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Queen regnant - List of queens regnant

Queen regnant - Kingdom of Scotland/Kingdom of England/Kingdom of Great Britain/United Kingdom/Commonwealth Realms

• Matilda (or Maud) of England (never reigned 1141) – deposed. Styled herself "Lady of the English." She was named heir by her father upon securing the loyalty of nobles of the realm, but Count Stephen of Blois contradicted his promise after the king's death and made himself King of England instead of Maud/Matilda. Civil war ensued and was ended when the crown was secured to Maud/Matilda's son, who became the first king of the House of Plantagenet.
• Margaret, Queen of Scots (reigned March 19, 1286 – September 26, 1290). Known as the Maid of Norway, she was the daughter of the King of Norway and the late crown princess of Scots. She died on the sea journey to Scotland.
• Mary I, Queen of Scots (reigned December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567). She became queen when she was six days old, was crowned at age 5, and promptly engaged to the Dauphin of France - the future Francis II.
• Queen Jane (reigned July 10 – July 19, 1553) – unlawfully succeeded her cousin, Edward VI (his nomination of Jane as heir to the realm had not been approved by Parliament, thus could not supercede his father's deed of succession); nevertheless, she was England's first queen regnant. She is called "The Nine Days Queen."
• Mary I of England (reigned July 19, 1553 – November 17, 1558). Reckoned the second and subsequent years of her reign as though Jane had never been Queen.
• Elizabeth I of England (term November 17, 1558 – March 24, 1603).
• Mary II of England/Mary II, Queen of Scots (reigned February 13/April 11, 1689 – December 28, 1694).
• Anne, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland; later, Queen of Great Britain and Queen of Ireland (reigned March 8, 1702 – August 1, 1714).
• Victoria of the United Kingdom (reigned June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (reigned February 6, 1952 – present).

Queen regnant - The Netherlands

• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (reigned November 23, 1890 – September 4, 1948)
• Juliana of the Netherlands (reigned September 4, 1948 – April 30, 1980)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (reigned April 30, 1980 – present).

Queen regnant - Sweden

• Margaret of Sweden (1389 – 1412)
• Christina of Sweden (1632 – June 5, 1654)
• Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (November 30, 1718 – February 29, 1720)

Queen regnant - Denmark

• Margaret I, Queen of Denmark (1375 – 1412), Queen of Norway (1388 – 1412), Regent of Sweden (1389 – 1412)
• Margaret II (1972 – present)

Queen regnant - Spain/Castile

• Isabella of Castile
• Joanna of Castile, reputedly mad after the death of her husband, she was effectively deposed by her father, King Ferdinand of Aragon, who rule Castile as her regent until his death; then her son, Charles, who was named King of Aragon (which followed the Salic Law) ruled as regent for his mother until her death. On Charles' abdication, his son, Philip, became the first monarch of the now united Kingdom of Spain.
• Isabella II of Spain

Queen regnant - Portugal

• Mary I of Portugal
• Mary II of Portugal

Queen regnant - Austria Hungary and Bohemia

• Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia

Queen regnant - Ancient Egypt

• Cleopatra I of Egypt.
• Cleopatra II of Egypt.
• Cleopatra III of Egypt.
• Cleopatra IV of Egypt.
• Cleopatra V of Egypt.
• Cleopatra VI of Egypt.
• Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
• Hatshepsut.
• Khent-Kaues.
• Nitocris (disputed).
• Sobeknefru.
• Twosret.

Queen regnant - Russia

• Olga of Kiev.
• Catherine I of Russia.
• Elizabeth of Russia.
• Anna of Russia.
• Catherine II of Russia.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "List of queens regnant", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki