, (i)
See also female sovereigns; primogeniture; regency and female government; Salic law
Iran, (i), (ii); female sovereignty in, (i)
Irene of Athens, female emperor of Byzantium (797–802), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Isabel I ‘the Catholic,’ joint monarch of Castile (1474–1504), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)nn41–42, (x), fig. 4
Isabel II, female monarch of Spain (1833–68), (i)
Isabel Clara Eugenia, co-sovereign (1598–1621) and regent (1621–33) of Habsburg Netherlands, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n15, (viii)n34, (ix)
Islam, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
See also jihad against female ruler
Italy, (i)
See also Naples; Sicily
Ivan VI, emperor of Russia (1740–41), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
See also Anna Leopoldovna
Jacques de Bourbon (husband of Joanna II of Naples), (i)
Jagiello of Lithuania. See Ladislas II
Jakum al-Firanji. See James II
James II, king of Cyprus (1463–73), (i)
Jameson, Anna, (i)
Jansen, Sharon, (i)
Japan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Jean I, king of France (1316), (i)
Jean II d'Albret, joint monarch of Navarre (1494–1516), (i)
Jeanne II of France, monarch of Navarre (1328–49), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n6
Jeanne III d'Albret, joint (1555–62) and sole monarch of Navarre (1562–72), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n29
jihad against female ruler, (i)
Jindeok, female Korean monarch (647–54), (i)
Jingu, female Japanese tenno, (i)
Jinseong, female Korean monarch (887–97), (i)
Joanna, female duke of Brabant (1355–1406), (i)
Joanna I, female monarch of Naples (1345–81), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)n13, (xi)
Joanna II, female monarch of Naples (1414–34), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
John II, king of Cyprus (1432–58), (i), (ii)
John III, king of Portugal (1521–58), (i)
joint rule of female and male sovereigns, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Jones, John Paul, (i)
José I, king of Portugal (1750–77), (i)
Joseph I of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor (1703–11), (i), (ii)
Joseph II of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–90), (i), (ii)n25, (iii)n18
Josephus, Flavius (historian), (i)
Juan I, joint monarch (1425–41) and king of Navarre (1441–79), (i), (ii)
Juan II, king of Aragon (1451–79), 78. See also Juan I
Juana of Castile, unsuccessful heiress of Castile (1474), (i), (ii), (iii)n42
Juana of Spain, regent of Castile (1554–59), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n17
Juana ‘the Mad,’ titular female monarch of Castile (1506–55) and Aragon (1516–55), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), fig. 5
Judaism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Kalmar, Union of (1397), (i)
Kantorowicz, Ernst, (i)
Karafiol, Emile, (i)
Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton von (statesman), (i)
Khatun, Absh, female Iranian ruler (1263–87), (i)
Khatun, Padishah, female Iranian ruler (1291–95) (i)
Khosrau II Parvez, Sasanid emperor of Iran (590–628), (i)
Knef, Hildegard (actress), (i)
Knights Hospitallers, (i)
Knights of Santiago (Spain), (i), (ii)
Knox, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Koken, female Japanese tenno (749–58, 764–70), (i)
Korea, (i)
‘Ladies Peace’ (1529), (i)
Ladislas II, joint monarch (1384–99) and king of Poland (1399–1434), (i)
Lea, Henry Charles (historian), (i), (ii)n48
León and Castile, kingdom of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Leoni, Leone (sculptor), (i)
Leopold I, king of Belgium (1831–65), (i)
Lermontov, Mikhail (poet), (i)
Leslie, John (bishop), (i)
Leti, Gregorio (polygraph), (i), (ii)n44
Levin, Carol, (i)
L'Hôpital, Michel de (statesman), (i)
Louis, prince of Taranto, joint monarch of Naples (1352–62), (i)
Louis I the Great, king of Hungary (1342–82) and Poland (1370–82), (i)
Louis IX, St., king of France (1226–70), (i), (ii)
Louis XI, king of France (1461–83), (i)
Louis XIII, king of France (1610–43), (i), (ii)
Louis XIV, king of France (1643–1715), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)n7, fig. 11
Louis XVI, king of France (1774–92), (i)
Low Countries, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
See also Belgium; Luxembourg
Luther, Martin, (i)
Machiavelli, Niccolò, (i), (ii)
Madariaga, Isabel de, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Mamelukes (Egyptian), (i)
Mandate of Heaven (Confucian), 24. See also Dei Gratia Regina
Manley, Delarivier (female polemicist), (i)
Margaret of Austria, duchess of Parma, regent of the Netherlands (1559–67), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy, regent of the Netherlands (1507–30), (i), (ii)nn2–3, (iii)
Margaret of Denmark, monarch of Denmark and Norway (1386–1412), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Margaret of York, dowager duchess of Burgundy, (i), (ii)
Maria, female monarch of Hungary (1382–95), (i)
Maria, female monarch of Sicily (1377–1402), (i)
Maria I, female monarch of Portugal (1777–92), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n36, fig. 15
Maria II, female monarch of Portugal (1834–53), (i), (ii)
Maria Theresa, female monarch of Hungary (1741–80) and Bohemia (1743–80), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n14, (viii)n24, (ix)n31, fig. 13
Maria Theresa (film), (i)
Marie, sovereign duchess of Burgundy (1477–82), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)n49
Marie Antoinette, queen of France, (i), (ii), (iii)
Maron, Anton von (painter), (i)
Martin, Therese, (i)
Martin the Younger of Aragon, joint ruler (1395–1402) and king of Sicily (1402–9), (i)
Mary II, joint monarch of England (1689–94), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Mary of Guise, dowager regent of Scotland (1554–60), (i)
Mary of Hungary, regent of the Netherlands (1531–55), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)nn7–9, (ix)
Mary Stuart, female monarch of Scotland (1542–67), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Mary Tudor, female monarch of England (1553–58), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), fig. 6
Massacre of St. Bartholemew (1572), (i), (ii), (iii)
Masson, Charles-François-Philibert (memoirist), (i), (ii)
Matilda, heir to English crown (1139–48), (i)
matrushka dolls, (i)
Maximilian of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519), (i), (ii), (iii)n4
medals of female rulers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n40. See also coins; numismatics
Medici, Catherine de, dowager French regent (1560–74), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); her ‘Flying Squadron,’ (i)
Medici, Marie de, dowager French regent (1610–17), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), fig. 8
Melville, James (diplomat), (i)
Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns. See Jameson, Anna
Menshikov, Alexander (statesman), (i), (ii), (iii)
military record of female rulers, (i); founding military academies, (i), (ii)
Minhaj, Muslim scholar, (i)
Mirren, Helen (actress), (i)
misogyny: of Christina of Sweden, (i), (ii)
France and, (i)
historical continuity of, (i)
Islam and, (i)
political and military decisions based upon, (i)
See also Frederick II the Great; gender; Salic law
Molinet, Jean (chronicler), (i)
Monstrous Regiment of Women, The. See Knox, John
Montaigne, Michel de: and Salic law, (i)
Montesquieu (French jurist), (i), (ii), (iii)
Mor, Antonis (painter), (i), (ii)
Naples, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Navarre, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)n35
Netherlands. See Low Countries
Nevsky, St. Alexander, (i)
Nihon shoki (Annals of Japan), (i)
“Nine Days’ Queen.” See Grey, Lady Jane
Norway, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Nostitz, Austrian countess, (i)
numismatics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n1
See also coins; female sovereigns; medals of female rulers
Oliveira, Timoteo de, (i)
Order of St. George (Russian), (i), (ii)
Order of St. Vladimir (Russian), (i)
Order of the Golden Fleece (Burgundian), (i)
Orley, Bernard (painter), (i)
Orlov, Count Alexis, (i)
Orlov, Count Grigory, (i), (ii)
Ottoman Empire, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Otto of Brunswick (husband of Joanna I of Naples), (i)
Oxensteirna, Axel, Swedish statesman, (i)
Pedro III, joint monarch of Portugal (1777–86), (i), (ii), fig. 15
Peter I the Great, emperor of Russia (1689–1725), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Peter II, emperor of Russia (1727–30), (i), (ii)
Peter III, emperor of Russia (1762), (i), (ii), (iii)
Petrarch, (i)
Philip II, king of Spain (1555–98), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)n9, fig. 6
Philip III, king of Spain (1598–1621), (i)
Philip IV, king of France (1285–1316) and Navarre (1284–1305), (i)
Philip IV, king of Spain (1621–65), (i)
Philip V, king of Navarre (1305–22) and France (1316–22), (i)
Philip of Evreux, joint monarch of Navarre (1329–43), (i)
Pizan, Christine de (author), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n16
Plutarch, (i)
Poland, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n34
Portugal, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Potemkin, Prince Grigory (Russian statesman), (i), (ii)
Pragmatic Sanction (1713), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
prenuptial contracts of female monarchs, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n3
primogeniture, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
See also inheritance by female rulers
Provence, female rule in, (i)
Prussia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
See also Teutonic Knights
Pugachev, Emelyan (Russian impostor), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Pushkin, Aleksander, (i)
Queen Anne's War (1702–13), (i)
Queen of Sheba, The (film), 222–23 queens. See chess queens; female sovereigns; regency and female government
Raleigh, Sir Walter, (i)n29
Razia, films entitled, (i)
Razia-ad-Din, female sultan of Delhi (1236–40), (i), (ii)
Razumovsky, Alexis ('nocturnal emperor’ of Russia), (i)
Reformation, Protestant, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
See also Calvin, John; Luther, Martin; Knox, John
regency and female government, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n7
