Four empresses, Empress Suiko, Empress Kōgyoku ( also Empress Saimei ) and Empress Jitō, as well as the mythical Empress Jingū, were widows of deceased emperors and princesses of the blood imperial in their own right.

Later she ascended to the throne in her own right and is today known as Empress Suiko.

He was succeeded first by one of his brothers, Emperor Yōmei, then by another, Emperor Sushun, and then Empress Suiko, his sister and wife, before his grandson, Emperor Jomei, eventually took the throne.

Princess Hashihito no Anahobe bore him four sons, including Prince Shotoku, who would later become crown prince and regent to Empress Suiko.

He came to the throne with the support of the Soga clan and Empress Suiko, his half sister and the widow of Emperor Bidatsu.

Empress Suiko had several names including Princess Nukatabe and ( possibly posthumous ) Toyomike Kashikiya.

Empress Suiko was a consort to her half-brother, Emperor Bidatsu, but after Bidatsu's first wife died she became his official consort and was given the title Ōkisaki ( official consort of the emperor ).

Shortly thereafter, Empress Suiko is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘ sokui ’’).

The adoption of the Sexegenary cycle calendar ( Jikkan Jūnishi ) in Japan is attributed to Empress Suiko in 604.

Empress Suiko ruled for 35 years.

Memorial Shinto shrine and mausoleum honoring Empress Suiko.

simple: Empress Suiko

Half-sibling marriages were found in ancient Japan such as the marriage of Emperor Bidatsu and his half-sister Empress Suiko.

The Soga family eventually prevailed and supported Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku, who helped impress Buddhist faith into Japan.

* Empress Suiko, Japanese empress

* Empress Suiko of Japan

* Empress Suiko of Japan

* Empress Suiko ascends to the throne of Japan.

During the reign of Empress Suiko, the Yamato court began sending full-scale diplomatic missions to China, which resulted in a large increase in Chinese literacy at the Japanese court.

He succeeded his great aunt, Empress Suiko.

* August 9 – Russian Empress Catherine II issues a decree authorizing the new way to produce vodka ( by freezing ).

Out on the front lines, Nicholas is visited by his mother the Dowager Empress Maria Foeodorovna ( Irene Worth ), ( who is very outspokenly critical of her son's lack of leadership abilities ), who scolds him about not attending to crumbling domestic issues and implores him to eliminate Rasputin ( as well as to send Alexandra away to one of the royal palaces out of sight ).

Empress Menen was active in promoting women's issues in Ethiopia, was Patroness of the Ethiopian Red Cross, and the Ethiopian Women's Charitable Organization.

* Fourth Section, 1828-former Chancellery of Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna ; charity issues such as education of females, orphanage, disabled persons, healthcare

Some of the many achievements under Empress Suiko's reign include the official recognition of Buddhism by the issuance of the Flourishing Three Treasures Edict in 594.

* Empress Zhu, wife of Sun Xiu of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms

In 1784, with encouragement from Empress Catherine the Great, explorer Grigory Shelekhov founded Russia's first permanent settlement in Alaska at Three Saints Bay.

* Three Empress consorts of Russia:

* Ottilia, Countess of Talabecland and self-proclaimed Empress during the Age of Three Emperors.

* Empress Dowager He ( Sun Hao ), empress dowager of the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms

The Emperor and the Empress lived in palaces on the central axis of the Forbidden City, the Crown Prince at the eastern side, and the concubines at the back ( therefore the numerous imperial concubines were often referred to as " The Back Palace Three Thousand ").

She began acting at the age of five, and had a highly successful child star career in Pre-Code movies, appearing in such films as the 1930 version of Liliom, Tom Mix's Riders of the Purple Sage, So Big, Three on a Match and Rasputin and the Empress.

The assassination of Iruka took place on July 10, 645 ( Traditional Japanese date: Twelfth Day of the Sixth Month of 645 ), during a court ceremony at which memorials from the Three Kingdoms of Korea were being read to Empress Kōgyoku by Ishikawa no Maro.

* Empress Teng ( 滕皇后 ), empress of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China

Three steamships docked together -- the RMS Empress of France ( 1914 ) | SS Empress of France, the SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm | SS Empress of India, and RMS Empress of Britain ( 1906 ) | SS Empress of Britain.

In 1999, the Church officially proclaimed her the Patroness of the Americas, the Empress of Latin America, and the Protectress of Unborn Children.

Wu Zetian ( ( c. 625 – 705 ), also known as Wu Zhao or Wu Chao and as Wu-hou or Wu Hou (), and during the Tang Dynasty as Tian Hou ( 天后 ), Dynasty ), and in English translation as Empress Consort Wu, or the deprecated term " Empress Wu " was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her self-proclaimed " Zhou Dynasty ", from 690 to 705 ; however, she had previous imperial positions, under both Taizong and his son Gaozong, of the Tang Dynasty, in China.

Empress Eugénie fled the Tuileries for Great Britain, effectively ending the Empire, which was officially declared defunct and replaced with the Government of National Defence.

Empress Dowager Ci ' an ( Wade-Giles: Empress Dowager Tzu-an ;, Manchu: Hiyoošungga Jekdun Iletu Hūwanghu ; 20 August 1837 – 8 April 1881 ), popularly known in China as the East Empress Dowager (), and officially known posthumously as Empress Xiao Zhen Xian ( Wade-Giles: Empress Hsiao Chen Hsien ; ), was the second Empress Consort of the Xianfeng Emperor ( b. 1831 – d. 1861 ) of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China, and then Empress Dowager after 1861.

On 24 July 1852, she was officially created Empress Consort ( 皇后 ).

Eventually Noble Consort Yi was officially created " Holy Mother Empress Dowager " ( 聖母皇太后 ), a great privilege considering that she had never been an Empress Consort while the Xianfeng Emperor was alive ; she was only able to become empress dowager because she was the biological mother of the new Emperor.

While officially condemning the movement, the Boxers had the unofficial support of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The Empress Hotel, the CPR's world-famous hostelry at Victoria, British Columbia, was erected two years later and officially opened on January 20, 1908.

The Royal Titles Act of 1876 ( 39 & 40 Vict., c. 10 ) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which officially recognized Queen Victoria as " Empress of India ".

In 1855, the settlement became an incorporated village, and was officially renamed " Freguesia de Santo Antonio de Paquequer "; however, the local inhabitants had already become accustomed to calling their home " Therezopolis " ( named for the Empress Teresa Cristina ).

Six years later, Emperor Ruizong in turn relinquished the throne to his mother and Empress Dowager Wu officially proclaimed herself " Emperor ", while Emperor Ruizong was made crown prince.

She is known posthumously as Empress Sunjeong of Korea ( officially, ( 純貞孝皇后 ; 순정효황후 ; Sunjeonghyo Hwanghu ; Empress Sunjeong-hyo ).

The practice of the durbar culminated in the magnificent spectacle that was the Delhi Durbar, which was held in December 1911 to officially crown the newly-enthroned George V and his wife Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India.

She died at Axum in 1907 during the reign of Menelik II, and was mourned officially as a dowager Empress by the Imperial court in Addis Ababa.