Female Pirates

The following is a list of the known female pirates and privateers. If there is more information on a specific woman, a link is attached. If you know of others to be added please contact me. 

Here are a couple of new ones.


Female pirates and privateers

Name
Time Period
Location
Queen Teuta
232 BC to 228 BC
Adriatic Sea
Sela
420 AD
A Viking Princess
Hetha
around 704 AD
Nordic Sea
Wigbiorg
around 704 AD
Nordic Sea
Wisna
around 704 AD
Nordic Sea
Alvilda (aka AElfhild, Alwilda, Alfhild)
Anywhere from 5th - 12th century
Sweden
Ladgerda
870 AD
A Viking
mid-1300s
France / England
Jeanne de Clisson
1343
Fought with the British against the French for Brittany's independence.  Nicknamed: "The Lioness of Brittany"
Jeanne de Montfort
1343
Fought with the British against the French for Brittany's independence.  Nicknamed: "The Flame"
Grace O'Malley, a.k.a.Granuaile, Grana Weil, Graun'ya Uaile, "Queen of the West"
1500s
Atlantic Ocean :Ireland . Commanded three galleys and hundreds of men. Flew the White Seahorse aboard her ship the Moytura. Sailed up the Thames to see Queen Elizabeth.
1530-1570
Atlantic : Great Britian
late 1500s
England
Mrs. Peter Lambert
late 1500s
Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Elizabetha Patrickson
1634
   
1640s
England
18th century
England , Americas ,France
1720
Caribbean
1720
Caribbean
Mary Harley (or Harvey) alias Mary Farlee
1726
Americas
Mary Crickett (or Crichett)
1728/1729
colony of Virginia
Rachel Wall (Scmidt)
1780s
Boston ,Massachusetts
Anonymous female commander of French privateer LA BAUGOURT
1805
France
Catherine Hagerty
1806
Australia , New Zealand
Margaret Jordan
1809
Canada
1800s
South China Sea
Mary Lovell
19th Century
Pacific/Asian waters
late 1800s
Canada
Honcho Lo and Wong
1921
China
Lai Sho Sz'en (Lai Choi San)
1922-1939
South China Sea
P'en Ch'ih Ch'iko
1936
 Led 1000 pirates
Huang P'ei-mei
1937 - 1950s
 Leader of 50,000 pirates

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