Tsarina or czarina (Bulgarian: царица; Russian: царица, Tsaritsa, formerly czaritsa) is the title of a female autocratic ruler (monarch) of Bulgaria or Russia, or the title of atsar’s wife. The English spelling is derived from the German czarin or zarin, in the same way as the French tsarine/czarine, and the Spanish and Italian czarina/zarina.[1] For tsar’s daughters see tsarevna.
“Tsarina” was the title of the female supreme ruler in the following states: