1800-04 Senior Great Queen Regent Kim Jongsung of Korea

Widow of King Yi Yongjo (1724-76) Queen Kim Chong-sun Wang-hu was regent for her grandson and regent for grandson Yi Kwang (1800-34), and lived (1796-1805) as T'ae-wang T'ae-bi and was raised to the posthumous title of Chong-sun Wang-hu. During her reign western ships began to approach Korean shores after 1801, seeking trade and other contacts, but the government rejected all overtures from abroad. She was daughter of Kim Han-ku, Prince Ohung and lived (1745-1805).

1800-03 Regent Sri Sri Sri Maharani Subarna Prabha Devi of Nepal

1800-54 Rain Queen Modjadji I of Balobedu (South Africa)

Chief Mugodo was warned by the ancestral spirits of a plot by his sons to overthrow him. To fulfil the desires of the spirits he had all his sons killed and told his daughter that according to the wishes of the sprits he must marry her on his death.  By doing this he ensured that the new heir to his throne would be a Queen and thus a new dynasty of woman was founded. When the new Queen gave birth to a son that was fathered by her own father, he was strangled at birth.  Her second child was a girl, and she signalled the start of the female dynasty. This was the first Modjadji and ever since the Queen lives in complete seclusion deep in the forest where she practice the age-old secretive rituals to make rain. She committed ritual suicide in 1855.

1800/35-60s Chief Games of  Awa-Khoi - "The Red Nation" (Namibia)

Succeeded brother, Nanieb II, and was succeeded by nephew as chief of the Nanas or Hottentots in Hoachanas - Nanaqualand.

1800-18 Queen Mate II of Uukwangali (Namibia)

Followed Queen Simbara on the throne and was succeeded by king Siremo.

1800-39 Sovereign Duchess Wilhelmine Biron von Kurland of Sagan, Representative of the Sovereign Dukes of Courland (Latvia/Poland/Germany)

The Duchy of Sagan was a fief of the Crown of Prussia, acquired from the Lobkowicz in 1786 by Duke Peter of Courland and confirmed for male line with succession to the nearest female on the death of the last male. The Biron von Courland line continued with Peter's brother, but on Peter’s death in 1800 Sagan passed to her as the eldest of four daughters. She was first married to Prince Jules de Rohan-Guéméné until they divorced in 1805. Her second husband was Prince Vassili Trubetzkoi (d.1841) whom she divorced in 1806. In 1818 she married Carl Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, but had no children and was succeeded by sister, Pauline. Katharina Friederike Wilhelmine lived (1781-1839). 

1800-06 Joint Sovereign Countess Karoline Wilhelmine zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein of a portion of Limpurg-Sontheim (Germany)

Daughter of Wilhelmine Henriette von Pückler and co-regent in Limpurg until her and her sisters' part was incorporated into Bavaria in 1806. Married to Karl-Wilhelm-Ludwig Graf von Isenburg und Büdingen in Meerholtz  (1763-1832). She sold her part to her relative Alexander von Pückler, and lived (1764-1833).

1800-06 Joint Sovereign Countess Friederike Wilhelmine zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein of a portion of Limpurg-Sontheim (Germany)

Co-ruler in Limpurg with sisters, and married to Karl-Ludwig-Wilhelm-Theodor Graf von Salm, Wild- und Rheingraf von Grumbach and Co-heir von Sontheim (d. 1799) and succeeded by son, Friedrich. She lived (1767-1849).

1800-06 Joint Sovereign Countess Luise zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
-Hohenstein of a portion of Limpurg-Sontheim (Germany)

Ruled jointly with sisters, and married to Count and Prince Emil von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1765-1837), was succeeded by three sons, and lived (1768-1828). 

1800-49 Joint Sovereign Countess Wilhelmine Elisabeth Karoline von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein of a Portion of Limpurg-Sontheim (Germany)

Co-heir and co-regent in Limpurg and married to Friedrich zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg, and lived (1773-1856).

