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Found 5457 records
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|
Name
|
Year born
|
Year of death
|
Country
|
Language
|
1 |
|
Sapho |
-620 |
-570 |
Greece
|
Ancient Greek
|
2 |
|
Corinna |
-550 |
-500 |
Greece
|
Ancient Greek
|
3 |
® |
Anagalis |
-200 |
-150 |
Greece
|
Ancient Greek
|
4 |
|
Hypatia of Alexandria |
355 |
415 |
Egypt
|
Ancient Greek
|
5 |
|
Algasie |
400 |
500 |
France
|
Latin
|
6 |
|
Bandoninia |
600 |
650 |
Germany
|
Latin
|
7 |
|
Walpurga |
710 |
777 |
England Germany
|
English German Latin
|
8 |
|
Dodane |
800 |
842 |
France
|
Latin
|
9 |
|
Roswitha von Gandersheim |
938 |
973 |
Germany
|
German
|
10 |
|
Mniszkówna, Gertruda |
1040 |
1080 |
Poland
|
Latin
|
11 |
|
Ava, Frau |
1060 |
1127 |
Austria
|
German
|
12 |
|
Comnena, Anna |
1083 |
1153 |
Byzantine empire Greece
|
Greek
|
13 |
|
Richlindis |
1090 |
1150 |
Germany
|
Latin
|
14 |
|
Hildegard von Bingen |
1098 |
1179 |
Germany
|
German Latin
|
15 |
|
Héloïse |
1101 |
1164 |
France
|
Latin
|
16 |
® |
Herrad of Landsberg |
1130 |
1195 |
Germany
|
Latin
|
17 |
|
Marie de France |
1150 |
1190 |
France
|
French
|
18 |
|
Azalaïs de Porcairagues |
1150 |
1200 |
France
|
Occitan
|
19 |
|
Hildegundis von Helpenstein |
1170 |
1188 |
Germany
|
German
|
20 |
|
Oignies, Marie d' |
1177 |
1213 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
21 |
® |
Die, Beatrice de |
1190 |
1250 |
France
|
Occitan
|
22 |
|
Clare of Assisi, St. |
1194 |
1253 |
Italy
|
Latin
|
23 |
® |
Ida de Nivelles |
1199 |
1231 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Latin
|
24 |
|
Hadewijch |
1200 |
1248 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
25 |
|
Anduse, Clara d' |
1200 |
1250 |
France
|
Occitan
|
26 |
® |
Casteloza, Na |
1200 |
1250 |
France
|
Occitan
|
27 |
|
Beatrice of Nazareth |
1200 |
1268 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
28 |
® |
Mechthild of Magdeburg |
1207 |
1282 |
Germany
|
German
|
29 |
|
Agnes d'Harcourt |
1240 |
1291 |
France
|
French
|
30 |
|
Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn |
1240 |
1298 |
Germany
|
German Latin
|
31 |
|
Hackeborn, Mechthild von |
1241 |
1299 |
Germany
|
Latin
|
32 |
|
Foligno, Saint Angela de |
1248 |
1309 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
33 |
|
Marguerite de Duyn |
1250 |
1300 |
France
|
French Latin
|
34 |
|
Porcellet, Felipa |
1250 |
1316 |
France
|
Occitan
|
35 |
|
Saint Gertrude of Helfta |
1256 |
1302 |
Germany
|
Latin German
|
36 |
|
Gertrud |
1256 |
1302 |
Germany
|
Latin
|
37 |
® |
Porete, Marguerite |
1260 |
1310 |
France
|
French
|
38 |
® |
Ebner, Christine |
1277 |
1356 |
Germany
|
Dutch German
|
39 |
® |
Ebner, Margaretha |
1291 |
1351 |
Germany
|
German
|
40 |
|
Isaure, Clémence |
1300 |
1400 |
France
|
French
|
41 |
|
Oosten, Geertruyd van |
1300 |
1358 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
42 |
|
Birgitta av Vadstena (St. Bridget of Sweden) |
1303 |
1373 |
Sweden
|
Latin
|
43 |
® |
Laura di Noves |
1314 |
1348 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
44 |
® |
Armentières, Péronelle d' |
1340 |
1400 |
France
|
French
|
45 |
® |
Arborea (D') Doria, Eleonora |
1340 |
1404 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
46 |
® |
Norwich, Julia of |
1342 |
1412 |
England
|
English
|
47 |
|
Caterina da Siena, Santa |
1347 |
1380 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
48 |
|
Jefimija |
1349 |
1405 |
Serbia
|
Serbian
|
49 |
|
Nogarola, Angela |
1360 |
1420 |
Italy
|
Italian Latin
|
50 |
|
Christine de Pizan |
1364 |
1430 |
France
|
French
|
51 |
® |
Riccoboni, Bartolomea |
1369 |
1440 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
52 |
|
Balšić, Jelena |
1370 |
1443 |
Montenegro
|
Serbian
|
53 |
|
Kempe, Margery |
1373 |
1438 |
England
|
English
|
54 |
|
Colette, Sainte |
1381 |
1447 |
France
|
French
|
55 |
|
Malatesta, Battista |
1383 |
1450 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
56 |
|
Delft, Lijsbeth van |
1390 |
