List of queens regnant

This is a list of Queens who have ruled as Queen in many countries (Separate queens for separate countries). Included also are Pharaohs and Empresses, as well as other titles in case of smaller states (Grand Duchess, Archduchess, Duchess, Princess, etc.) If the Queen ruled as a regent this is indicated by "(regent)" following the name. Where a queen had no powers but only the title "(titular)" is added.
Queens consort (who are styled Queen by virtue of marrying a monarch) are not included.
The following is an incomplete list of queens who are well known from popular writings, although many ancient and poorly documented ruling queens (such as those from Africa and Oceania) are omitted. Section 1 lists Queens regnant: Queens who ruled in their own right. Section 2 lists Queens regent: Queens who have ruled on behalf of a monarch who was a minor, absent or incapacitated. Section 3 includes Legendary Queens. Section 4 lists Titular Queens: Queens who ruled in their own right, but had no constitutional standing or regal powers while in power. Section 5 lists various female leaders who were referred to as "Chieftainess."
Queens regnant.
Africa.
Algeria.
Jarawa
Touggourt
Egypt.
Indigenous dynasties
Ptolemaic dynasties
Ptolemy II instituted a new practice of brother-sister marriage when he married his full sister, Arsinoe II. They became, in effect, co-rulers, and both took the epithet Philadelphus ("Brother-Loving" and "Sister-Loving"). Because of this custom many of the kings ruled jointly with their spouses, who were also of the royal house. The only Ptolemaic Queens to officially rule on their own were Berenice III and Berenice IV. Cleopatra VI did co-rule, but it was with another female, Berenice IV. Cleopatra VII officially co-ruled with Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Ptolemy XIV, and Ptolemy XV, but effectively, she ruled Egypt alone
 Bahri Mamluk dynasty 
Libya.
Cyrene
Sudan.
Kandake was a title for queens, queen mothers, and queens consort in Nubia, but ruling Kandakes may have included:
West Africa.
Benin.
Hogbonu
Ghana.
Akan state of Denkyira
Akan state of Dwaben
Côte d'Ivoire.
Baoule
Niger.
Azna
Nigeria.
Daura
Igodomigodo
Ondo Kingdom
Zazzau
Senegal.
Sine
Waalo
Sierra Leone.
Koya
Central Africa.
Angola.
Jaga
Matamba
Mbunda Kingdom
Ndongo
Cameroon.
Bamum
East Africa.
Comoros.
Ndzuwani (Anjouan)
Bamboa
Itsandra
Bajini
Mwali
Ethiopia.
Gibe state of Gera
Madagascar.
Boina Kingdom
Uganda.
Bunyoro
South Africa.
South Africa.
Balobedu
The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Balobedu, the people of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The succession to the position of Rain Queen is matrilineal, meaning that the Queen's eldest daughter is the heir, and that males are not entitled to inherit the throne at all. The Rain Queen is believed to have special powers, including the ability to control the clouds and rainfall.
Lovedu
Batlokwa
Makololo
"America".
North America.
Mexico.
Ecatepec
Palenque
Tepetlaoztoc
Yaxchilan
Central America and the Caribbean.
Guatemala.
Naranjo
Tikal
"Asia".
East and Central Asia.
China.
Although Wu Zetian is the only undisputed empress regnant in Chinese history, there is one other documented case of a woman holding the title of "Empress regnant":
Korea.
Silla
South Asia.
India.
Alupa dynasty
Arakkal dynasty
Bhauma-Kara dynasty
Bhopal State
British Raj
Holkar dynasty
Jhansi State
Kakatiya dynasty
Kashmir
Keladi Nayaka dynasty
Kittur
Mamluk dynasty
Travancore Kingdom
Ullal
Pakistan.
Sindh
Southeast Asia.
Indonesia.
Aceh
Bali
Bugis
Kalingga
Majapahit
Medang
Mengwi
Sonbai Kecil
Laos.
Lan Xang
Malaysia.
Kelantan
Myanmar.
Hanthawaddy
Philippines.
 Namayan and Tondo
Sulu
Thailand.
Hariphunchai
Pattani
Lanna
Vietnam.
Champa
West Asia.
Iran.
Elymais
Il Khanate
Salghurids
Iraq.
Adiabene
Israel.
Judah
Hasmonean dynasty
Herodian dynasty
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Jordan.
Nabatea
Kazakhstan.
Massagetae
Saudi Arabia.
Qedarite
Syria.
Tanukhids
Seleucid Empire
Turkey.
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Caria
Dardania
Heraclea Pontica
Pontus
Prusias ad Mare
Saltukid dynasty
Trebizond
Uzbekistan.
Khanate of Kokand
Yemen.
Sulayhid dynasty
Female regents.
Africa.
Egypt.
Fatimid Caliphate