Around 1800 Princess Ka Mutabai of Nongstoin (India)

The Khasi and the Garo are agricultural peoples who live in hill districts in Meghalaya state in North-Eastern India. They practice wet rice (paddy) agriculture. As opposed to the Aryan Indians, the Khasis speak a Mon-Khmer language, and the Garos a Tibeto-Burman language. Both inheritance of property and succession to tribal office run through female line, passing from mother to youngest daughter. Among the Garo, one daughter, usually the youngest, is chosen as heiress. For the heiress, the husband is selected by her parents, and the groom ceremonially captured - the groom may even run away twice. The youngest son-in-law comes to live in his wife's parents' house and becomes his father-in-law's nokrom, or clan representative in the mother-in-law's family. If the father-in-law dies, the nokrom marries (and the marriage has to be consummated) the widowed mother-in-law, thus becoming the husband of both mother and daughter. The managerial head of the land of the Garo lineage is the husband of the 'matron'. Village council is formed by all the adult male members of the village. A Khasi clan mother is viewed as the worldly equivalent of the Primal Mother, Ka Blei. She is the most important person of the community, its chief and priestess, who administers the clan property. The high priestess of the village of Smit is the most powerful shaman in Northeast India, and she selects the dates of important ceremonies and appoints Khasi village chiefs. The government administration is solely the responsibility of Khasi men. Important questions and decisions are discussed among all clan members, and most Khasi men feel that their opinions are taken into consideration. 

Around 1800 High Chiefess Ma'i-hara of Huahine (Tahiti in French Polynesia)

Daughter of Ta'aroa-ari'i and succeeded sister. She married Te-ra-tane, and was the mother of Ta'aroa-ari'i and the Princesses 'Ai-mata and Te-iho-tu.

Around 1800 High Chiefess Ta'aroa-ari'i of Huahine in Tahiti (French Polynesia)

She was daughter of Mahine Te-hei-'ura, High Chief of Huahine and Maeva-rua. Married Te-mata-fainu'u and was succeeded by two daughters. 

Around 1800 High Chiefess Te-uru-ra'i Ari'i-mate of Huahine in Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Daughter of Ta'aroa-ari'i and succeeded by sister.

Around 1800 The Omukama of Nshenyi (Uganda)

Her predecessor, Rukaari, reigned from 1752, and she was succeeded by Kabandwa at a not known time.

Around 1800 Queen Ebelejonu of Igala (Nigeria)

The Igala of old were part of an ethnic community known as Igala-Mela based in Nigeria. This clan primarily consisted of the Hausa, Igbo, Nupe and Igbira peoples. The Igala were mainly ruled by their ata or king traditionally named Ayeba.

18... Queen Mother MmaMane of baTlôkwa (South Africa)

In the early 1800s she fought to preserve her tribal lands during the wars between Shaka Zulu and Matiwane. She was succeeded by Kgôsi Mokotjo, who reigned until 1817.

18… Chief Mashina of Mamba (Tanzania)

Widow of chief Mafaluke and succeeded chief Malamba.

18.. Chief Malamba of Mamba (Tanzania)

Succeeded Chief Mashina.

18.. Chief Mamka of Kibosho (Tanzania)

The chiefdom is situated near Kilimanjaro.

18… Queen (Askaya) Adama Yahimonzon of Kokoro (Niger)

Succeeded by Queen Kodyo.

18…  Queen (Askaya) Kodyo Yahimonzon of Kokoro (Niger)

Ascended to the throne after the death of Queen Adama. Her successor reigned until 1899.

18… Queen Tembo of Cokwe (Angola)

The principality is situated in the North Eastern part of Angola on the boarder to Congo.

18.. Leader Princess Mukaya of the Luba People (Congo-Brazzaville)

Led her warriors in battle against enemy tribes and rival factions towards the end of the 19th century. Initially she fought alongside her brother Kasongo Kalambo, after he was killed in battle she assumed sole control of the empire stretched along the rain forest from Zaire to northern Zambia.

18.. Mfahme Nyau wa Faume of Bambo (Comoro Islands)

Today Bambo is the capital of the Comoro Islands.

18.. Embun Serin, Undang Luak Inas of Inas (Malaysia)

The state which is also known as Jelai was one of nine minor states joined in the Negeri Sembilan Confederation.

18... Aru We Langrungi Puang Buttukanan of Batulappa (Indonesia)

Daughter of Aru Puang Baso, she was succeeded by son Conra Puang Maling as ruler of the Bugis state in the beginning of the 19th century. Her ceremonial name was Matinroe ri Sikkirana.

