1700-01 Leading Member of the Council of Regency Dowager Queen María Ana de Baviera-Neoburgo y Hessen-Darmstadt of Spain and the Indies

Considered herself to be the "principal minister" of her husband, Carlos II (1665-1700), after their marriage in 1691, and she was politically very influential. After her husband's death, she was member of The Governing Board from 1.-16. November. The Board had no formal chairman, but she had the "preferred vote".  In 1700 Felipe V of Bourbon became king - he was great-grandson of Felipe IV, who reigned (1621-65), and became king after a war of succession between the Habsburg and Bourbon heirs to the throne. Born as Maria Anna von der Pfalz-Neuburg, she lived (1667-1740).

1700-33 Sovereign Princess Ippolita I Ludovisi of Elba and Piombino, Marchioness of Populonia, Princess of Venosa, Countess of Conza and Lady of Scarlino, Populonia, Vignale, Abbadia del Fango, Suvereto, Buriano, Isola d’Elba, Montecristo, Pianosa, Cerboli, Palmaiola and       Castelvetere (Italy)

Ippolita succeeded sister Olimpia as Principessa sovrana, and married to Gregorio II Boncompagni, Duke of Sora and Acre, Marquess of Vignola et cetera, who was co-prince until his death in 1707. She was daughter of Niccolò I and his third wife Costanza Pamphili, and was succeeded by the oldest of her six daughters, Maria Eleonora Boncompagni Ludovisi, who reigned 1733-45. Ippolita lived (1663-1724).

1700-07 Regent H.H Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Tara Bai Sahib Maharaj (Sita Bai Ali Sahib) of Satara (India)

In 1714 her son, H.H Kshatrtiya-Kulawatasana Sinhasanadhishwar Shrimant Raja Shahu Sambahaji II Bhonsle Chhatrapati Maharaj (1698-1760), became ruler of Kolhapur. Tara Bai lived (1675-1761).

1700 Regent The Rajawat Maharani Sahiba of Bikander (in Punjab India)

Widow of Maharaja Sri Anup Singhji Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner and regent for son, who succeeded half-brother.

Until ca. 1700 Queen Regnant Keakealani of Hawai'i (USA)

20th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii, she succeeded her mother, Keakamahana. First married to her cousin, Kanaloakapulehu, secondly to her half-brother, Kaneikauaiwilani. Succeeded by son, Keawe-i-Kekahiali'iokamok. (d. ca. 1700).

1700-17.. Sultan Aisa of Ma’yuta (Mayotte, today a French Possession)

At a not known date, she was succeeded by daughter, Sultan Monavo.  

Around 1700 Adatuang Adi We Rakkia Karaeng Kanjenne of Sidenreng (Indonesia)

Succeeded father, Adatuang La Mallewai as ruler of the Bugis state in South-Western Celebes/Sulawesi.

Ca. 1700-07/41 Regent Princess Tara Bona of Marato (India)

Deposed by a rival Faction of the family but continued the fight until she was finally beaten in 1741.

1700-ca. 1750 1^st Asantehemaa Nana Nyarko Kusi Amoa of Asante (Ghana)

1700-10 Regent Dowager Rani Tarabai of Kolhapur (India)

After the death of her husband, she assumed control of the government in the name of her son Shambhaji II. A truce was sought which was promptly rejected by the emperor. A new assault by the Marathas in Malwa and the ransacking of Hyderabad further frustrated the octogenarian emperor. Tarabai and the Marathas always aggravated Aurangzeb, which eventually drained all his strength and resolve. He had spent more than two decades pursuing an evasive and crafty enemy and his extreme old age left him frail and weak until his death in 1707.After the emperor’s death, her nephew, Shahuji Shivaji II was released by Emperor Bahadur Shah, and immediately claimed the Maratha throne and challenged her and her son Shambhaji II. A power struggle ensued and finally with the help of a skilful Brahmin, Balaji Vishwanath, Shahuji Shivaji II was able to consolidate his power. She lived (1675-1761).

Around 1700 Moäng Ratu Dona Ines Ximenes da Silva of Flores (Indonesia)

Followed her brother Moäng Ratu Don Simao (Samaoh) as ruler, and was later succeeded by the grandson of a brother of her mother Moäng Ratu Don Siku Koru as ruler of the Roman Catholic principality at the island of Flores. The Ximenes da Silva-dynasty ruled until 1952 and continued as civil rulers until 1960 over Sikka.

Ca. 1700-40 Queen Alemba of Sambi (Angola)

Reigned jointly with Ului Nonudu. Sambi or Sambu was one of the large clusters of Ovimbundu States, which was founded at various times from around 1600.

1700-12 Princess-Abbess Maria Magdalena Sohler of Heggbach (Germany)

A forceful and energetic administrator and was engaged in various disputes with neighbouring nobles. The chapter was hit by heavy taxes during the War of the Spanish Succession and the continued passage thorough the territory of foreign troops. From around 1705 her epileptic attacks increased and she was unable to perform her duties.

1700-11 Princesse-Abbesse Elisabeth Charlotte Gabrielle de Lorraine of Remiremont (France)

Her father, Duke Léopold of Lorraine, tried to impose her as Coadjutrice with the right of succession. The Princess-Abbess Dorothée asked the Professors at Sorbonne for advice, but they didn’t answer before her death 2 years later, so King Louis XIV imposed Élisabeth as sovereign of the territory. She lived (1700-11).

1700-16 Throne Claimer Princess Pedi Wangmo of Sikkim (India)

Claimed the throne from her young half-brother, Muwong Chador Namgyal (b. 1686) because she was the oldest. Her mother was a Bhutanese and who invited a force from Bhutan to assassinate him, and he was carried off to Lhasa where he distinguished himself in Buddhist learning and Tibetan literature. Meanwhile, Bhutanese forces had captured the Rabdentse Palace and after eight years of occupation the Deb Raja of Bhutan eventually withdrew the Bhutanese expedition upon the mediation of the Tibetan Government. Chador Namgyal then returned and started to consolidate his kingdom, driving out the Bhutanese forces. Bhutan made another invasion and though many of the areas under Bhutanese occupation were cleared, what are today Kalimpong and Rhenock were lost. In 1716, while the king was at Ralung hot springs, she conspired with a Tibetan doctor to arrange bloodletting from a main artery and thus caused the king's death. The doctor was eventually executed at Namchi and she strangled to death with a silk scarf.

1700s Shin Rani Guwari of Gilgat (Dardistan)  (India)

Dardistan is a mountainous region in the Ladakh area in Northern India, inhabited by indigenous tribes. 

1700s Chieftainess Kaipkire of the Herero Tribe (Namibia)

Led her people in battles against British slave traders. There are records of Herero women fighting German soldiers as late as 1919.

1700s Rani Anubai of Ichalkarnji (India)

Reigned the principality which is situated in present day's Maharashtra.

17.. Sultan Nyau wa Faume of Ngazidja (Comoro Islands)

The island is also known as Grande Comore. 

17... Sultan Adji di Kurin-dana Malaka of Berau (Indonesia)

Berau is a scarcely populated area in the Island of Borneo.  

17.... Ratu Mas of Tanah Bumbu (Indonesia)

Succeessor of her father, Pangeran Dipati Tuha, and married to Daeng Malewa, Pangeran Dipati who succeeded her. Their daughter Ratu Intan became Ratu of the Cantung and Batulicin statelettes and married Sultan Anom of Pasir, also known as Sultan Dipati Anom Alamsyah Aji Dipati (1768-99).

Ca. 17..... Amanyanabo Kambasa of Okolo-Ama (Nigeria)

Ruler of a city-state known to the Europeans as Bonny. The first ruler whose reign is dated reigned from 1759 some generations after Kambasa.

17.. Inas Embun Serin of Undang Luak (Malaysia)

The state was one of nine minor states that joined in the Negeri Sembilan Confederation.

17.. Queen Logenge of Bimba (Cameroon)

She succeeded father Mbimbi and her husband King Kwan of Duala was co-regent to 1792.

