The narrator lists the 10 most vicious female rulers in history. They are:
1. Empress Julia Agrippina of Rome, known for poisoning her husband and others to rise to power.
2. Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, who led her army into battle and conquered several regions.
3. Empress Wu Zetian of China, who rose to power through the Tang Dynasty Court and killed several family members.
4. Queen Tamar of Georgia, who ruthlessly vanquished noblemen and clergy who questioned her rule.
5. Queen Isabella I of Spain, who started the Spanish Inquisition and had many Protestants and Jews killed or banished.
6. Queen Mary I of England, who had 300 Protestants burned at the stake and another 800 exiled.
7. Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, who tortured and killed hundreds of young women and bathed in their blood.
8. Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar, who decimated the population and sold her subjects into slavery.
9. Queen Rani Lakshmibai of India, who led a rebellion against British rule and slaughtered every British man, woman, and child in a fort.
10. Jiang Qing, also known as Madame Mao, who was a key figure in the Chinese Cultural Revolution and responsible for the deaths of millions.
The narrator notes that these women were ruthless and power-hungry, and their actions led to the deaths of thousands of people.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Julia Agrippina was the sister of Emperor Caligula and the mother of Emperor Nero.
2. Julia Agrippina was known as the Empress of Poison and poisoned her second husband to marry her uncle, Emperor Claudius.
3. Julia Agrippina convinced her uncle to adopt her son Nero and name him his successor.
4. Nero took the throne as a teenager, but Julia Agrippina ruled on his behalf.
5. Queen Zenobia was a warrior queen who challenged the Roman Empire's rule.
6. Zenobia led her army into battle and conquered Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
7. Zenobia printed coins with her face on them, a bold move for a female ruler at the time.
8. Wu Zetian was the only female ruler of Imperial China in over 4,000 years.
9. Wu Zetian rose to power through her relationships with emperors and was known for her Machiavellian tactics.
10. Wu Zetian killed her sister, older brothers, and even her own infant daughter to consolidate her power.
11. Queen Tamar of Georgia was a ruthless ruler who vanquished noblemen who dared to question her rule.
12. Tamar murdered clergymen who questioned her rule and replaced them with loyalists.
13. Queen Isabella of Spain started the Spanish Inquisition and expanded the monarch's power by purging nobles and reinstalling Catholicism.
14. Queen Mary of England, also known as Bloody Mary, had 300 Protestants burned at the stake and 800 exiled in an attempt to return England to Catholicism.
15. Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary was accused of bathing in the blood of young girls and drinking their blood to maintain her youth.
16. Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar decimated the population from 5 million to 2.5 million during her 33-year rule.
17. Ranavalona sold her subjects into slavery, beheaded missionaries, and boiled Christians alive.
18. Queen Rani Lakshmibai of India led the 1857 Indian Rebellion against British rule.
19. Rani Lakshmibai was a skilled martial artist and warrior who charged onto the battlefield with reins in her teeth and two swords in her hands.
20. Jiang Qing, also known as Madame Mao, was a member of the Gang of Four and oversaw the destruction of ancient Chinese culture during the Cultural Revolution.
21. Jiang Qing was responsible for the deaths of as many as 500,000 people from 1966 to 1969 due to famine caused by the return of agrarian roots.