18... Aru Sitra of Maluwa (Indonesia)

Succeeded her brother, Aru Tandi, and was succceeded by another relative Aru Silassa as head of the Bugis state.

18... Princess Regnant Banu Lorok of Lakekun (Indonesia)

Married Tan Seran and later Nai, the Raja Besin of Dirma, who was succeeded by daughter Hoar Teti as ruler of the principality in the middle of Timor.

18.... Princess Regnant Hoar Teti of Lakekun (Indonesia)

Succeeded mother Banu Lorok and married to Lebo, the nephew of her father Teti Lorok. Her grandson, Tahu Leki, reigned until 1916.

18....Ruataupare of the Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare (New Zealand)

Wife of Tuwhakairiora. While their children were growing up they were continually spoken about as being 'the noble offspring of Tuwhakairiora', bearing his name only, while her name was utterly disregarded and was never mentioned. She was offended and returned to her own area in Tokomaru Bay where she summoned all the tribes that were dwelling on her land to come and fight. They responded accordingly and war began. Ruataupare and her people were victorious and her name was loudly proclaimed, respected and feared throughout the district. So she established herself as Chieftainess of the Tokomaru Bay people and from her time to this day, the tribal group has been known as Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare.

A famous leader on the East Coast.

1801-05 Reigning Abbess-General Francisca Montoya of the Monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos (Spain)

1801-02 Politically Active Dowager Queen Miriami of Kakheti and Kakhet (The Kingdom of Georgia)

1802-20 Regent Dowager Princess Pauline von Anhalt-Bernburg of Lippe (Germany)

After the death of her husband, Leopold II, Count 1782-89 and Prince 1789-1802, she reigned in the name of her son, Leopold III (1800-1802-51). Before her marriage in 1796, she had acted the secretary of her father, Prince Friederich Albrecht of Anhalt (1735-65-96) and taken part in the affairs of government.  She was both a progressive and reformist ruler. She initiated a number of social and political reforms during her reign. She steered the tiny county, which had a seat the bench of Counts of Westphalia at the Reichstag, through the turbulence of the Napoleonic period. She brought it into the Rheinbund in 1807 by the treaty of Warsaw, with the rank of a principality, and she brought it into the new German Confederation in 1815. When issuing laws and decrees she used the following German titualture: "Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Pauline Christine Wilhelmine, Souveraine Fürstin, Vormünderin und Regentin zur Lippe, Edle Frau und Gräfin zu Schwalenberg und Sternberg ec. Gebohrne Fürstin zu Anhalt, Herzogin zu Sachsen, Engern und Westphalen, Gräfin zu Ascanien". She lived (1769-1820).

1802 Head of the Regency Council Dowager Duchess Maria Amalia von Habsburg-Lorraine of Parma e Piacenza (Italy)

From October-November she was in charge of the government after the death of Grand Duke Ferdinando (1751-1802). November a French commissioner took charge. She lived (1746-1804).

1802-06 Sovereign Countess Luise zu Isenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz of a portion of Limpurg-Gaildorf (Germany)

Also Countess of Waldeck-Bergheim and succeeded mother Christina von Isenburg-Büdingen-Meerholz as co-heir and co-regent in Limpurg until it was incorporated into Württemberg in 1806. Married to Alexander Graf von Pückler. She lived (1770-1826).

From 1802 Sardarni Ram Kaur of the District of Hoshiarpur in Punjab (India)

Senior widow of Sardar Baghel Singh, she maintained her control over the district of Hoshiarpur which provided her a revenue of two lakh rupees. 

From 1802 Sardarni Rattan Kaur of Chhalondi in Punjab (India)

The junior widow of Sardar Baghel Singh, she kept Chhalondi in her possession, fetching her an annual revenue of three lakh rupees. She administered her territory efficiently. 

1802 Princess-Abbess Maria Xaveria Lohmiller of Baindt (Germany)

Shortly after she became leader of the territory, she married Abbey Caspar Oexlq and the position of Sovereign Reichsfürstin of the Ecclesiastical Territory was never filled again. In November the Count von Leyden occupied the territory, but a few months year later it was taken over by the count of Aspermont-Linden and was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. Xaveria (d. 1836).

