Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

WOMEN IN POWER 
1350-1400

Female leaders
and women in other positions of political authority
of independent states and
self-governing understate entities


Unnamed Nigerian Queen

Around 1350 Queen Argoye of Zamfara (Nigeria)

Also known as Algoje, she was succeeded by Karafau. The state was created before 1200. 1764-1804, Zamfara was annexed by Gobir and in 1902 it was split between France and the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria.


 

1350-56 Princess-Abbess Anna III von Thulen of Säckingen (Germany)

Around 1350 the Lords von Schönau was appointed Grand Masters of the Chapter of City of Säckingen. Her family were Lords of Thulen and various other Lordships near Paderborn.


 

1350 Princesse-Abbesse Simonetta de Vara of Remiremont  (France)

Another version of her name was Symonate de Varre.


1350-66 Princesse-Abbesse Eléonore de Châlon of Remiremont  (France)

Also known as Aliénor, she was the 10th child of John II de Chalon and Alix de Bourgogne.


 

1355-58 Sovereign Lady Juana Núńez de Lara I of Vizcaya and Lara  (Spain)

Asumed the title after the death of her brother, Núńo, who had succeeded their mother, María Díaz de Haro II and their father Juan Núńez de Lara, and. After she was assasinated during the civil war between Pedro I the cruel and Enrique II de Trastámara, her husband, Tello de Castilla, Lord of Aguilar y Castaneda, kept the lordship until 1370. Her sister, Isabel claimed the position as titular sovereign Lady, but Pedro I de Castilla ursuped the territory 1358-66 and then her husband, Tello of Aragón was seigneur until 1370, when he was succeeded by her father's sister, Juana II. Juana I was murdered, and lived (ca. 1333-59). 


 

1351 Reigning Abbess Anna Boller of Rottenmünster (Germany)

Since 1227 the Abbey had been place directly under the Emperor as a Realm of the Holy Roman Empire. 


 

1351-80 Princess-Abbess Mathilde van Leeuwenberg of Nivelles, Dame Temporaire and Spirituelle of Nivelles (Belgium)

Member of a Dutch noble family.


 

1351-61 Reigning Abbess-General Urraca Fernández de Herrera of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos (Spain)

The abbess held the right to grant letters dismissorial for ordination, and issued licenses authorizing priests, within the limits of her abbatial jurisdiction, to hear confessions, to preach, and to engage in the cure of souls. She was privilege also to confirm Abbesses, to impose censures, and to convoke synods.

 

1352-54 Regent Princess Constanza of Sicily (Italy)

Unmarried daughter of Pietro II of Sicily (1337-42) and Elisabeth of Carinthia and Tirol (regent in 1342), she was regent during the reign of her brother Luigi, who was king 1342-55. Her sister Eufemia was regent for their other brother, Federico from 1355. Constanza lived (1324-55).


 

1352-58 Sovereign Princess Simona Fadrique de Aragón of Tinos (Thenos) (Greek Island-State)

Succeeded her husband, Giorgio Ghisi, Lord of Tinos and Mykonos. She was daughter of Alfonso Fadrique de Aragon, Count of Malta and Gozzo, Lord of Salona and of certain territories in Greece,  (d. 1335/39)  - the son of King Federico of Sicily (1299-1337), and Lady Marulla of Aegina et cetera, the daughter of Bonifacio da Verona, Lord of Negroponte.


 

1352-58 Dowager Duchess Katharina Subić of Brieg and Ohlau (Brzeg-Oława) (Then Germany, now Poland)

The Polish version of her name is Katarzyna Subić. Held the duchy as her dowry after the death of her husband, Bolesław III. She was daughter of the Croatian ban Mladen II.


 

1352-54 Sovereign Lady Philipotte van Kleef of Valkenburg (Belgium)

Also known as Philippa, she succeeded brother, and reigned jointly with husband, Hendrik van Vlaanderen, Lord van Ninove, as vassal of the Duke of Brabant.


 

1353-71 Reignign Abbess Adelheid II von Lupfen of Buchau (Germany)

Daughter of Count Konrad von Lumpfen and Elisabeth von Liebenstein, and was a nun in Rottenmünster around 1346.


