As far as locals understood, the British queen ruled a quarter of the world.

As he saw the queen too old to rule over the territories, Ibn Najib attempted a coup in 1125.

I longed for the day when our queen might rule uncontested.

Long ago a king and queen ruled over the islands of the west, and they had one son, whom they loved dearly.

For a thousand years a queen has ruled Andor, and I will not let that end now!

This was unusual and seems to have made little real difference, the queen ruled while the other noble families acted as a brake on her power.

Egypt was always ruled primarily by men, but queens ruled and held regencies; even, once or twice, claimed the title of king.

Under the Ptolemies, queens ruled often, and sometimes unassisted by kings.

Resistance would not last long, where a so-called queen ruled a tiny patch of ground, and that combined the best possibilities.

That this queen ruled for a period of time is confirmed from the Palermo Stone, on which the early dynastic kings are named.