21 centuries of women in power

One female ruler per century.

In more recent times, elected leaders. Earlier, queens regnant. In cases of difficulty, regents.

Some answers would apply to two centuries; they do not repeat.

Cut off at the start of CE as the further back we get, it gets more obscure and largely Egyptian.

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Century	Hint	Ruler
21st CE	Chancellor of Germany since 2005, influential in the EU	Angela Merkel
20th CE	First female PM, served 3 terms in Sri Lanka	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
19th CE	UK, called Empress of India	Victoria
18th CE	Russia, expanded borders, couped husband	Catherine II
17th CE	Sweden, abdicated to become a nun, possibly homosexual	Kristina
16th CE	England, ruled for 44 years, never married	Elizabeth I
15th CE	Castile, united Spain, Reconquista and sponsor of Columbus	Isabel I
14th CE	Founder of the Kalmar Union linking Denmark, Sweden, Norway	Margaret of Denmark
13th CE	Georgia (also 12th), towards the end of the Golden Age	Tamar
12th CE	Leon and Castile	Urraca
11th CE	Kashmir, described in the 'Rajatarangini'	Didda
10th CE	Mercia (UK), daughter of Alfred 'the Great', succeeded by daughter	Aethelflaed
9th CE	Byzantium (also 8th), convoked Second Council of Nicaea	Irene Sarantapechaina (Irene of Athens)
8th CE	Zhou dynasty (also 7th), China	Wu Zetian
7th CE	Silla (Korea), first woman ruler, Bidam's rebellion	Seondeok
6th CE	Ostrogoths, daughter of Theoderic 'the Great'. Justinian invaded after assassination	Amalasuintha
5th CE	Western Roman Empire: mother and regent to Valentinian III	Galla Placida
4th CE	Tanukh(ids) (Syria), enemy of the Romans, made peace on good terms	Mavia
3rd CE	Possible Western Roman Empress, numismatic evidence	Ulpia Severina
2nd CE	(also 3rd) shaman queen in Yamataikoku (Japan), appears in 'Tomb Raider'	Himiko
1st CE	Iceni (UK), lead an uprising against Romans	Boudica

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