17.... Princess Nanasipau'u, Tu'i Tonga Fefine, Tonga

Daughter of Fatafehi Tu'ipulatu-i-Langi Tu'oteau [Tu'ipulatu II], Tu'i Tonga (who died 1770) and his third wife, Latutama. Her oldest daughter became the Tamaha, the younger Tu'i Tonga Fefine. As Tu'i Tonga Fefine Princess Nanasipau'u held higher rank than her father, her mother or her brothers, and she was considered to be abowe marriage, but could take the lovers she wanted.

17.. Amira Ghaliyy al-Whhabiyya in Saudi Arabia

A Hanibali from Tarba, she led a military resistance movement to defend Mecca against foreign take over in the beginning of the 18th century. She was given the title of Amira, the female equivalent of the title of Amir - military leader. 

Queen Mother Regnant of the kingdom, which was founded circa 1650. It covered much of the Kigezi region of Uganda and what is now northern Rwanda.

Reigned in the name of her son, Friedrich Wilhelm (1692-98-1711), who had first been under regency of his uncle Ferdinand, who became Duke in 1711. The region is also known as Livland and Kurland or Kurzmene. Elisabeth Sophia lived (1674-1770).

A politician and a member of the Seneca tribe, one of the Iroquois Indian nations. The first records of her were her saying goodbye to William Penn in Delaware, New Jersey in 1701. She warned the Pennsylvania government officials in 1747 that the French were trying to take over the area as they came from Ohio. She found this out apparently as she was making a trip across the state. In 1753 as George Washington traveled through Logstown, he stopped to see her and gave her gifts of a watch coat. She was a key ally of the British during the French and Indian War. Together with her son Kanuksusy, and warriors from her band of Mingo Seneca, she traveled to Fort Necessity to assist George Washington but did not take an active part in the Battle of the Great Meadows on 3-4 July 1754. She lived (1680/85-1754).

1701-11 Princess-Abbess Maria Anna Susana zu Rhein of Schänis (Switzerland)

Member of a noble family, closely connected to the office of Prince-Bishop in Basel from the 12th century, and two other members of her family were Fürstäbtissin of the territory, the first from 1664 and the second from 1735.

1701-14 Politically Influential Marie-Anne de la Trémoille, Princess des Ursins in Spain

Her first husband, Adrien Blaise de Talleyrand, Prince de Chalais fled to Spain after having involved in a duel in 1663 and died shortly after. She moved to Spain and married Flavio Orsini, duke of Bracciano in 1675. After his death in 1701 she sold his estates, assumed the title of Princesse des Ursins, a corruption of Orsini, and became Mistress of the Robes of Queen Maria Luisa de Savoia, who, together with her husband Felipe V of Spain (Philippe d'Anjou), was completely under her influence. She ensured that he dismissed his French advisors and relied on native Spanish aides. In 1704 her enemies at the French court secured her recall, but she still had the support of Madame de Maintenon. The following year she returned to Spain, with a free hand, and with what was practically the power to name her own ministry. During the worst times of the war of the Spanish Succession she was the real head of the Bourbon party, and was well aided by the spirited Queen. She did not hesitate to quarrel even with such powerful personages as the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo, Portocarrero, when they proved hostile. After Maria Luisa's death, Felipe married Elisabetta Farnese who dismissed her. She spent the rest of her life in Rome. The daughter of the Duc de Noirmontier and Renée Julie Aubri, she lived (1642-1722).

Followed her mother, Maria Jeronima Tesifon de Moctezuma as Head of the former Indian dynasty and was succeeded by her sister, Doña Melchora Juana, and lived (ca. 1693-ca. 1717).

