Queens
Left: Philippa of Hainault Queen of England Middle: Portrait of Queen Charlotte of England Right: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
[Office of the Governor-General, (CC BY 4.0), via Wikipedia Commons]
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Sophia Charlotte (May 19, 1744 – 17 November 17, 1818) was the Queen of Great Britain, consort of George III of England
"England’s 18th century Black Queen, Sophie Charlotte born" – African American Registry
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Wikipedia
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Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1314 – August 15, 1369) was the Queen-Consort of Edward III of England
A description of her by Bishop Stapledon, who saw her in person and wrote the following in a report dated 1319:
“The lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, betwixt blue-black and brown. Her head is cleaned shaped; her forehead high and broad, and standing somewhat forward. Her face narrows between the eyes, and the lower part of her face is still more narrow and slender than the forehead. Her eyes are dark. Her nose is fairly smooth and even, save that is somewhat broad at the tip and flattened, yet it is no snub nose. Her nostrils are also broad, her mouth fairly wide. Her lips somewhat full and especially the lower lip…all her limbs are well set and unmaimed, and nought is amiss so far as a man may see. Moreover, she is brown of skin all over, and much like her father, and in all things she is pleasant enough, as it seems to us.”
Philippa of Hainault – Wikipedia
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981)
The Duchess of Sussex at the Royal Family Website
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex – Wikipedia
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Louise Marie Thérèse also known as The Black Nun of Moret (16 November 1664 – 1732)
Louise Marie Thérèse – Wikipedia
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Yasmin Mahal: Noblewoman of India
Melwani, Lavina. “Africans in India: From Slaves to Sultans,” Khabar.com, August 2017
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Kulsum Bibi mother of Nawab Siddi Mohammad Khan III
Sayeed, Vikhar Ahmed. “Descendants of Africans in India,” Frontline, March 29, 2019
Melwani, Lavina. “Africans in India: From Slaves to Sultans,” Khabar.com, August 2017
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Bamba Müller - The Last Queen of the Sikh Empire
“QUEEN: Maharani Bamba Duleep Singh aka Bamba Müller,” – Solarey
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Giulia Romola di Alessandro de' Medici (c. 1535 – c. 1588) daughter of Alessandro de' Medici,
he was the first duke of Florence, and the first black head of a European state.
“Giulia de' Medici & Her Portrait,” PBS [Frontline]
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