Women in 12th-century warfare

Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness

Queen of Sicily

Countess of Boulogne and Queen Consort of England (1105-1152)

queen of Jerusalem (c.1160-1190) (r.1186-1190)

Queen of Jerusalem (1105-1161)

a female samurai warrior who fought during the Genpei War from 1180 to 1185 CE

Countess-Queen of Portugal

Queen of Sicily (1165-1199)

Yennenga (born 11th-15th century) was a legendary princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous warrior within the Kingdom of Dagbon, now in present day Ghana. The founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon was her father, Nedega. Nedega refused to let Yennenga marry, resulting in her leaving the kingdom. On the run with her horse, she met a young hunter, Rialé with whom she had a child called Ouedraogo. Ouedraogo is a famous last name in Burkina Faso and means "male horse" in honour of the horse which led the princess to Rialé. Yennenga or her son Ouedraogo are c

Countess of Flanders (1112-1165)

Austrian royal (1060-1101)

political leader of Kamakura shogunate

Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1140 to 1150

regent

empress of Genghis Khan and head of the second Court of Genghis Khan

Czech princess

politician

Nigerian queen

12th-century princess consort of Deheubarth in Wales

Chinese general

Wife of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

English noblewoman (c. 1155 – 1210)

1140 battle between medieval European royal dynasties (Welfs and Hohenstaufens)

Fannu bint Umar ibn Yintan (died April 1147) was a princess and a Commanding officer of the Almoravid dynasty. In the guise of a man, wearing armour she participated in the defense of the citadel of Marrakesh during the Almohad conquest of the city in 1147.

Umadevi (उमादेवी; c. 1150 – 1218) was one of the wives of King Veera Ballala II and a Mysore general during the Chalukya campaigns.

thumb|400px|"Stamira", 1877 painting by Francesco Podesti.