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Queen of the Desert (film)
Queen of the Desert (Königin der Wüste) is Werner Herzog's 2015 biographical drama starring Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell, with James Franco and Robert Pattinson; a Berlin premiere, 2017 US release, and 17% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Queen of the Netherlands
Queen of the Netherlands is a Dutch trailing suction hopper dredger owned by Boskalis, built in 1998 and described at delivery as the world's largest.
Queen of the Ring (film)
Queen of the Ring is a 2025 biographical sports drama about wrestler Mildred Burke, written and directed by Ash Avildsen, based on Jeff Leen's book, starring Emily Bett Rickards; released March 7, 2025, grossing $657,661.
Queen of the Ring (반지의 여왕) (TV series)
Queen of the Ring (반지의 여왕, Banjiui Yeowang) is a 2017 MBC Korean fantasy romance drama, third in the Three Colors of Fantasies trilogy, starring Kim Seul-gi and Ahn Hyo-seop in a lookism story about a magical ring.
Queen of the South (TV series)
Queen of the South is a USA Network crime drama (2016–2021, 62 episodes, 5 seasons) adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel La Reina del Sur, starring Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza, distinct from the 2011 Telemundo telenovela.
Queen of the South F.C.
Queen of the South F.C., the Doonhamers, Scottish League One club from Dumfries founded 1919; named after David Dunbar's 1857 phrase, 2008 Scottish Cup finalists, one UEFA Cup campaign, plays at Palmerston Park.
Queen of the Universe
Queen of the Universe: Paramount+ international drag-singing competition (2021–2023), hosted by Graham Norton, judged by Visage, Mattel, Williams; winners Grag Queen and Taiga Brava; $250,000 prize; cancelled June 2023.
Queen Paola of Belgium
Queen Paola of Belgium (Paola Ruffo di Calabria), born 1937 in Forte dei Marmi, Italy, married Prince Albert in 1959, was Queen of the Belgians 1993–2013, and founded the Queen Paola Foundation in 1992.
Queen Puabi's headdress
Queen Puabi's headdress is a gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian ornament from Early Dynastic Ur, found in her tomb and held by the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.
Queen Rania of Jordan
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, queen consort of Jordan (married King Abdullah II in 1993, queen since 1999), Palestinian-born education advocate who founded the Jordan River Foundation, Queen Rania Foundation, Madrasati, and Edraak.
Queen rearing
Queen rearing is the managed production of honey bee queens: a beekeeper selects larvae, controls mating, and breeds colonies resistant to disease and Varroa mites.
Queen regnant
Queen regnant: a woman reigning as sovereign in her own right, distinct from a queen consort. Covers succession law, Salic law in France, historical cases from Irene to Elizabeth II, and modern rules.
Queen Saleha of Brunei
Queen Saleha of Brunei (Pengiran Anak Saleha binti Mohamed Alam, born 1946) is the Duli Raja Isteri, queen consort of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah since their 1965 marriage, mother of the Crown Prince, and patron of Brunei women's organizations.
Queen scallop
Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis), a small pectinid bivalve of the British Isles and Irish Sea, fished mainly by dredge near the Isle of Man; data-poor stocks now covered by a Defra fisheries management plan.
Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕) (TV series)
Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕, The Great Queen Seondeok) is MBC's 2009, 62-episode historical drama starring Lee Yo-won, Go Hyeon-jeong, and Uhm Tae-woong, dramatizing Korea's first reigning queen and the semi-fictional rival Mishil, with ratings above 40 percent.
Queen Seondeok of Silla
Queen Seondeok (선덕여왕, 善德女王; Deokman), 27th ruler of Silla, reigned 632–647 as Korea's first female sovereign, succeeding King Jinpyeong via seonggol rank and allying Silla with Tang China.
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Queen Silvia (Silvia Renate Sommerlath, born 1943 in Heidelberg) is queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, married 19 June 1976; former Olympic interpreter and protocol chief, founder of Silviahemmet and the World Childhood Foundation.
Queen Sinjeong
Queen Sinjeong (신정왕후; 1808–1890) was a queen dowager of Korea's Joseon dynasty who chose King Gojong as successor and served as his regent from 1864 until 1866.
Queen Sinmyeongsunseong
Queen Sinmyeongsunseong (신명순성왕후), also written Queen Sinmyeong, was the third queen consort of Taejo Wang Geon, founder of the Goryeo dynasty, and mother of kings Jeongjong and Gwangjong.
Queen Sofía of Spain
Queen Sofía of Spain (Sofía de Grecia), queen emerita, born 1938 in Athens; Greek-born queen consort of Juan Carlos I 1975-2014, mother of Felipe VI, founder of the Fundación Reina Sofía.
Queen Soma
Queen Soma, known in Khmer tradition as Neang Soma or Neang Neak, is the legendary first queen of Funan, a 1st to 7th century polity of the Mekong Delta.
Queen Sonja of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway (Sonja Haraldsen, born 4 July 1937) was queen consort 1991–2026 to King Harald V, first Norwegian queen of non-royal birth in modern times, mother of King Haakon, now widowed dowager.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar is an OWN drama series (2016–2022, seven seasons) created by Ava DuVernay from Natalie Baszile's 2014 novel, following the Bordelon siblings, Nova, Charley, and Ralph Angel, on their Louisiana sugarcane farm; notable for all-women season-1 directors.
Queen versus rook endgame
The queen versus rook endgame is a pawnless chess endgame with a king and queen against a king and rook, widely regarded as the hardest basic winning endgame.
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria, 1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom 1837–1901 and Empress of India from 1877; reigned almost 64 years, then the longest in British history, married Prince Albert in 1840, and had nine children.
Queen Victoria's Proclamation
Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1 November 1858, read at Allahabad, announced that governance of India had passed from the East India Company to the British Crown.
Queen Wongyeong
Queen Wongyeong (원경왕후 민씨, 1365–1420) was the consort of Taejong, third king of Joseon, and mother of Sejong, helping him take the throne in the princely strifes of 1398 and 1400.
Queen Woo (우씨왕후)
Queen Woo (우씨왕후) is a 2024 TVING Korean historical action drama, 8 episodes in two parts, set in Goguryeo, where Queen Woo (Jeon Jong-seo) must enthrone a new king within 24 hours after the king's death; later streamed on Paramount+.
Queen's Blade (クイーンズブレイド)
Queen's Blade (クイーンズブレイド) is a Hobby Japan franchise begun in 2005 as Lost Worlds-licensed visual combat books about beautiful warriors dueling to become queen, later spanning figures, anime, and the 2026 rogue-lite card game Re:Build.
Queen's Club Championships
Queen's Club Championships (HSBC Championships), annual grass-court tennis tournament at The Queen's Club, London; ATP 500 men's event since the Open era and WTA 500 women's event since 2025; first held 1884, a key Wimbledon warm-up.