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* 226 - 651: Period of the Sassanid Empire in Persia. The legendary warrior woman Gordafarid may have lived at this time.
* 5th century: Saint Genevieve is credited with averting Attila from Paris, and later passes through siege lines to bring grain to the city during the siege of Paris by Childeric I.
* 529: Halima, a Ghassanid princess, leads a battle against the Labmidians.
* 590: The Christian Synod of Druim Ceat issues a decree that English women can no longer go into battle alongside men.
* 6th or 7th century AD: A six-foot tall Anglo-Saxon woman is buried with a knife and a shield in Lincolnshire, England.
* Seventh century: Poetess Al-Khansa composed elegies for her relatives who had been killed in battle.
* Seventh century: Nusaybah Bint k?ab Al Maziniyyah fights in the Battle of Uhub on behalf of Muhammad after converting to his religion.
* Seventh century: Princess Pingyang of China helps overthrow the Sui Dynasty by organizing a "woman's army".
* Seventh century: According to Bohemian legend, women warriors Vlasta and ??rka fight the forces of Přemysl.
* Seventh century: Kahina leads Berber resistance against Muslim conquest.[1]
* Seventh century: Empress Zhangsun of the Tang Dynasty raises the morale of the army by making a personal appearance during the Xuanwumen Mutiny.
* 600: Kahula, an Arabian army commander, combines her forces with Wafeira, another female commander, and repels a Byzantine Greek army.
* 624: Hind al-Hunnud leads a battle against Muhammad.
* 628: Juwayriya bint al-Harith is taken captive when her father is defeated in battle by Muhammad. She marries Muhammad.
* 656: Aisha, wife of Muhammad, is defeated at the Battle of the Camel.
* 697: Roman Catholic priests forbid Irish women and children from being present on contested battlefields.
* 711: Egilona is captured in battle by the Moors after her husband, king Roderic of the Visigoths, is killed. She eventually marries the Moorish Emir.
* 722: Queen Aethelburg of Wessex destroys the town of Taunton.[2]
* 730: A Khazar noblewoman named Parsbit commands an army against Armenia.[3]
* 750: Three hundred shieldmaidens, fight at the Battle of Br?valla in Sweden. Among them are Veborg, Princess Hed of Denmark and Sweden, and Visna.
* 783: Fastrada, a Saxon noble who eventually became the wife of Charlemagne, allegedly throws herself barebreasted into battle during the Saxon Wars, along with other Saxon women, causing terror among the invading Franks.
* Early 9th century: Cwenthryth fights Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, for control of her abbey estates.[4]
* 9th century: Euphrosyne warns Emperor Theophilos of a rebellion in Constantinople while he was fighting the Arabs, prompting his return.
* 880: Ermengard of Provence defends Vienne.
* 887: Ethelfleda of Mercia defeats the Danes.
* 960: Gudit, an Ethiopian queen, rebels against the Axumite Dynasty.
* Mid 10th century: Queen Thyra of Denmark leads an army against the Germans.[5]
* Early 11th century: Freyd?s Eir?ksd?ttir, a Viking woman, sails to Vinland with Thorfinn Karlsefni. The Saga of Eric the Red tells that when she faced hostile natives while pregant she exposed her breasts, beat her chest with a sword, and screamed a battle cry. This frightened the natives and caused them to run away.
* 1012: Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg commands the Holy Roman Imperial army and defeats the Polish.
* 1015-1042: Reign of Akkadevi, a west Indian princess. She fights against south Indian aggression.
* 1072: Urraca of Zamora, Infanta of Castile, defends the city of Zamora against her brother, Sancho II of Castile.
* 1074-1115: Matilda of Tuscany defends the reforming papacy, protecting Pope Gregory VII at Canossa (1077), losing the Battle of Volta (1080), winning the Battle of Sorbara (1084), launching an expedition to Rome (1087), losing the Siege of Mantua (1090-1), defeating Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV at Canossa (1092), relieving the Siege of Nogara (1095), and launching successful campaigns against the cities of Ferrara (1101), Parma (1104), Prato (1107) and Mantua (1114).
* 1075: Emma de Guader, Countess of Norfolk defends Norwich castle while it is under siege.[6]
* 1081: Sikelgaita fought in the Battle of Dyrrhachium; the Byzantine chronicler Anna Comnena called her "a second Athena".
* 1083: Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut, makes an alliance with Philip I of France and leads troops in battle against her second husband.
* 12th century: According to conjecture, the legendary Swedish war heroine Blenda may have lived at this time.
* 1116: Theresa, Countess of Portugal, fights Urraca of Castile.
* 1119: Arwa al-Sulayhi forces Najib ad-Dawla, an envoy of the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir, to withdraw from her realm after he attempts to take over.
