History's Most Beautiful Women: How Beauty Is Defined by Ages

was a British actress. epburn was active during Hollywood’s Golden Age. She is regarded by some to be the most naturally beautiful woman of all time.

was an American actress, model, and singer, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.

was celebrated as a young woman of beauty and charm, who later established a reputation as an actress and producer. By 1881, she had become an actress and starred in many plays.

was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.

Catherine the Great

was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. She became Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right while she was still a child.

was the Queen consort of King Arthur. One of the most prominent story arcs is her love affair with Arthur’s chief knight Sir Lancelot.

was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt.

is a queen regnant who appears in the Bible. The Queen of Sheba gained her throne with her beauty and mesmerized King Solomon.

Helen was sought after by as many as 45 of the most powerful names in the ancient Mediterranean world.