1702-14 H.M. Anne Stuart, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England and Ireland
1708 Lord High Admiral of England (United Kingdom)

Ascended the throne after the death of her brother-in-law, William, who had been joint ruler with her sister, Mary II and on 1 May 1707 she presided over the union of the Parliaments of Scotland and England, creating the parliament of Great Britain. She was married to Danish Prince Jørgen (George), she experienced 18 pregnancies between 1683 and 1700, but only five children were born alive and only one survived infancy - William, Duke of Gloucester, who died in 1700 at the age of 12. She refrained from politically antagonizing Parliament, but was compelled to attend most Cabinet meetings to keep her half-brother, James the Old Pretender, under heel. She was the last sovereign to veto an act of Parliament. The most significant constitutional act in her reign was the Act of Union in 1707, which created Great Britain by finally fully uniting England and Scotland. Her relative, Electress Sophia of Hanover was appointed heir in 1701, but she died a few months before Anne, and her son therefore became king Georg I. She died after a lifelong battle with the blood disease porphyria after having lived (1665-1714).

1702-08 Regent Dowager Duchess Hedvig Sofia of Sweden of Holstein-Gottorp (Germany)

Married to Friedrich of Slesvig-Holstein-Gottorp (1671-1702) in 1698. She stayed in Gottorp for about one year and in 1700 her only child, Karl Friedrich (1700-39), was born, and two years later her husband was killed in battle. She was proclaimed regent while the guardianship was given to her brother, Karl. XII.  She was Hereditary Princess of Sweden until her death, and her son stayed in Sweden until 1718, and was generally considered to be heir to the throne - instead his aunt, Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was chosen as reigning Queen, after the death of her brother, Karl XII. Karl Friedrich's son Carl Peter Ulrich later became Czar Peter of Russia. Hedvig Sofia was daughter of Karl XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Older, and lived (1681-1708). 

Appointed regent during her husband, Felipe V's campaign in Italy. Mother of four sons, two of whom died in infancy and two others became the kings Luis I Felipe of Spain (1707-1724) and Fernando IV (1713-46-59). She was influential during his whole government together with The Princesse des Ursine, and the three conducted the government business together - as the "Council of Three". Her father, Duke Vittorio Amedeo II, was duke of Savoia and became King of Sicily in 1713, which he exchanged with Sardinia in 1718. She lived (1688-1714).

1702-06 Regent Dowager Countess Amalia Regina von Zinzendorff und Pottendorf of Ortenburg (Germany)

In  charge during the ilness of husband, Georg Philipp von Ortenburg (1655-1702), and after his death, she took over the regency for their only surviving son, Johan George (1686-1725) with the approval of Emperor Leopod I. She reformed the school-system and introduced compulsory primary education for children aged 5-12, and managed to keep the county out of the upheaveals of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-14, except from a minor incident in 1703, and she send her son to Great Britain for his education to keep him out of the Austrian army. She also promoted the Evangelican church of the state lived (1663-1709).

Sarah Jennings was a childhood friend of Princess Anne. In 1677 she married John Churchill, later 1st duke of Marlborough. On Anne’s marriage in 1683 she was appointed Lady of the bedchamber and became a close confidante. Although temporarily out of favour (1692–94) owing to the political disgrace of her husband, Sarah maintained a close relationship with the Queen. No king's mistress had ever wielded the power granted to the duchess, but she became too confident in her position. She developed an overbearing demeanour towards Anne, and berated the Queen in public. Around 1705 they began to quarrel over Whig cabinet appointments. Until then Sarah had wielded considerable influence at court, but gradually Abigail Masham, a kinswoman both of Sarah herself and of the Tory leader Robert Harley, replaced her in Anne’s affections. Finally dismissed in 1711, she and her husband went abroad in 1713. After his death in 1722 she supervised completion of the building of Blenheim Palace, quarrelling bitterly with its architect, Sir John Vanbrugh, and with most of her relatives. She lived (1660–1744). 

1702-10 Administratrice Christine de Salm-Salm of Remiremont, Saint Pierre and Metz et cetera (France)

In 1684 her sister, Princess-Abbess Dorothée de Salm, had her named as Second-in-Command against the ancient tradition where the Doyenne was the Deputy to the Abbess, and named Secréte, the third-in-command, after the death of Anne de Malain de Lux by the Pope, but never-the-less the ladies of the chapter elected Elisabeth-Gabrielle-Françoise Rouxel de Médavy to the post, but Christina von Salm continued as her sister's de-facto deputy, and she was Acting Princess-Abbess during the minority of Élisabeth-Charlotte. She lived (1653-?).

1703-? The Iyoba of Uselu in Benin (Nigeria)

Mother of king Ewuakpe of Benin (1700-12). His successor Ozuere only reigned for one year and did not appoint his mother Iyoba of Uselu since this traditionally happened after three years of reign by the king.

1703-11 Postmistress General Dorothea Kragh in Denmark

In 1694 she married the 63-year-old gehejmestatsminister (Minister of State) and chief of the Admiralty, baron Jens Juel til Juelinge (d. 1700). Her second husband was the king's natural son, Count Christian Gyldenløve of Samsø, whom she followed toItaly, where he was in command of a battalion, and gave birth to their first son, Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe there. The second son, Frederik, was born in 1703, four month's after Christian's death. Already while pregnant she negotiated with Frederik 4. about taking over the income from the Danish postal service, which her husband had had since 1689. She was appointed Generalpostmester, and much to the surprise of most people, she took over the management herself with the help of a number of representatives. 1705 she made new and detailed instructions to the local postmasters, and when her contract ended in 1711 the post service was a good business with a surplus. In 1715 she married, gehejmeråd (Privy Councillor), Count Hans Adolf Ahlefeldt, and lived (1675-1754).

1704-05 Regent Princess Palatine Therese Kunigunde Sobieska of Bavaria (Germany)

1695 she became the second wife of Kurfürst Maximilian II Emmanuel (1662-1726). In 1683 he aided the Holy Roman Emperor at Vienna in the battle against the Turks. In 1691 he became governor of the Spanish Netherlands. And apparently she was in charge of the government in a period when he was away from the Electorate. Among their children was Karl VII Albert elector of Bavaria, who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1742. Daughter of King Jan III of Poland Sobieski, and lived (1676-1730).

1704-15 Regent Dowager Duchess Gisela Agnes vom Rath of Anhalt-Köthen (Germany)

Following the death of her husband, Emmanuel Albrecht (1671-1704), she governed in the name of her son Leopold (1694-1704-28), even though she was both of lower nobility and a Lutheran. Leopold was succeeded by his brother, August Ludwig (1697-1728-55). She lived (1670-1740).

1704-08 Reigning Princess Tassi Hangbe of Abomey (Benin)

She does not appear in the official king's lists but it is generally agreed that she reigned after her brother Akaba (1685-1704) and was followed on the throne by another brother, Agaja, and became one of Abomey (or Dahomey)'s most important rulers, who reigned until 1740. 

1704 Regent Princess Fatima of the Maldive Islands

When the news of the possible drowning of her husband, Isdu King Siri Muthei Ranmani Loka/ Sultan Ibrahim Mudhiruddine who after his abdication was known as Isdu Ibrahim Bodu Kilegefan, while returning from the Hajj pilgrimage reached Malé in 1704, she attempted to usurp the throne in her own right. Her rival and brother-in-law, Admiral-in-chief Hussain was banished to Naifaru. She was however displaced from the Eterekoilu - the residence of the Sultans - by the Prime Minister Mohamed Faamuladeyri Thakurufan who was crowned as King Siri Kula Sundhura Siyaaka Sasthura - Sultan Mudzhaffar Mohamed Imaduddine II.

1704-43 Princess of the Realm Ursula Katharina zu Altenbockum of Teschen 
1705-43 Dame of the Castle and City of Hoyerswerd (Germany)

After her divorce from Prince Georg Dominicus Lubomirski she became the maitresse of August the Strong of Sachsen, and gave birth to a son, after which she was named Reichsfürstin. She was involved in the fall of the Saxon Chancellor Beichlingen. She later married Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg, who died 1734. Shortly before her death, she sold the Lordship of Hoyerswerda to August III. She was born in Lithuania and lived (1680-1743).

1704-36 Reigning Dowager Lady Luise Elisabeth von Württemberg-Bernstadt of the Castle of Jahnschen in Forst in Sachsen-Merseburg (Germany)

Her husband, Philipp Sachsen-Merseburg zu Lauchsätt (1657-90), was killed at Fleurus. During her residence, the city of Forst experienced its last feudal period of economic growth. All her 3 children died in infancy, and she lived (1673-1736).