* 1120: Theresa, Countess of Portugal, again fights Urraca of Castile.
* 1120s: Liang Hongyu leads armys i China togheter with husband.
* 1136: Welsh princess Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd leads an army against the Normans. She is defeated and killed.[7]
* 1140s: Eleanor of Aquitaine participates in the Second Crusade.
* 1172: Alrude Countess of Bertinoro ends a siege of Aucona by leading an army into battle and crushing imperial troops]][8] under Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.[citation needed]
* 1180?1185: Tomoe Gozen, a female Samurai, fights in the Genpei War.
* Late 12th century: Isabel of Conches rides armed like a knight during a conflict in northern France.
* Late 12th century: Eva MacMurrough conducts battles on behalf of her husband, the Earl of Pembroke.[9]
* 1190s-Early 13th century: Queen Tamar of Georgia suppresses rebellions in her kingdom and conquers neighboring lands.
* 13th century: Khutulun, a niece of Kublai Khan, is described as a superb warrior and accompanies her father Khaidu on military campaigns.
* 1201: Japanese woman Hangaku raises an army of 3,000 to fight rebels against the Kamakura Shogunate.
* 1263: Eleanor of Provence raises troops in France for her husband.
* 1270s: According to conjecture, the Swedish war heroine Blenda may have lived at this time.
* 1271: Isabella of Aragon accompanies her husband on the Eighth Crusade, but dies after falling from her horse on the way home while pregnant.
* May 1297: According to Blind Harry, William Wallace avenges the death of his wife Marion Braidfute by killing and dismembering William Heselrig, the English Sheriff of Lanark. There is no historical evidence to corroberate her existence, however.
* Late 13th century: Eleanor of Castile accompanies her husband on military campaigns in Wales.
* Late 13th century: Indian queen Rani Rudrama Devi defends her kingdom from the from the Cholas and the Yadavas.
* 14th century: Ibn Battuta describes Urduja, a Filipino princess, as a warrior who had a mixed-sex army and who personally fought with other warriors.
* 1300: Manuscript I.33, authored by a secretary of the Bishop of Wurzburg depicts unarmored fighters. An illustration of a woman training in sword and buckler techniques is in the manuscript among others.
* 1306: Isabella MacDuff is captured after the Battle of Methven.
* 1325: Isabella of France gathers an army to oppose her husband, Edward II of England.
* 1334: Agnes Dunbar successfully defends her castle against a siege by England's earl of Salisbury.[4]
* 1340s: Joanna of Flanders, Countess of Montfort, defended the rights of her son John V, Duke of Brittany in the Breton War of Succession. During the same war, the opposition was led for a time by Countess Jeanne de Penthievre.
* 1347: Philippa of Hainault persuades her husband not to execute the The Burghers of Calais, whom he had defeated.
* 1354: Ibn Battuta reports seeing female warriors in Southeast Asia.
* 1357-1369: Han E serves as a soldier in the Chinese army as a man under the name Han Guanbao, and is promoted Lieuntenat.
* 1364-1405: Tamerlane uses female archers to defend baggage trains.
* 1387: Queen Jadwiga of Poland leads two successful military expeditions to reclaim the province of Halych in Red Ruthenia. These expeditions were mostly peaceful, however.
* Late 14th century: Eleanor of Arborea, ruler of Sardinia, conducts a defensive war against Aragon.
* Early 15th century: Isabeau of Bavaria is defeated by Henry V of England.
* 15th century: Lady Knyvet defends her husband's castle during the War of the Roses.
* 15th century: Maire o Ciaragain leads Irish clans in rebellion.[10]
* 15th century: Zaydi Yemeni leader Sharifa Fatima conquers San?a?.
* 15th century: Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, leads an army to rescue her husband from the Duke of Burgundy.[11]
* 15th century: Onorata Rodiana from Cremona in Italy disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier.
* 1409: Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr is captured in a siege of Harlech Castle. She is eventually sent to the Tower of London, where she dies four years later.
* 1429: Joan of Arc leads the French army. Yolande of Aragon supports her. Pierronne, a contemporary of hers, also hears voices and fights for the king of France.[12]
* 1467: Mandukhai Khatun takes command of the Mongol army and defeats the Oirats.
* June 27, 1472: Jeanne Hachette rips down the flag of the invading Burgundians at Beauvais, inspiring the garrison to win the fight.
* 1482: Mandukhai Khatun again takes command of the Mongol army and again defeats the Oirats.
* 1484: Caterina Sforza defends the Castel Sant'Angelo, but eventually surrenders it.
* 1499: Caterina Sforza fights Cesare Borgia.
* 1499: Sikhism founded. One of its major tenets is equality for women, which extends to allowing them into participate in combat and warfare. See Category:Female Sikh warriors for more information.
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