1423 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
57 |
® |
Nassau-Saarbrücken, Elisabeth von |
1397 |
1456 |
Germany
|
German
|
58 |
|
Pfefferinger, Ana |
1400 |
1500 |
Germany
|
German
|
59 |
|
Bourbon, Gabrielle de |
1402 |
1486 |
France
|
French
|
60 |
® |
Bembo, Illuminata |
1410 |
1483 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
61 |
® |
Bake, Alijt |
1415 |
1455 |
Netherlands Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
62 |
|
Nogarola, Isotta |
1418 |
1466 |
Italy
|
Italian Latin
|
63 |
® |
Hatun, Zeynep |
1420 |
1474 |
Turkey
|
Arabic Ottoman Turkish Persian
|
64 |
® |
Tornabuoni de' Medici, Lucrezia |
1425 |
1482 |
Italy
|
Italian Latin
|
65 |
|
Bertken, Suster |
1426 |
1514 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
66 |
|
Costanza da Varano |
1426 |
1447 |
Italy
|
Latin
|
67 |
|
Amboise, Frances d' (Blessed) |
1427 |
1485 |
France
|
French
|
68 |
|
Hätzlerin, Clara |
1430 |
1480 |
Germany
|
German
|
69 |
|
Isotta degli Atti |
1432 |
1474 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
70 |
|
Eleonore von Österreich |
1433 |
1480 |
Germany
|
German
|
71 |
|
Catarina, Infanta de Portugal |
1436 |
1463 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
72 |
® |
Silva, Beatriz da |
1437 |
1492 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
73 |
|
Woodville, Elisabeth |
1445 |
1500 |
England
|
English
|
74 |
® |
Fieschi Adorni, Caterina |
1447 |
1510 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
75 |
® |
Andreasi, Osanna |
1449 |
1501 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
76 |
|
Aeronsdochter, Hillegont |
1450 |
1500 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
77 |
® |
Ghoeyvaerts, Liisbeth |
1450 |
1500 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
78 |
|
Maria van Bourgondië |
1457 |
1482 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
79 |
® |
Avis, Leonor de, Rainha de Portugal |
1458 |
1525 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
80 |
® |
Hatun, Mihr-i |
1460 |
1506 |
Turkey
|
Arabic Ottoman Turkish Persian
|
81 |
|
Anne de France |
1461 |
1522 |
France
|
French
|
82 |
|
Costers, Jacomijne |
1462 |
1503 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
83 |
|
Lothringen, Margarethe von |
1463 |
1521 |
Germany
|
Italian Latin
|
84 |
|
Fedele Mapelli, Cassandra |
1465 |
1558 |
Italy
|
Italian Latin
|
85 |
® |
Pinar, Florencia |
1470 |
1530 |
Castilia
|
Spanish
|
86 |
® |
Gansoirde, Zuster van |
1470 |
1500 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
87 |
|
Aragona (D') Sforza, Isabella |
1470 |
1524 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
88 |
|
Gallerana, Cecilia |
1473 |
1536 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
89 |
® |
Merici, Angela |
1474 |
1540 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
90 |
|
Gonzaga, Isabella d'Este |
1474 |
1539 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
91 |
|
Louise of Savoy |
1476 |
1513 |
France
|
French
|
92 |
|
Planques, Josine des |
1478 |
1535 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
93 |
|
Margaretha van Oostenrijk |
1480 |
1530 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
94 |
|
Lafontaine, Jeanne de |
1480 |
1536 |
France
|
French
|
95 |
|
Gambara, Veronica |
1485 |
1550 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
96 |
® |
Gambara Correggio (da), Veronica |
1485 |
1550 |
Italy
|
Italian Latin
|
97 |
® |
Catherine d'Aragon |
1485 |
1536 |
England
|
English
|
98 |
|
Noronha, Leonor de |
1488 |
1563 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin
|
99 |
® |
Claesdochter, Wendelmoed |
1490 |
1527 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
100 |
|
Entraigues, Anne Mallet de Graville, baronne d' |
1490 |
1540 |
France
|
French
|
101 |
|
Colonna, Vittoria |
1490 |
1547 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
102 |
® |
Aragona (D'), Giulia |
1492 |
1542 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
103 |
|
Navarre, Marguerite de |
1492 |
1549 |
France
|