1803-21 Regent Dowager Duchess Louise Eleonore von Hohenloe-Langenburg of Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen   (Germany)

Took over the regency for son Bernhard II. (1840-1803-82) after the death of her husband, Georg I. It was virtually impossible for her to continue the reform course of her husband because account of the numerous wars taking place at the time. Under Napoleon the country had been forced into the Confederation of the Rhine, compelling it to send troops into the Wars at Colberg, in Tirol, Spain and Russia. After the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig and the victory at Waterloo the state felt the effects for quite some time: Epidemics broke out, probably brought into the country by the French troops or by the injured, and there were price rises due to bad harvests. She did her best to alleviate the suffering, particularly in the poor mountainous areas, by donations and the purchase of foreign crops. It was not until 1819 that more peaceful and fruitful years led to a gradual improvement in the standard of living. Like her mother-in-law, Charlotte Amalie she, always seemed to find the right words to deal with the most precarious situations - and these were by no means rare during the Napoleonic Wars. After her son came of age, she began to travel to France, Italy, England or the Alps, where she climbed the steepest mountains with a minimum of attendants. The daughter of Christian Albrecht Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Caroline zu Stolberg-Gedern, she was also mother of two daughters, the oldest, Adelheid was married to King William of England. Louise Eleonora lived (1763-1837).  

1803-07 Regent H.H. Dowager Rani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Lakshmi Bai Raje Sahib Bhonsle of Savantvadi (India)

Widow of Raja Shrimant Khem Savant III Bhonsle Bahadur. She adopted Ramkhander II Sawant, who reigned 1805-07. He was succeeded by Phond II Sawant, who was the adopted son of her husband's second wife, Rani Durga. Born as Princess of Gwalior, and (d. 1808).

1803-11 Rani Regnant Sumitra Devi of Mayuirbhañj  (India)

Succeeded husband Damodar Bhañj.

1803-07 Regent Dowager Queen Marie-Louise de Bourbon of the Kingdom of Etruria (Toscana) 
1817-24 Duchess Regnant of Lucca (Italy)

Her husband, Ludovico I de Borbone-Parma, had been granted the Duchy of Toscana as a Kingdom by the peace of Luneville a part of the Spanish dominions. After his death in she was regent for son, Carlo Ludovico II, who was deposed. He succeeded her as Duke of Lucca and in 1847 he inherited Parma from the French ex-Empress, Maria-Luigia von Habsburg. Born a Princess of Spain, she lived (1782-1824).

1803-06 Joint Sovereign Countess Franziska Auguste von Salm-Grumbach of a portion of Limpurg-Gaildorf (Germany)

Inherited her grandmother Christiane Wilhelmina Luise zu Solms-Assenheim's portion of the county as her mother, Elisabeth Christine, had died 1792. Her father was Karl-Ludwig von Salm-Grumbach. Married to Prince Wilhelm-Christian-Karl von Solms-Braunfels (1759-1837). Her son, Ferdinand, inherited her portion of the county, though it had been incorporated in Württemberg. She lived (1771-1810).

1803-06 Sovereign Countess Karoline Sophie zu Leiningen-Hardenburg of a portion of Limpurg-Gaildorf [-Wormbrand] (Germany)

Succeeded her mother Christiane Wilhelmina Luise zu Solms-Assenheim as co-heir and co-regent in Limpurg until it was incorporated into Württemberg in 1806. Married to Friedrich-Magnus, Graf von Solms-Wildenfels (1743-1801). She lived (1757-1832).

1803-06 Joint Sovereign Countess Luise zu Erbach-Erbach of a portion of Limpurg-Gaildorf (Germany)

Daughter of Christiane Wilhelmina Luise zu Solms-Assenheim's daughter, Luise Charlotte, and Franz von Erbach, she was married to Alexander von Pückler, who bought part of the Limburg-Possessions of their relative, Karoline Wilhelmine von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. Upon her death, Luise was succeeded by daughter, Luise von Pückler, who married to August von Röder and sold her part of the County to Waldeck. She (d. 1826).

1803 Dowager Landgravine Wilhelmine Louise Christine von Sachsen-Meiningen of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Germany)

After the death of her husband, Adolf von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1743-61-1803), she claimed the regency for their son, Karl (1782-1803-54), on the basis of their marriage contract. She lived (1752-1805).

