Queen Maacah was the wife and cousin of King Rehoboam (r. 931-913 BC), the mother of King Abijam (r. 913-910 BC). Her husband, Rehoboam, whose mother was Queen Namaah, was the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. His father, King Solomon, son of King David (r. 1011-971 BC) and Bathsheba, reigned as the last king of the United Kingdom of Israel.
Tomyris was a queen of the Massagetae (c. 530 BC). After she found out about the death of her son, Spargapises, at the hands of Cyrus the Great she led the Massagetean army into war, and, during the battle defeated the Persians and destroyed most of their army.
Queen Adad-Guppi was the daughter of King Ashurbanipal and Ashursharrat l… and mother to King Nabonidus. It’s been suggested that she acted as a regent for Nabonidus when he abandoned Babylon in 552 BC for Tema. The Tema Stele (c. 6 century BC), represent an important part of the history of Tema and of the history of the Arabian Peninsula.
Queen Jezebel married King Ahab (r. 874-853 BC), of Samaria, the northern kingdom of Israel. Her daughter, Athaliah, was queen of Judah (r. 841–835 BC) and the only female monarch to sit on David’s throne in biblical history.