French
|
104 |
® |
Grumbach, Argula von |
1492 |
1563 |
Germany
|
German
|
105 |
|
Bijns, Anna |
1493 |
1575 |
Netherlands Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
106 |
® |
Dentiere van Doornik, Maria |
1495 |
1561 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
107 |
® |
Vernazza, Battista |
1497 |
1587 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
108 |
|
Amboise, Catherine d' |
1500 |
1550 |
France
|
French
|
109 |
® |
Bassett, Mary |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
110 |
® |
Sidney, Mary countess of Pembroke |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
111 |
® |
Hull, Dame Eleanor |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
112 |
|
Aigremont, Marguerite de |
1500 |
1560 |
France
|
French
|
113 |
® |
Tyler, Margaret |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
114 |
® |
Baffo, Francesca |
1500 |
1580 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
115 |
® |
Maurícia, Laura |
1500 |
1600 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
116 |
® |
Beaufort, Lady Margaret |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
117 |
® |
Clark, Mary |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
118 |
® |
Tudor, Mary |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
119 |
® |
Ajutamicristo, Elisabetta |
1500 |
1580 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
120 |
|
Vaz, Joana |
1500 |
1600 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin
|
121 |
® |
Tudor, Elizabeth |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
122 |
® |
Cooke, Anne |
1500 |
1600 |
England
|
English
|
123 |
® |
Avalo (d') Amalfi (d'), Costanza |
1501 |
1575 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
124 |
|
Bernal, Beatriz |
1504 |
1563 |
Spain
|
Spanish
|
125 |
|
Roper, Margaret |
1505 |
1544 |
England
|
English
|
126 |
|
D'Aragona, Tullia |
1508 |
1556 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
127 |
|
Esaiasdr., Anneke |
1509 |
1539 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
128 |
|
Coleners, Roseane |
1510 |
1550 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
129 |
|
Crenne, Hélisenne de |
1510 |
1560 |
France
|
French
|
130 |
|
Brandenburg, Elisabeth von |
1510 |
1558 |
Germany
|
German
|
131 |
|
Parr, Catherine |
1512 |
1548 |
England
|
English
|
132 |
|
Strozzi, Laurentia |
1514 |
1591 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
133 |
|
Teresa de Jesús, Santa (Teresa de Ávila) |
1515 |
1582 |
Spain
|
Spanish
|
134 |
® |
Matraini Cantarini, Chiara |
1515 |
1604 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
135 |
|
Terracina, Laura |
1519 |
1577 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
136 |
® |
Bronchorst Bathenborch, Katherina van |
1520 |
1570 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
137 |
|
Guillet, Pernette du |
1520 |
1545 |
France
|
French
|
138 |
|
Bunić, Julija |
1520 |
1590 |
Croatia
|
Croatian
|
139 |
|
Madre de Deus, Soror Auta da |
1520 |
1588 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin
|
140 |
® |
Bacci, Alessandra |
1520 |
1570 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
141 |
|
Bunić, Nadalica (Speranza) |
1520 |
1590 |
Croatia
|
Croatian
|
142 |
|
Sigea, Luisa |
1520 |
1560 |
Spain
|
Latin Ancient Greek
|
143 |
® |
Arringhieri Cerretani (De), Ermellina |
1520 |
1570 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
144 |
® |
Flore, Jeanne |
1520 |
1600 |
France
|
French
|
145 |
|
Neveu, Magdeleine, Dame Desroches |
1520 |
1587 |
France
|
French
|
146 |
|
Coste-Blanche, Marie de |
1520 |
1580 |
France
|
French
|
147 |
|
Gama, Joana da |
1520 |
1586 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
148 |
® |
Bardi (De), Dea |
1520 |
1570 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
149 |
|
Morra, Isabella di |
1520 |
1546 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
150 |
® |
Armani, Vincenza |
1520 |
1570 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
151 |
® |
Ascarelli, Debora |
1520 |
