Queen

Queen was the title of the female head of state under a monarchical system of government, or that of the consort if the head of state was a king.

The fact that a society was ruled by a queen sometimes indicated that society was matriarchal in nature (though not always, as in the case of late 16th and 20th century Earth).

"Queen" was also often used to denote the key member and progenitor of insect colonies, potentially leading to confusion when dealing with sentient insectoid races. However the hierarchical nature of many of these species and their cultures effectively makes them monarchies.

Queens and their domains

 * Hatchepsut - 15th century BC, Egypt
 * Nefertiti - 14th century BC, Egypt
 * Cleopatra VII - 1st century BC, Egypt
 * Boudica - the Iceni tribe during the 1st century
 * Ashildr (as Lady Sherade) - circa 9th century Samarkland
 * Joanna - 12th century Sicily
 * Isabella - 14th century England
 * Elizabeth Woodville - 15th century England and Wales
 * Elizabeth of York - 15th and 16th century England and Wales
 * Catherine of Aragon - 16th century England and Wales
 * Anne Boleyn - 16th century England and Wales
 * Jane Seymour - 16th century England and Wales
 * Anne of Cleves - 16th century England and Wales
 * Katherine Howard - 16th century England and Wales
 * Catherine Parr - 16th century England, Wales and Ireland
 * Amy Pond - 16th century England, Wales and Ireland
 * Catherine de Medici - 16th century France
 * Mary Stuart - 16th century Scotland
 * Jane Grey - 16th century England, Wales and Ireland
 * Mary I - 16th century England, Wales and Ireland
 * Elizabeth I - 16th and 17th century England, Wales and Ireland
 * Henrietta Maria - 17th century England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
 * Mary of Modena - 17th century England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
 * Mary II - 17th century England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
 * Anne - 17th century Great Britain and Ireland
 * Anne - 17th century France
 * Marie Antoinette - 18th century France
 * Victoria - 19th century United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 * Elizabeth II - 20th/21st century United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * Camilla - (Queen consort to Charles III) 21st century United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 * Thalira - ruler of Peladon in the middle of its time as a member of the Galactic Federation
 * Xanxia - despotic ruler of Zanak
 * The Queen Spider - ruler of Metebelis III, though in practice she deferred to the Great One
 * Most sources agree that, at least for a while, Peri Brown was the queen of Krontep
 * Katryca - leader of the Tribe of the Free on Ravolox
 * Angvia - ruler of Angvia
 * Elizabeth X "Liz Ten" - circa 29th to 52nd century Starship UK
 * River Song - circa 54th century Mendorax Dellora and the Shoal of the Winter Harmony

Insectoid races led by queens
The Mantasphids were a bioluminescent species of insect and were led by the Mantasphid Queen, who was much larger than all the other Mantasphids. (TV: The Infinite Quest)


 * Zarbi
 * Wirrn
 * Chimeron
 * Xaranti
 * Kromon
 * Hexagoran