 

1353-73 Reigning Abbess Jeanne de Mangey of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud (France)

The chapter was founded in 1101, and was unique in the way that the community was placed directly under the Pope and the King of France. A Prior under the control of the Abbess commanded the monks in the double-convent.

 

Ca. 1353-90 Sovereign Lady Maria van Wesemaele of Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands)

Succeeded her distant relative, Mathilde, and her husband Hendrik van Boutershem was joint lord until his death 1371 after which her son, Hendrik II was joint lord, until he was succeeded by his granddaughter, Johanna, in 1419. Maria lived (ca. 1330-90).


 

1354-59 Acting Governor Jelena Subica of Rama (Bosnia)

Regent for the ban (governor) Tvrtko I (1353-77/91), who succeeded his uncle, her husband, Stjepan II Kotromanic, initially with his father, Prince Vladislav as regent. After his death she took over as regent. 


 

1354 Acting Duchess Margareta von Bayern of Croatia

After the death of her husband, Stephen, Duke of Transylvania, Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia (1332-1354), she held the principality shortly until his relative, Carlo Dancki of Napoli, took over the reigns. 1357/58 she married Gerlach von Hohenlohe. She was daughter of Emperor Ludwig IV of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Upper and Lower Bavaria, King of Italy, King of Germany and his second wife, Margaret of Hainault, Countess of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland (1311-1356), she did not have any children and lived (1325-1374).


 

1354/5-1357 Reigning Dowager Duchess Małgorzata Morawska in Beuthen (Bytom) (Poland)

Following the death of her husband, Bolesław of Bytom, she held the Duchy as her dowry, though her reign was disputed. Also known as Margaret of Moravia, she was daughter of Johan von Sternberg.


 

1354-62 Princess-Abbess Agnes III von Schrapelau of Quedlinburg (Germany)

Daughter of Edlen (the noble) Buchard von Schrapelau and Luitgard Gans von Wittenberge und Pereberg. Resigned in 1362, died two years later.


 

1355-1404 Sovereign Duchess Jeanne III of Brabant, Limbourg, Derby and Larche  (Belgium)

Succeeded her father, Jan III and had to confirm the privilleges of the large citys of the Duchies. She engaged in a war over the succession with her brothers-in-law, Lodewijk II van Male, Count van Vlaanderen, and Duke Reinoud III van Gelre, which hit the territories hard financially. 1371 her second husband, Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg was taken prisoner. She had first been married to Willem IV of Holland, Zeeland and Hainalut. Her sister Marguerite de Brabant-Limbourg was Dame of Mechelen and Antwerpen, and she abdicated in favour of her daughter, Marguerite III of Flanders, who died shortly after. Jeanne (d. 1406). 


 

1355-1401 Sovereign Princess Maria Palaiologina of Lesbos (Greek Island State)

Her brother, Emperor Ióannés V Palaiologos, Emperor of Byzantium, gave her the island as dowry when she married Baron Francesco Gattilusio, patrician of Genoa, Archon of Lesbos. In 1384 her husband and two oldest sons were killed by an earthquake and. Their only surviving son, Jacopo, reigned under the name of Francesco II until his death 1403. She lived (Ca. 1330/35-ca. 1401).


 

1355-57 Regent Princess Eufemia of Sicilia (Sicily) (Italy)

The unmarried daughter of Pietro II (1337-42) she was regent for brother, Federico III, Duke of Athens and Neopatras (1341-55-77), who was succeeded by daughter Maria in 1377. Their mother, Elisabeth von Kärnthen was regent 1342 and their sister, Constanza had acted as regent 1552-54 for their brother King Ludovico. Eufemia lived (1330-59).


 

1355-81 Princess-Abbess Gertrud I von Hanau of Göss bei Leoben (Austria)

Member of a noble family from Hessen in Germany.


 

Around 1355 Reigning Abbess Elisabeth von Leiningen of Königsfelden (Switzerland)

As Abbess of the Chapter, she was Lady of possessions in Aargau, Swabia and Alsace, but did apparently not have the dignity of Princess.


 

1356-57 Regent Princess Caima Cam Todorita Bals of Moldova

Bogodan was The Gospotar - ruler - of the principality of Moldova (1356-74).


