Sayyida al-Hurra

Sayyida al-Hurra (السيدة الحرة, transl. The Lady, the Free lady), was a Moroccan privateer who governed the city of Tétouan from 1515 to 1542. As the wife of Moroccan king Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad, who was her second husband, she belonged to the Wattasid dynasty. She is considered to be "one of the most important female figures of the Islamic West in the modern age." Her exact date of birth is unknown, but various sources estimate her to be born somewhere between 1491-1495.