1704-07 and 1711-14 Reigning Abbess-General Teresa Josefa de Lanuza of the Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos (Spain)

1704-42 Reigning Abbess Louise-Françoise de Rochechouart of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud (France)

Succeeded her aunt Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart.

1704-09 and 1735-36 Politically Influential Queen Katarzyna Leszczyńska of Poland

Involved in politics during the reign of husband, king Stanisław Leszczyński of Poland and afterwards Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Her daughter, Maria Leszczyńska, was Queen of France and Duchess of Lorraine. Katarzyna lived (1680-1747).

1705-48 Sovereign Duchesse Elisabeth de Lorraine-Lillebonne of Luxembourg-Saint-Pôl (France)

Also known as Princess Elisabeth de Elboeuf she bought the Duchy in 1705 from Marie of Orleans sold it to Elizabeth of Lorraine-Lillebonne, widow of Louis de Melun, prince of Epinoy, and their daughter married the prince of Rohan-Soubise, who thus became count of St Pol. In 1724 she transferred it to her son Louis de Melun, prince of Epinoy, and when he died it was inherited by her daughter, the Princesse de Soubise.   She was daughter of François-Marie de Lorraine-Lillebon and Anne de Lorraine-Vaudemont and her sister, Beatrix de Lorraine-Lillebonne was Abbess at Retiremont. She lived (1664-1748).

1705-17 Joint Sovereign Countess Albertine zu Limpurg-Speckfeld of a Portion of Limpurg-Speckfeld (Germany)

Oldest daughter of Georg-Eberhard Lord zu Limpurg-Speckfeld, whose brother of Volrath zu Limpurg-Sponheim left five daughters as co-heirs after his death in 1712. Albertine was married to Friedrich von Welz, and succeeded by son, Friedrich Ernst. 

1705-65 Joint Sovereign Countess Christine zu Limpurg-Speckfeld of a Portion of Limpurg-Speckfeld (Germany)

Second daughter of Georg-Eberhard Lord zu Limpurg-Speckfeld. She had no children with her husband Victor-Sigismund von Grävenitz.

1705-54 Joint Sovereign Countess Amalia Alexandra Friederike zu Limpurg-Speckfeld of a Portion of Limpurg-Speckfeld (Germany)

Third daughter of daughter of Georg-Eberhard Lord zu Limpurg-Speckfeld, she was first married to Johann Georg von Wolframsdorf and secondly to Count Joachim von Rechteren (d. 1715) and was succeeded first by oldest son Count Friedrich-Ludwig von Rechteren-Limburg, who again was succeeded by his son Adolf Friedrich who reigned until 1819, until he was succeeded by Amalia's youngest son, Friedrich-Reinhald. Amalia, whose daughter, Josine-Elisabeth was also co-heiress, lived (1689-1754).

Until 1705 Sovereign Countess Anna Dorothea of Criechingen (Germany)

The daughter of Albrecht Ludwig von Criechingen and Altgräfin Agathe zu Salm-Kyburg, she was married to Count Edzard Ferdinand von Ostfriesland-Rietberg. She was succeeded by two sons, Edzard Eberhard Wilhelm, who died two years later, and Friedrich Ulrich, who were succeeded by his infant daughter, Christiane Luise, in 1710.

1705-06 Sovereign Lady Dowager Duchess Mauricienne Fébronie de La Tour-d'Auvergne von Bayern of Schwabeck (Germany)

Also known as Mauritia Febronia, Princess d’Évreux, she was daughter of Frédéric Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duke de Bouillon (d. 1652) and Eleonore Katharina von Berg (d. 1657), she grew up under the protection of King Louis XIV, and married Duke Maximilian Philipp of Bayern, Landgraf von Leuchtenberg (1638-1705), who acted as regent 1679-80 for his nephew, making her the first Lady of the electorate. After her husband's death she reined the lordship. It was during the War of the Spanish Succession. Her husband had received Letters of Protection from both the Habsburg Emperor and the King of France to prevent the lordship from being looted, and she vehemently secured that the foreign soldiers lived up to the letters. She had no children, and lived (1652-1706)