 

1356-60 Sovereign Countess Isabella de Brienne of Brienne, Lecce and Conversano, Dame de Ramerupt and Titular Duchess of Athens, Claimant of the Kingdom of Jerusalem et cetera  (France, Italy and Greece)

After brother, Gautier de Brienne, was killed in the battle by Poitiers, she and her husband, Gautier IV d'Enghien, Seigneur de Tubize et Lembeek, the family possessions in France and Italy. She was the only daughter of Duke Gautiers V de Brienne and Jeanne de Châtillon, who had ruled the Duchy in 1311. She devided her numerous posessions among her numerous sons during her lifetime, and 1384 her granddaughter, Maria d'Enghien inherited some of the posessions. Isabella lived (ca.1300/05-60).


 

1356-58 Sovereign Countess Clara von Freiburg of Freiburg, Lady of Lichteneck und Nimburg (Germany)

er Only daughter and heir of Count Friedrich von Freiburg and Anna von Baden. She succeeded her father, but resigned the county after two years of succession-war with her uncle, Egino IV. Married to Gottfried II von Tübingen, Count Palatine of Böblingen. She lived (ca. 1320-68).


 

1356-79 Princess-Abbess Margarethe I von Grünenberg of Säckingen (Germany)

In 1560 the new Gothic church of the city was inaugurated.  She was member of the von Binzen branch of the Swiss noble family and Lords of Grünenberg.


 

1357-84 Sovereign Countess Adelheid von Wittgenstein (Germany)

Succeeded her brother, Werner IV., the last male of the family and together with her husband, Salentin von Sayn-Homburg, they founded the new line, and he used the title of Count von Sayn zu Wittgenstein from 1361.He decended from the Counts of Sayn, who owned the Offices and Lordships of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen, and his father inherited Homburg from his mother.


 

1357-58 Countess Abbess Ermengard zu Waldeck-Schwalenberg of Gandersheim (Germany)

Also known as Ermengardis, she was first a nun at Mariensee, and later succeeded her sister, Jutta, who ruled in Gandersheim 1331.


 

1357-61 Reigning Abbess Margaretha I Gösslin von Altenburg of Niedermünster in Regensburg (Germany)

Gössl is a town near Salzburg in Austria, not far from Regensburg in Bavaria.


 

1358-61 Titular Lady Isabel de Lara of Vizcaya and Lara (Spain)

Succeeded her sister, Juana I, as sovereign Lady, but Pedro I de Castilla ursuped the territory 1358-66, when her brother-in-law became Sovereign Lord. Isabel was married to Infant Juan of Aragon, Lord of Elche (d. 1358). And like her sister, she was murdered and lived (ca. 1335-61).


 

1358...Sovereign Princess Tommasa Orsini-Angelo-Comneni of Tessaglia (Italy)

Confirmed as Princess the year after her father was assassinated. She was daughter of Niceforo II, Despot of Epiros and Tessaglia, Count of Cefalonia and Zante, Governor of Aenos and Maria Cantacuzena of Byzantine. Married to Prince Simeon Uros of Serbia (d. 1371).


 

1358-62 Reigning Dowager Duchess Agnethe von Sagan of Brieg and Ohlau (Brzeg-Olawa) (At the time Germany, now Poland)

Also known as Agnieszka, she was daughter of Duke Henryk II Wierny of Żagań (Sagan) and Matilda of Bavaria. Her first husband, Duke Leszek of Racibórz died in 1336, and between 1341 and 1345 she married Duke Ludwig von Brieg (Ludwik I of Brzeg), who gave her half of his land and cities as her dowry in 1358. With Ludwig she had 6 children: Henryk, Wacław, Małgorzata, Jadwiga, Katarzyna and another daughter. She lived (1312/1321-1362).


 

1358-70 Co-ruler Duchess Agnes von Lichtenberg of Münsterberg (Ziębice) (At the time Germany, now Poland)

Also known as Agnieszka, she ruled in the Slesian Principality together with her sons Bolesław II (1358-1410) and Henryk II (1358-ca. 66/85) after the death of her husband, Mikołajs. Mother of 5 children. (d. 1370).


 

1358-98 Princess-Abbess Beatrix von Wohlhusen of Frauenmünster, Dame of Zürich (Switzerland) 

1373 she approved the second "Sworn letter of Zürich" (Dem Zweiten Geschwornen Brief Zürichs) that limited the powers of the mayor of Zürich after the rein of the Brunschen.


