Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of Czech Substates

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Bohemia

Ca. 710-34 Princess Libuse Wyschehrad 

921-22 Reigning Dowager Duchess Drahomire von Stöder 
926-28 Regent 
She was widow of Bratislav I. She died 935.

Jägerndorf-Rybnik

1493-1506 Duchess Regnant Barbara
She was daughter of Duke Nikolaus VI in Jägerndorf (ca. 1400-52) and succeeded brothers, Duke Johann I in Jägerndorf and  Wenzel V in Rybnik and Pless (d. 1478), together with husband, Hanus of Auschwitz (d. 1495/97). She lived (ca. 1445-1510).

Mähren/Moravia

1086-90 Reigning Dowager Duchess Euphemia 
Succeeded husband. (She died 1111)

Teschen (Cieszyn) (Bohemia)  

1452-60 Sovereign Duchess Anna 
After the death of her husband,  Bolesław II of Cieszyn, she ruled for her son Kazimierz II. Daughter of prince Iwan of Bielsk. Since 1448-52  she was a wife of prince 

1625-53 Duchess Elisabeth Lucretia
She was daughter of prince  Wacław and Elżbieta. Elisabeth Lucretia was a follower of the Contra-reformation. Since 1619 she was a wife of prince Gundaker of Luksemburg. Mother of 3 children. She lived (1599-1653).

1765-98 Archduchess Maria-Christina von Habsburg
Also Governor of the Netherlands etc. She lived (1742-98)

Troppau Polish until 1281

1551-56 Duchess Regnant Isabella of Poland
She was Dowager Queen of Hungary, and regent 1540-51 and was given Troppau as exchange for Siebenbürgen.

1712-72 Heiress Maria Theresia von Liechtenstein
Her father, Fürst Johann Adam Ulrich purchased Vaduz and Schellenberg, wich were erected into the present principality of Liechtenstein. He lived (1662-1712). Her mother was Edmunda Maria Theresia von Dietrichstein, (1652-1737). Maria Theresia's two older brothers died young, two sisters married other princeses of the house of Liechtenstein, two sisters married outside the family, and she herself married Emanuel Thomas de Savoie-Carignano, Count of Soissons, Governor of Anversa (1787-1729). Her son, Eugene Jean François de Soissons was Duke of Troppau (1714-29-34), who married Duchess Maria Teresa di Massa e Carra, but he died before they ever met. The duchy reverted to the Liechtenstein Princely family after his death. Maria Theresia Anna Felicitas lived (1694-1772)

Updates 21.08.05