Queen Charlotte Sophia
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761, following her marriage to King George III, until her death in 1818. As...
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Queen Charlotte Sophia: Black Queen or Not?
Queen Charlotte’s racial identity remains one of the most intensely debated topics in modern British royal historiography. The controversy raises profound questions about the construction...
Rosalie Gicanda: The last Queen of Rwanda
Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended in martyrdom during the 1994 Genocide against...
Queen Judith
Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian monuments, killing thousands in the process. Her campaigns...
Cleopatra: The last Pharaoh of Egypt
“…the contact of her presence…was irresistible….” Plutarch on Cleopatra. “More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than about any other African queen, mainly because it...