 

1359-64 (†) Regent Dowager Grand Duchess Aleksandra of Russia, Moscow, Vladimir and Kiev

Ruled in the name of son, Dimitri IV Donskoď (or Donskoy), who succeeded his grandfather, Ivan II (1353-59) She (d. 1364).


 

1359-63 Sovereign Countess Marie I de Bourbon of Vestitza (Greece)
1364 Governor of Kephallenia and Corfu (Greek Island States)
1364-70 Sovereign Princess of Achaia and Queen of Thessalonica (Greece)

Daughter of Louis I de Bourbon and Marie d’Avesnes of Hainault, and succeeded the Baronesses Agnes and Guillermetta (Wilhelmina). First married to Guido de Lusignan, Prince von Galilaea (d. 1346) and secondly to the son of Catherine II de Valois, Robert II. d'Anjou, Titular Emperor of Byzantine and Prince of Achaia (1333-64), whom she succeeded as Princess of Achaia. She sold the Baronies of Vostitza and Nivelet to Nerio Acciaiulo, Duke of Athens and Vicar-General in Corinth. Mother of one son, Hugo de Lusignan (ca. 1335- 1385/86) and two daughters, and lived (1315-87).


 

1359-99 Princess-Abbess Agnes von Wildberg of Schänis (Switzerland)

The area was under the overlorship of the Habsburg until 1388 when they lost the majority of the possessions in the Schänis Area. Her family was the Austrian Lords of Wildberg.


 

1359-1402 Countess Abbess Luitgard III zu Hammerstein of Gandersheim (Germany)

Also known as Lutgard. During her reign the chapter became more and more under the influence of the Dukes of Braunschweig


 

Until 1360 Co-Ruler Queen Kasa of Mali

Reigned jointly with her husband King Mansa Suleiman. The Arab historian Ibn Khaldun described the considerable gifts he assembled for a Sultan in the north. But Ibn Battuta criticised his meanness.


 

1360-78 Sovereign Countess Mahaut de Châtillon of Saint-Pôl (France)

Daughter of Jean de Châtillon (1292-1334) and succeeded brother, Gui (d. 1360). She was married to Guy de Ligny and Charles de France, Count de Valois et cetera. And lived (1293-1358).


 

1360-70 Princess-Abbess Irmgard I von Broich of Essen (Germany)

Her family was first mentioned in 1093 under the nobleman Burkhard von Broich, who renovated the castle that was built around 880. Her family inhabited the Castle in Mülheim an der Ruhr until the main line died out. at the beginning of the 16th century.


 

Around 1360 Princess-Abbess Margaretha of the Royal Chapter St. Georg at the Hradschin in Prauge (Czech Republic)

The Abbess of was named Princess-Abbess in 1348 with the right to crown the Queens of Bohemia.


 

1361-1405 De facto Co-Ruler Duchess Anna of Ratibor (Racibórz) (Poland)

In effect joint ruler with her husband, prince Jan of Racibórz, and after his death in 1380/82; she stayed in power as Co-ruler with her son Jan II. Daughter of prince Heinrich V of Głogów-Żagań and Anna of Płock, mother of 3 children, and lived (before 1350-after 1405).


 

Until after 1361 Heiress Hedwig of the Wildgrafschaft Dhaun und Grimace (Germany)

Married to Rheingraf Johann I vom Stein and Gerlach von Brunsholm and Gerlach von Brunshorn - and the foremother of the Salm-Dhaun family.


 

1361 Reigning Abbess Heilwig von Bentheim of Herford (Germany)

Succeeded Ludgard II von Bicken, who died in 1360, but was only in office for a short while.


 

1361-74 Reigning Abbess Elisabeth I von dem Berge of Herford (Germany)

Her surname also seems to have been spelled v.d. Berghe.


 

1361-67 Reigning Abbess-General Leonor Rodríguez Barba of the Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos (Spain)

Her full titulature was "noble lady, the superior, prelate, and lawful administratrix in spirituals and temporals of the said royal abbey, and of all the contents, churches, and hermitages of its filiation, of the villages and places under its jurisdiction, seigniory, and vassalage, in virtue of Bulls and Apostolical concessions, with plenary jurisdiction, privative, quasi-episopal, nullius diacesis."