See also female sovereigns
religion: gender and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
political struggles and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)n14
sovereignty and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
See also Buddhism; Islam; Reformation, Protestant
Richardot, François (eulogist), (i), (ii)
Richards, Judith, (i)
Rizzio, David, (i)
Robert, prince of Taranto, (i)
Robert the Wise, king of Naples (1309–43), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)n13
Romanov dynasty (Russia), (i), (ii)
Ronsard, Pierre de (poet), (i)
Rubens, Peter Paul (artist), (i), (ii), fig. 8
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1611), (i)
Ruknuddin, sultan of Delhi (1236), (i)
Rumiantsov, Peter (general), (i)
Russia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n34
Rustaveli, Shota (poet), (i)
Rusudan, female monarch of Georgia (1223–45), (i)
Salic law (France), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
See also female sovereigns; inheritance by female rulers
Sánchez Coello, Alonso (painter), (i)
Sarolt, queen of Hungary, (i)
Sati Beg, female Iranian sultan (1338–39), (i), (ii)n1
Schönbrunn (Viennese palace), (i), (ii)
Scotland, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Sebastian, king of Portugal (1558–78), (i)
Semiramis, Assyrian regent (812–790 B.C.), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Seondeok, female Korean monarch (632–47), (i)
Seven Years’ War (1756–63), (i), (ii)
Shahnameh (Iranian epic poem), (i)
Shajar al-Durr ('Tree of Pearls'), female Egyptian sultan (1250–57), (i), (ii), (iii)
Sheskovsky, Stepan, (i)
Shuvalov, Peter (statesman), (i), (ii), (iii)
Sicily, kingdoms of, (i), (ii), (iii)
Silla dynasty (Korea), (i)
Sixtus V, pope (1585–90), (i)
Skavronsky, Marta. See Catherine I
Sleidan, Johann (chronicler), (i)
Snayers, Pieter (painter), (i)
Sophia Alekseevna, co-regent of Russia (1686–89), (i), (ii), (iii)n4, (iv)
Soslan, David (husband of Tamar of Georgia), (i), fig. 3
Spain, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
See also Galicia; León and Castile; Toledo
Spanish Inquisition, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n48
Spinola, Ambrosio, (i)
St. Bartholemew, Massacre of (1572), (i), (ii), (iii)
St. Bridget of Sweden, (i)
St. Jadwiga, female monarch of Poland (1384–99), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Stalin, Joseph, (i)
Stanlislas Poniatowski, king of Poland (1764–95), (i), (ii)n34
Steinberg, Blema, (i)
Strong, Roy, (i)
Strozzi, Filippo, (i)
succession laws.
See female sovereigns; inheritance by female rulers; Pragmatic Sanction; primogeniture; Salic law
Suiko, female Japanese tenno (591–628), (i)
Suvorov, Alexander (general), (i)
Sweden, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Switzerland, (i)
Tallinn (Estonia), (i)
Tamar, female monarch of Georgia (1191–1213), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), fig. 3
Tang dynasty (China), (i), (ii), (iii)
‘Tarakanova’ (female Russian impostor), (i), (ii)
Taylor, Elizabeth (actress), (i)
tennos (Japanese sovereigns), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)n12
Teresa, countess of Portugal (1096–1128), (i), (ii)
Teutonic Knights (Prussia), (i)
Thatcher, Margaret, English prime minister (1979–90), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), fig. 17
Theodora, joint emperor (1042) and emperor (1055–56) of Byzantium, (i)
Theresianium (Viennese school), (i), (ii)
Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), (i), (ii)
Thousand and One Nights (epic), (i)
Thutmose III, Egyptian pharaoh (1458–25 B.C.), (i)
Toledo, (i)
Triest, Monika, (i)
Tyldesley, Joyce, (i)
Uçok Un, Badriye, (i)
Ulrika Eleonora, female monarch of Sweden (1718–20), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
United States of America, (i), (ii), (iii)
Urraca, female monarch of León-Castile (1109–26), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
usurpation (as road to power), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
See also regency and female government
Valla, Lorenzo, (i)
van Meytens, Martin (painter), (i)
Venice, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Victoria, female monarch of England (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901), (i), (ii), (iii)
virginity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Vocelka, Karl, (i)
von Düben, Emerentia, (i)
Vyazemsky, A. A., (i)
Wanegffelen, Thierry, (i)
War of Spanish Succession (1701–13), (i)
War of Austrian Succession (1740–48), (i), (ii), (iii)
Weil, Rachel, (i)
Wessely, Paula (actress), (i)
West, Mae (actress), (i)
Who's Who, (i)
William III, joint monarch (1689–94) and king (1694–1702) of England, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Willis, Francis (physician), (i)
Winter Palace (St. Petersburg), (i), (ii)
Wolf, Armin, (i)
women. See female sovereigns; gender
Wormald, Jenny, (i)
Wu Ze-tian, female emperor of China (690–705), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)n8, (vii)n30
Yonan, Michael, (i)
Zenobia, monach of Palmyra (270–72), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Zoe, joint emperor (1042) of Byzantium, (i)
Zubov, Platon, (i)