1705-1711 Politically Influential Empress Wilhelmine Amalie zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg of The Holy Roman Empire

During the reign of her husband Josef I von Habsburg, she sided with her mother-in-law, Eleonora Magdalena von der Pfalz-Neuburg, and they even founded their own little court party. After her husband's death, she was no longer involved with politics, except for the promotion of her two daughters. Her brother-in-law, Emperor Karl VI, proclaimed the Pragmatic Sanction, which placed his own daughters before those of his deceased brother, Emperor Josef. At first she fought against this and counted on the support of their two sons-in-law, the Electors of Bavaria and Saxony, but gave up when the Austrian court did not support her. In 1740, after the sudden death of Emperor Karl VI, both her sons-in-law decided to claim the Imperial office. At first they had the support of Wilhelmine Amalie but, when the Bavarians started to prepare for war, she sided with her niece, Maria Teresa. She founded a convent, where she spent the rest of her life, having lived (1673-1742).  

1705-33 Politically Influential Wilhelmine von Grävenitz in Württemberg (Germany)

Known as "Die Grävenitz", she was the mistress and from 1706 the official Maitresse of Duke Eberhard Ludwig and she gained control of the whole administration and employed a "secret police" in order to maintain her position. She surrounded the Duke with her protégés and confidants, became the centre of a court party and sold court offices, and had her brother, Wilhelm Friederich, appointed as Prime Minister. In 1707 she had married Eberhard Ludwig married to the left hand, but the marriage was dissolved because of pressure from the Emperor. She went in exile in Switzerland followed by the Duke until they both returned in 1710 after she had been married to the Landhofmeister Graf von Würben. When Eberhard Ludwig's only son died in 1731 he returned to his wife, Johanna Elisabeth von Baden-Durlach with the hope of producing a new heir, but he died of a stroke two years later. After his death she fled to Berlin and was prosecuted by his nephew and successor, but a compromise was reached. Christine Wilhelmine Friederike lived. (1686-1744).

1705-14 Politically Influential Lady Abigail Masham in United Kingdom of Great Britain 

In 1704 she became Lady of the Bedchamber Queen Anne through the influence of her cousin Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. In 1707 she married Samuel Masham (later a baron), a groom to Anne’s husband, Prince Jørgen (George) of Denmark. Abigail Masham gradually supplanted the Duchess of Marlborough in the Queen’s affection and became the instrument through which Robert Harley, her kinsman, exerted his influence on Anne. In 1714, however, they quarrelled with and she, secured his dismissal as lord treasurer, and assured Viscount Bolingbroke (Henry St. John) of supreme political power. After Anne’s death (1714), she lived in retirement until her death in 1734.     

1706-54 Temporary in charge of the Government Princess Anna Louise Föse of Anhalt-Dessau (Germany)

Generally known as Annelise, she was married to Leopold I (The Old Dessauer), who spend much of his reign away as officer in the army of Brandenburg, and she was left in charge of the government and reigned with insight and intelligence. She was daughter of a chemist and against the opposition of his mother, Henriëtte Catharina; they had married in 1798, when he took over the government after his mother's regency, which had lasted from 1683. In 1701 years she was given the rank of a Princess of the Realm (Reichsfürstin) legitimizing their children. Mother of 10 children, she lived (1677-1754).

During her reigh the principality ended it's long lasting disputes with the Republic of the Netherlands with a treaty in 1715, which defined the rights of the abbey and the Staten Generaal - the Dutch parliament. In Elten she was succeeded by Maria Eugenia von Manderscheid.

1706-24 Princess-Abbess Marie Françoise Josephine de Berghes of Nivelles, Dame Temporaire and Spirituelle of Nivelles (Belgium)

Daughter of Philipp Franz, Prince de Berghes, Count de Grimberghe etc, who was Governor of Hainault and later of Brussels and Marie Jacqueline de Lalaing, Baroness de Gaesbeek, and lived (1678-1724).