This is about remarkable women who were of royal blood.
Alfhid
Alfhid was a princess that turned pirate. Alfhild had her own fleet of longships with crews of young female pirates and raided along the coasts of the Baltic Sea. A Danish prince named Alf,came to Geatland and defeated the animal guards. But Alfhild, advised by her mother, fled from Alf dressed as a man, and she became a shield maiden. Alf searched for and eventually found Alfhild and her fleet by the coast of southern Finland. After some deadly fighting aboard the ships, Alfhild's helmet was knocked off, and she was recognised. Alf ordered his men to stop fighting, and Alf embraced Alfhild, happy to finally have found her. She then decided to lay off her warrior clothes and follow Alf to Denmark, where they got married.
PInyang was a princess that led an army against the Emperror Yangdi. She was the only daughter of Li Yuan (later crowned as Emperor Gaozu), the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty, and his wife Empress Taimu. She helped him to seize power and eventually take over the throne from Sui dynasty by organizing an "Army of the Lady", commanded by herself, in her campaign to capture the Sui capital Chang'an. She was the first woman general of the Tang dynasty.
Fu Hang was the consort of King Wu Ding and commanded her husband's military forces.
Archidamia
Archidamia was the wife of Eudamidas I of Sparta. She organised women and children to dig a trench to defend Sparta against Pyrrhus. Archidamia led the efforts of Spartan women during the subsequent battle against Pyrrhus.
Boudicca
Boudicca raised the army against the Romans. Boudicca was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.
Tomyris
Tomyris was the Queen of Massagetai, who ruled in the 6th century BCE . Cyrus the Great tried to invade the land, and she led the army against the Persians and defeated Cyrus. Tomyris became a popular subject in European art and literature during the Renaissance. In visual art, she was typically depicted either receiving the head of Cyrus or placing it into a vessel filled with blood, a motif derived from one version of the accounts. This theme belonged to the 'Power of Women' tradition in Renaissance art, which celebrated women who triumphed over men in various ways.
Sikelgaita
Sikelgaita (c. 1040 – 16 April 1090) was a Lombard princess. She and her husband, Robert Guiscard, fought the Byzantines. Sikelgaita frequently accompanied Robert on campaigns and is noted for leading troops in battle. She is also known for trying to kill Robert's son by his first wife.
Queen Dugavah
Queen Dugavah resisted the Mughal conquest with an arrow stuck in her eye. She was hit again, and when a soldier refused to kill her, she killed herself.
Amina of Zaria
She defended her lands in Hausaland, in what is now the north-west region of Nigeria.
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