 

1361-65 Reigning Abbess Margaretha II Punzinger of Niedermünster in Regensburg (Germany)

Member of a Bavarian noble family who lived in and around Regensburg. Perhaps her surname was Pinzingerin and in that case she was the second of her family to be head of the chapter and territory.    


 

1362-71 Sovereign Duchess Fiorenza I Sanduro of Naxos et de L'Archipel (Greek Island State)

After she succeeded her father, Giovanni I (1341-61), Venice vetoed her potential second husbands, first the Genoese lord of Chios, then Nerio Acciaiuoli future Duke of Athens, anxious to increase its influence over the duchy by arranging a suitable match for her.  She was kidnapped by Venetian agents, taken to Crete and blackmailed into marrying her cousin Niccolo Sanudo as her second husband, and he was granted the title Duke on his marriage and after her death, he continued to govern the duchy as avogier on behalf of her son by her first husband, She had first been married to Giovanni dalle Carceri, Lord of Euboea (d. 1358), Niccolo II dalle Carceri, who was murdered in 1383. She (d. 1271).


 

1362-75 Princess-Abbess Elisabeth I von Hackeborn of Quedlinbug (Germany)

Daughter of Edlen Albrecht von H. and Countess Richza von Schrapelau. (d. 1375)


 

From 1362 Hulufira Nilüfer Valide Sultan of Anatolia and Rumalia (Turkey)

After the death of her husband, Sultan Orkhan Ghazi, she became Sultana Valide during the reign of her son, Sultan Murad Hudavendigar Han. According to some sources she had acted as regent during the military campaigns of her husband, whom she married in 1299. She was daughter of the Bey of Yarhisar (b. 1283).


 

Until 1364 Burgravine Isabeau D'Antoing, Heiress of Antoing (Belgium)

Also known as Isabelle, she was married Infant Alfonso of Castilla e León, de la Cerda, Lord de Lunel, Governor de Languedoc (1310-27).


 

1364-70 Countess Isabelle de  Pierrepont of Roucy (France) 

Succeeded father, Robert II and married to Louis de Namur. 1370 she sold the County to Louis d'Anjou en 1370, but his uncle started a process, and after a process which lasted 20 years, the Parlement de Paris judged in her favour.


 

1364-75 Co-Sovereign Princess Catharina Michieli of Keos (Greek Island-State)

Together with sister she succeeded father, who came from a Venetian family. 


 

1364-75 Co-Sovereign Princess Angelina Michieli of Keos (Greek Island-State)

Also known as Kea. With the fall of Constantinople to the Franks, Michael Akominatos, the Metropolitan of Athens, took refuge on the island in the monastery of Prodomos where he stayed until he died. The island was captured by the Venetians and recaptured by the Byzantines in 1278. In 1296 it fell to the Venetians again and built a castle on the ancient acropolis of Ioulis.  The two sisters were succeeded by Maria da Coronia.


 

1365-90 Queen Regnant Nyilak of Alur (Uganda)

Succeed her father, king Kyebambe (ca. 1330-65), as ruler of the kingdom in mountainous Alur Region.  She married Opodhu and mother of Nyipir (Giipir) (1390-1450).


 

1365-68 In Charge of the Government Queen Leonor de Gandia de Aragón of Cyprus, Titular Queen Consort of Jerusalem (Israel)
1369 Co-Regent of Cyrus

Her husband, Pierre I de Lusignan, who had been away on various expeditions since 1365, returned to Cyprus in 1368, he retaliated on the nobles who had been her favourites during his absence, and behaved with such haughtiness and tyranny that he alienated the sympathy of his barons and even of his brothers. In January 1369 a body of nobles assassinated him with the concurrence of his brothers. His son Pierre, a boy of thirteen, succeeded to the throne under the regency of his uncles, Jean, prince of Antiochia, and Jacques, constable of Cyprus. She quarrelled with both of them, who had both been concerned in the assassination of her husband. She first welcomed the invaders as a means of avenging the murder of her husband, but when she saw that the Genoese were bent on destroying her son's kingdom, she joined the other royalists and took refuge with Jacques, the constable of Cyprus, in the Kyrenia castle. It was not until 1374 her son was reinstated on the throne. She lived (1333-1416)


 

1365-91 Reigning Abbess Elisabeth III zu Rhein of Niedermünster in Regensburg (Germany)

Member of a noble Bavarian family, with alternative versions of the name being von Rain, von Rhein or zu Rhein.


