The Lamanite queen, whose name is not recorded, was the wife of the Lamanite king whom Amalickiah had had killed by his servants. Amalickiah, a Nephite dissenter who had defected and risen among the Lamanites, sent word to her that the king had been slain by his servants and that he had pursued them in vain. On receiving this message she sent to Amalickiah, asking him to spare the people of the city, to come to her, and to bring witnesses to testify concerning the king’s death (Alma 47:33).
Amalickiah brought the same servant who had slain the king, along with the others who were with him, and they testified to her that the king had been killed by his own servants, who had since fled; this satisfied the queen concerning the death (Alma 47:34). Amalickiah then sought her favor and took her to wife, and through this fraud he obtained the kingdom and was acknowledged king over all the Lamanites, who were composed of the Lamanites, the Lemuelites, the Ishmaelites, and the dissenters from the Nephites (Alma 47:35). With the kingdom secured, he turned the Lamanites against the Nephites and gathered a host to war on them, seeking to reign over all the people in the land (Alma 48:1-3).