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Who was the Pirate Queen? (The first Pirate Queen was in 231 B.C.E., Queen…
Who was the Pirate Queen?
The first Pirate Queen was in 231 B.C.E.
Queen Teuta led the Illyrians into the first Illyrian war against Rome which ended in defeat for the Illyrians.
Irish Grace O'malley was born on Clare Island in 1530.
After marrying her second husband she quickly divorced him and kept his castle.
Grace O'malley owned two castles on Clare Island and Clew Bay.
The first Pirate Queen was called Queen Teuta.
After her father refused to take her onboard a ship because she as a girl, Grace cut off her hair and dressed as a boy to get on the ship but was found out and forced off.
Grace took up pirating after the death of her first husband.
There was more than one Pirate Queen.
Queen Teuta ruled the Illyrians after the death of her husband, King Agron.
After the First Illyrian war Queen Teuta was forced to leave Illyria and records of her fate are unclear.
Grace's family had been involved in piracy for many years.
Grace fought against the English until her son was captured. She bargained with Queen Elizabeth 1st until he was released in exchange for Grace's help against Queen Elizabeth's enemies.
Grace's last run in was with an English ship in 1701 at age 71.
Ching Shih (Cheng I Sao) began pirating when she married Cheng I, a pirate commander in 1801.
They ruled off the southern coast of China.
Ruling that many pirates was hard so she made a list of strict rules making pirates punished by death for harming a female captive.
After Cheng's death in 1807 Ching Shih was incharge of 1,800 ships and about 8,000 pirates.
Ching Shih became a threat to the Qing dynasty, the Portuguese Navy and the East Indian Company.