 

1365-77 Co-Sovereign Countess Petronelle de Thouars of Dreux (France)

Also known as Perenelle de Thouars, she was daughter of Jeanne II (1309/9-46-54/5) and succeeded her brother, Simon, jointly with two sisters. In 1377 the three sisters sold the County to the king of France. She was first married to Amaury de Craon (d. 1373) and secondly to Clément Rouault (d. 1397) . She (d. 1397).


 

1365-77 Co-Sovereign Countess Marguerite de Thouars of Dreux (France)

First married to Thomas de Chemille and secondly to Guy Turpin, seigneur de Crisse, she (d. 1404).


 

1365-77 Co-Sovereign Countess Isabeau de Thouars of Dreux (France)

Ruled jointly with two sisters and married to Guy de Nesles (d. 1352), Ingelger d'Amboise and finally to Guillaume d'Harcourt (d 1400).


 

1365-73 Politically Active Queen Maria of Lesser Armenia

In 1372 she send Pope Gregory XI a letter requesting military help against the Moslems. The following year her husband, King Constantine V, was murdered, and the Pope wanted Marie to marry Otto of Braunschweig. In 1374 Levon VI was crowned king of Cillician Armenia or Armenia Minor. Her background is not known.


 

1365-1418 Sovereign Countess Marguerite de Joinville of Vaudémont (France)

Succeeded father, Henri V and first married to Jean I de Châlon, seigneur de Montagu, secondly to  Pierre, comte de Genčve and finally to Ferry I de Lorraine (1368-1415). She lived (1354-1418).


Unnamed Princess

1366-92 Sovereign Princess Juliana Rurikova of Vitebsk (Belarus)

At the time of Vitebsk was a principality within Lithuania. She was succeeded by Jogaila Wladyslaw Gediminas.


 

1366-71 Regent Khanum Beng Shi of China

For the pretender Ming Sheng of the Yuan Dyasty.


 

Around 1366-74 Princesse-Abbesse Eléonore de Châlon of Remiremont, Dame of Saint Pierre and Metz (France)

As sovereign of the territory she had the right to choose the mayor of Remiremont from a list proposed by the nobles of the city. The mayor's deputy, the Grand Eschevin, was chosen by the mayor from a list of 3 candidates presented by the bourgeois of the city with her advice. She was the 10. child of John II de Châlon and Alix de Bourgogne. There is a gap in the list of sovereigns of the Abbey until 1501.


 

Around 1367-74.. Princess-Abbess Elisabeth of the Royal Chapter St. Georg at the Hradschin in Prauge (Czech Republic)

Mentioned in a number of documents together with the Prioress Bohunka and custrix Agnes. In 1370 Agnes is Prioress and in 1374 Dorothea is Prioress


 

 1367-80 Reigning Abbess-General Estefanía de la Fuente Almexía of the Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos (Spain)

Both temporal and secular ruler of vast territories in Castilla and Leon.

Unnamed Mexican Queen

Ca. 1368-79 Queen Ehuatl-Ycetzin of Quauhtitlan (Mexico)

Ruled the Aztec state in Central Mexico.


Unnamed Laotian Lady

1368 Brhat Pada Samdach Sdach Brhat Rajangsa Brhat
Parama Lambangasa Rajadhiraja Nang Keo Lot Fa Kaeng Kangya of Lan-Xang (Laos)

Her husband, Samdach Brhat Agna Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Ganahudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara, was King of Lan Xang (1353-71) until he was deposed. She was a fervant Buddhist, and, according to Siamese sources daughter of the King Sri Chandraratta of Cambodia (d. 1368) 


 

1368-71 Regent Dowager Duchess Agnes von Braunschweig-Lüneburg of Pommern-Stettin (Poland)

After the death of her husband she took over the regency for her three sons; the joint Dukes of Pommern-Stettin: Kasimir IV (ca. 1351-72), Swantibor I (ca. 1351-1413) and Bogislaw VII (ca. 1355-1404). She was daugther of Heinrich II. von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen and his first wife Jutta von Brandenburg, and lived (1318-71).


