Women in 16th-century warfare

French poet of the Renaissance, born in Lyon (1524–1566)

Nahua woman who was the interpreter, advisor, and intermediary to Hernán Cortés

pirate Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan

Saxon princess who became Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Indian Muslim regent and warrior (1550-1599)

Queen regent of Gondwana (1524–1564)

Spanish conquistador and soldier

German noblewoman (1512-1554)

Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century

Noblewoman of Sweden and leader of resistance to Christian II of Denmark (1494-1559)

Galician heroine

Hausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau

Italian poet and stateswoman

Queen Mandukhai (; , ), also fully known as Wise Queen Mandukhai (; – 1510), was a queen of the Northern Yuan. With her second husband Batmunkh Dayan Khan, she helped reunite the warring Mongols.

Keumalahayati, or Malahayati (fl. 16th century), was an admiral of the Aceh Sultanate navy, which ruled the area of modern Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. She is described as the first woman admiral in the modern world. Her troops were drawn from Aceh's widows and the army named the "Inong Balee", after Fort Inong Balee.

Kunoichi (female ninja)

Dutch wood merchant and folk hero

Japanese samurai (1569-1602)

Indigenous Colombian translator and intermediary

thumb|Bronze Head of Queen Idia, one of four from the 16th century ([[Ethnological Museum of Berlin)]]

master of the various martial arts & founder of the Wǔ Méi Pài (Ng Mui style), Wing Chun, Dragon style, White Crane, and Five-Pattern Hung Kuen from Shaolin Temple

Legendary female samurai (Onna-musha). Daughter of Ōhōri Yasumochi, a head priest of Ōyamazumi Shrine

("hime" means lady, princess, woman of noble family), speculated to have been born in April 15, 1572, was a Japanese female warrior, onna-musha from the Sengoku Period. She was a daughter of and granddaughter of Akai Teruko, retainers of the Later Hōjō clan in the Kantō region. She is known as the heroic woman who helped her father's resistance at Oshi Castle against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army during the siege of Odawara. After the war, she became one of the wives of Hideyoshi. She was known for her bravery and beauty. According to the chronicle of Narita clan, she was praised as "The most beau

Mughal empress

Suriyothai (, , ; ) was a royal queen consort during the 16th century Ayutthaya period of Siam (now Thailand). She is famous for having given up her life in the defense of her husband, King Maha Chakkraphat, in a battle during the Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549).

'''' (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior (onna-musha'') during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period. Born the daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, she was adopted by lord Tokugawa Ieyasu, before marrying Sanada Nobuyuki. She is described as having been very beautiful, highly intelligent and skillful in fighting.

legendary heroine from Nice in France

Spanish royalty and military leader

Onamihime (阿南姫, July 4, 1541 – August 30, 1602) was a late-Sengoku period Onna-musha. She was the first daughter of Date Harumune, sister of Date Terumune and aunt of Date Masamune. She was the ruler of Sukagawa castle in Mutsu Province. She was best known for being a potential enemy of her nephew, Masamune, participating in several campaigns against expansion of the Date clan in the region of Ōshū.

Finnish soldier of the Swedish cavalry

Ajiun Orompotoniyun, better known as Orompoto (also spelled Oronpoto) was an Alaafin of the Oyo Empire in West Africa, the first female Alaafin to be precise. The empire of which she ruled is located in what is modern day western and north-central Nigeria.

thumb|Wedding at ‘Puthooram Veedu’, mock marriage at childhood between Chandu chekavar and unniyarcha as described in a ballad. Unniyarcha or Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha (, ) is a legendary warrior and heroine from the 16th century, mentioned in the Vadakkan Pattukal, a set of historical ballads from northern Kerala, a state in southwestern India. She was a member of a Thiyyar community family called Puthooram Veed in Kadathanad. The location of Puthooram Veed is described in the Vadakkan Pattukal as follows: Puthoorampaadam (large paddy field under Puthooram Veed) is situated at the eastern en

de facto Queen Consort of Sweden

Yoshihime (義姫, 1548 – August 13, 1623) was a Japanese noble lady and aristocrat from the Sengoku period. She was a daughter of Mogami Yoshimori from the Mogami clan, she married Date Terumune and gave birth to Date Masamune. Yoshihime became known as the Demon Princess of the Ouu (奥 羽 の 鬼 姫) due to her personality and her attempts to usurp the power of the Date clan.

Mexican princess

thumb|220px|Memorial Monument to Gaitana in Neiva, Colombia

Swedish noble

English noblewoman

Malaysian heroine

wife of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese daimyo

Swedish commander

Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War against Spain

Kamehime (, 27 July 1560 – 1 August 1625) was the eldest daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, with his first wife, Lady Tsukiyama. She was the wife of Okudaira Nobumasa. She is primarily recognized as the eldest offspring of Ieyasu, notable for her active participation in the Siege of Nagashino and her significant role in the events leading to the downfall of Honda Masazumi.

Japanese Samurai woman

Longest ruled Indian queen

Italian poet (1515-ca. 1555)

Spanish soldier

Portuguese soldier

Japanese noble lady of the Sengoku period

Italian ruler

Japanese Samurai woman

Zhuang warrior, general and politician

Abbess of St. Clare's Priory in Stockholm

Japanese female Samurai