Queen Artemisia I was of Carian-Greek ethnicity by her father Lygdamis I (r. 520-484 BC), and half-Cretan by her mother. She took the throne after the death of her husband.
Some sources state that Sagburu of Ereš became embroiled in a plot to overthrow Esarhaddon c. 671 BC. Others that she aided King Enmerkar of Uruk (c. 3100BC), to defeat his arch-nemesis, the king of Aratta, in Enmerkar and Enšukešdana.
Šērūʾa-ēṭirat was the eldest daughter of Assyrian King Esarhaddon (r. 681 to 669 BC) and the older sister of twins, Ashurbanipal and Šamaš-šuma-ukin, crown princes of Assyria and of Babylonia. She was likely involved in politics.
Queen Naqiya-Zakutu was the wife of King Sennacherib, mother of King Esarhaddon, and grandmother of Ashurbanipal of Assyria's final ruling dynasty, the Sargonid Dynasty.
Queen Sammu-Ramat was the wife and queen of King Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC), a son and successor of King Shalmaneser III. Around 806 BC, her son, King Adad-Nirari III was at an age where he could take on the full responsibility of the Assyrian throne.