Agnes von Habsburg

1368-92 Hereditary Countess Agnes von Habsburg of Fürstenburg und Schweidnitz (Austria)

Succeeded husband, Bolko II, and after her death, the country went to Bohemia.


 

1368-84 Reigning Dowager Lady Dowager Countess Mechtild von Geldern of the Linner Land (Burg Linn bei Krefeld) in Berg (Germany)

First married to Godert von Leon, Herr von Millen und Eyck and secondly to Johann I Graf von Kleve, and appointed Amtmann Heinrich von Stünkede to take care of her interests. She lived (ca. 1325-84)


 

1368-81 Territorial Countess Philippa Plantagenet of Ulster (United Kingdom)

Only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence and Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster, whom she succeeded as 5th Countess in 1468. Her father was the second son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and therefore she was heiress presumptive from 1477 to her cousin until her own death, she married Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (ca. 1351-81) in about 1368. As a result of her seniority in the line of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of England and her marriage into the powerful Mortimer family, her descendants eventually succeeded to the throne as the House of York under Edward IV. She lived (1355–82).


Empress Xiao He

1368-98 Politically Influential Empress Ma of China

Also known as Xiao He, she assisted her husband, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, in both his military activities, the management of his household and the decisions he made in institutional matters and in managing his civil and military subordinates. She influenced his decisions on a wide range of issues from the punishment of senior officials and merchants whom he suspected of treason to the treatment of prisoners forced to do corvee labour. She took a personal interest in the welfare of the students at the National University at Nanjing, and sponsored the setting up of the “Red Plank Granary” to dispense grain as part of a stipend for the students and their families.


Jeanne de Bourbon

1369/73-82 Sovereign Countess Jeanne de Bourbon of Lyonnais et Forez (France)

In 1350 she married king Charles V of France (1338-64-80). His reign was marred by the Hundred Years' War, but Charles' army scored some victories and defeated the army of the King of Navarre. He declined to be drawn into a crusade. Nonetheless, dissatisfaction with his rule was such that at one point the Mayor of Paris, Etienne Marcel, led a revolt against Charles that forced the king to flee the city. A strong supporter of the arts, Charles had the Louvre restored and improved and in 1367 created the first royal library in France. Mother of three children, and lived (1338-78).


1369-1403 Princesse-Abbesse Jeanne II d'Aigremont of Remiremont  (France)

In 1371 an act stated that there were 21 ladies in residence. Her long reign contributed to the development and stability of the chapter. She was member of a noble family from present day's Belgium.


 

1369-94 Claimant to the Throne and Titular Queen Constanza of Castilla (Spain)

Daughter of King Pedro I of Castilla and Léon, who was murdered in 1369. Since her brother had died in 1362 and her sister was a nun, she and her husband since 1371, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, perused the throne of her father, though unsuccessfully. Their only son died as an infant and their only daughter, Catalina de Lancaster (1372-1418), married King Enrique III of Castile (1379–1406) of the Trastamara line and was regent 1406-18. Constanza lived (1354-94).


Queen Regent Elisabeth of Poland

1370-75, 1376-77 and 1378-79 Regent Dowager Queen Elżbieta Łokietkówna of Poland and Dalmatia

As regent Queen Elisabeth or Erszébet had the official title Regina Senioris Poloniae and 1370-80, she was in fact joint ruler with her son, Louis d'Anjou of Hungary, and officially appointed regent during his stays in Hungary after he inherited the kingdom after her brother, Kazimierz III of Poland (1309-33-70). She had already been very influential since he succeeded her husband, Karol Robert, as king of Hungary in 1342. She had gained the upper hand at court and for several decades she acted as a sort of co-regent, and even the Hungarian barons were afraid of her. She was a fanatical catholic and founded countless religious churches and convents. Of her 7 children, the second son, Andreas married his cousin, Joanna I of Napoli and was Duke of Calabria until he was murdered by his wife in 1345. She lived (1305-80). 


 

1370-81 Sovereign Lady Juana Mauel II of Vizcaya, Villena, Escalona, Penafiel and Lara (Spain)

Had succeeded her niece Blanca, as Lady of Villena, Escalona y Penafiel in 1361 and succeeded Tello of Castilla in Vizcaya, who was the husband of her brother's daughter, Juana Núńez de Lara I,