Until 1803 Princess-Abbess Maximiliana Franziska de Paula zu Salm-Reifferscheid of Elten (Germany)

King Friederich Wilhelm III von Preussen incorporated the chapter in his lands in 1802.  This made it possible for protestants to live in the town, which had not been allowed before. The territory lost it's independent status as an Imperial Immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit) and shortly before the French occupation the Minister of State Count von Schulenburg, withdrew all special rights that belonged to the town through centuries of reign by the Abbess. The lands of the chapter were annexed by the French in 1811, but the ladies of the chapter were given a pension for life. She was daughter of Prince Siegmund zu Salm-Reifferscheid and Countess Eleonora von Walburg zu Zeil und Wurzbach, she lived (1765-1805).

1803 Rebellion Leader Lorenza Avemanay in Ecuador

An Indian, she was leader of the fight against the Spanish in Guamote.

1804-14 Regent Dowager Duchess Makrina of Guria (Georgia)

1804-06 Regent Dowager Queen Nino Bagrationi of Mingreli (Georgia)

Became ruler after having poisoned her husband, Duke of Dukes Gregori VI Dadiani of Mingrelia, who reigned 1788-91, 1794-1802 and 1802-04. Her son, Levanti V Dadiani (1793-1804 -40), had been imprisoned at Anaklia by Kelesh-Ahmad Bey Shirvashidze of Abkhazia in 1802 and was not released from imprisonment until after Russian intervention in April 1805, and accepted a protectorate the following year. She was daughter of King Giorgi XII of Georgia and Princess Elena Abamelek, and lived (1772-1847).

1804-06 Regent Dowager Princess Elisabetha Alexandrina von Thurn und Taxis of Fürstenberg (Germany)
1806-ca. 14 Guardian of Fürstenberg

When her son, Karl Egon II (1796-1804-54) succeeded his cousin as Reichsfürst of Fürstenberg, she was in charge of the government, as her husband, Prince Karl Joseph Aloys (1760-99), had already died. In 1806 the principality was incorporated into Württemberg but the family kept it's title and possessions. Of her 4 daughters, only the oldest survived infancy. She later married Joseph Freiherr von Lasaberg (d. 1855). The daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, Fürst von Thurn Hereditary General Postmaster of the Empire, the Netherlands and Burgundy, Hereditary Marshal of Hainault, etc (1704-73) and his third wife, Maria Henriette zu Fürstenberg (1732-72), she lived (1767-1822).

From 1804 Acting Governor Marie Louise Ferrand, Hispaniola (Las Isla Espanola) (Dominican Republic)

Probably the wife of Jean Louis Ferrand, who was the Spanish governor of the islands (1804 –1809), which today houses two countries:  Marie Louise lived (1753-1811).

1804-06 Politically Influential Empress Marie-Claire of Haïti

Influential during the reign of her husband, Jean Jacques Dessalines. He had previously been provincial governor in Haïti and led the uprising against the French. After the independence was declared in 1804, he became Governor-General and later the same year he was declared Emperor Jacques I. She was crowned with her husband and, styled Princess Dowager after 1806. Born as Marie-Claire-Heureuse Felicite Bonheur, she lived (1758-1858).

1804 Chief Air Minister of Ballooning 
1814-19 Official Aeronaut of the Restoration Madeléine-Sophie Blanchard, France

The most famous female aeronaut of her day, became the star of France, and was a favourite of Napoleon Bonaparte. She carried on the tradition of her husband Jean-Pierre, who passed on in 1809. She was killed when her hydrogen balloon caught fire as she watched a fireworks display. She was the first woman to lose her life while flying, and lived (1778-1819).

Eldest of Napoleon's sisters. Elisa-Anne-Maria married Felix Baciocchi, a former officer of the Royal Corsican regiment, on 1 May 1797. On 18 March 1805, Napoleon handed over the principality of Piombino to her to which that of Lucca was added three months afterwards. She proved to be extremely serious in her duties as sovereign, taking an interest not only in improving the roadways and opening a school and an academy, but also showing knowledge of military affairs. In 1809 she was made Governor General with courtesy title of Grand Duchess. After the fall of Napoleon, she lived in various places, including Moravia, Trieste, and Bologna, where she was known by the name of the Countess Compignano. She lived (1777-1820).