1600 |
Italy
|
Italian Hebrew
|
152 |
|
Marie, Princess (Infanta D.Maria) |
1521 |
1577 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin Ancient Greek
|
153 |
|
Askew, Anne |
1521 |
1546 |
England
|
English
|
154 |
® |
Aldobrandini, Liona |
1522 |
1590 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
155 |
|
De Ricci, Caterina |
1522 |
1590 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
156 |
|
Stampa, Gaspara |
1523 |
1554 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
157 |
® |
Battiferra-Ammanati (degli), Laura |
1523 |
1589 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
158 |
|
Labé, Louise Charly |
1526 |
1566 |
France
|
French
|
159 |
|
Morata, Olympia Fulvia |
1526 |
1555 |
Italy
|
Latin
|
160 |
® |
Burghley, Mildred Cecil, Lady, née Cooke |
1526 |
1589 |
England
|
English
|
161 |
|
Lovrinčević, Gracijoza |
1530 |
1580 |
Croatia
|
Croatian
|
162 |
|
Bourges, Clémence de |
1530 |
1590 |
France
|
French
|
163 |
® |
Houte, Soetken van den |
1530 |
1560 |
Belgium/Southern Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
164 |
® |
Alciati (degli)-Bellone, Laura |
1530 |
1600 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
165 |
|
Rojas, Antónia de |
1530 |
1580 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
166 |
|
Odeau, Françoise |
1530 |
1580 |
France
|
French
|
167 |
® |
Brame, Marie de |
1530 |
1600 |
France
|
French
|
168 |
® |
Hubert, Françoise |
1530 |
1580 |
France
|
French
|
169 |
® |
Albani Avogadro, Lucia |
1530 |
1568 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
170 |
|
Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen, Anna Maria von |
1530 |
1560 |
Germany
|
German
|
171 |
® |
Anguisciola-Lomellino, Sofonisba |
1532 |
1625 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
172 |
|
Elizabeth I, Queen of England |
1533 |
1603 |
England
|
English Italian Latin French Ancient Greek
|
173 |
|
Marquetz, Anne de |
1533 |
1588 |
France
|
French
|
174 |
® |
Fitzalan, Lady Jane |
1536 |
1576 |
England
|
English
|
175 |
|
Grey, Lady Jane |
1537 |
1554 |
England
|
English
|
176 |
|
Dudley, Anne, Contess of Warwick |
1538 |
1588 |
England
|
|
177 |
|
Portugal, D. Maria de |
1538 |
1677 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin Ancient Greek
|
178 |
|
Jesus, Soror Juliana |
1539 |
1639 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese
|
179 |
® |
Fitzalan, Lady Mary |
1540 |
1557 |
England
|
English
|
180 |
|
Gerijts, Soetken |
1540 |
1572 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
181 |
® |
Hubba, Ayse |
1540 |
1590 |
Turkey
|
Arabic Ottoman Turkish
|
182 |
® |
Haghen, Margaretha |
1540 |
1590 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
183 |
|
Montenay, Georgette de |
1540 |
1607 |
France
|
French
|
184 |
|
Seymour, Margaret |
1540 |
1600 |
England
|
Latin
|
185 |
|
Seymour, Jane |
1541 |
1561 |
England
|
Latin
|
186 |
® |
Molza Porrino, Tarquinia |
1542 |
1617 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
187 |
|
Desroches, Catherine |
1542 |
1587 |
France
|
French
|
188 |
|
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots |
1542 |
1587 |
Scotland
|
English French
|
189 |
® |
Clermont, Claude Catherine de |
1545 |
1603 |
France
|
French
|
190 |
® |
Heymair, Magdalena |
1545 |
1600 |
Germany
|
German
|
191 |
|
Romieu, Marie de |
1545 |
1590 |
France
|
French
|
192 |
|
L'Aube-Espine, Madeleine de |
1546 |
1596 |
France
|
French
|
193 |
® |
Arnhem, Aleyd van |
1546 |
1600 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
194 |
|
Lazea, Philippa |
1546 |
1576 |
Croatia Italy
|
Latin
|
195 |
|
Franco, Veronica |
1546 |
1591 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
196 |
® |
Morel, Camille de |
1547 |
1600 |
France
|
Latin
|
197 |
® |
Benincasa, Orsola |
1547 |
1618 |
Italy
|
Italian
|
198 |
|
Castro, Públia Hortência de |
1548 |
1597 |
Portugal
|
Portuguese Latin
|
199 |
|
Porquin, Barbe de |
1548 |
1622 |
Netherlands
|
Dutch
|
200 |
|
San Bartolomé, Ana de |
1549 |
1626 |
Spain
|
Spanish
|