* Empress Xiao

* Empress Xiao, empress and regent of the Liao ( b. 932 )

* Empress Xiao of China ( b. c. 566 )

* Empress Xiao, empress and regent of the Liao ( d. 1009 )

** Empress Xiao Ci Gao

Gaozu placed Empress Lü Zhi and the crown prince Liu Ying ( Lü Zhi's son ) in charge of the capital Chang ' an and making key decisions in court, assisted by the chancellor Xiao He and other ministers.

* Empress Dowager Xiao Zhuang, initially Consort Zhuang ( 莊妃 )

Image: Kaiserin-Xiaoxian1. jpg | Empress Xiao Xian

* Grand Empress Dowager Xiao Wenshou ( 422-423 ), during the reign of Emperor Shao

* Grand Empress Dowager Xiao Noujin ( 1055 – 1057 ), during the reign of Emperor Daozong

* Grand Empress Dowager Xiao Tansi ( 1101 – 1118 ), during the reign of Emperor Tianzuo

** Empress Xiao

** Empress Ren Xiao Wen ( birth name: Xu Yihua )

Born Zhu Zhanji, he was the eldest son of the Hongxi Emperor and Empress Cheng Xiao Zhao.

** Empress Cheng Xiao Zhao

* Empress Xiao Gong Zhang ( 孝恭章皇后 ), family name Sun ( 孫 ) ( died September / October 1462 ), daughter of Sun Zouzhong ( 孫鄒忠 ), initially created an Imperial Concubine ( 嬪 ) in 1417, elevated to the rank of Noble Consort ( 貴妃 ) upon the Xuande Emperor's accession in 1425, created empress in 1428 after the deposition of Empress Gong Rang Zhang, became Empress Dowager ( 皇太后 ) upon the accession of her son, created Empress Dowager Shang Sheng ( 上聖皇太后 ) in December 1449, created Empress Dowager Sheng Lie Ci Shou ( 聖烈慈壽皇太后 ), mother of the Zhengtong Emperor and Princess Changde

* Empress Dowager Xiao Yi ( 孝翼太后 ), family name Wu ( 吳 ) ( died December 1461 ), daughter of Wu An ( 吳安 ), granddaughter of Wu Yanming ( 吳彥名 ), created Consort Xian ( 賢妃 ) in 1428, initially given the posthumous name Consort Rong Si Xian ( 榮思賢妃 ), posthumously honored as Empress Dowager Xiao Yi by the Chongzhen Emperor, mother of the Jingtai Emperor

** Empress Xiao Mu ( 孝穆皇后 )

** Xiahou Zhuang ( 夏侯莊 ), second son of Xiahou Wei, married Empress Jingyang of Jin's younger sister, served as Prefect of Huainan

Niu Li played Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was known as Consort Zhuang in the series.

Image: Imperial Portrait of Empress Xiao Zhuang Wen. jpg | Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang

* Empress Guo, wife of Cao Rui

** Empress Zhen Wenzhao, bore Cao Rui and Princess Dongxiang, forced to commit suicide in 221

The Hokuto Army rescues the rightful Empress Rui, who is also Rin's estranged twin sister, foiling the plot of the usurper Jakoh, who was blackmailing Rui's guardian, the Gento Kōken successor Falco, to do his evil bidding.

This was because Wu Rui, King of Changsha, who was the only non-Liu king in Han territory, who was treated well by the Empress ( Gao Zu removed all non-Liu kings except Wu Rui since his state was not much of power, and the empress wanted to appoint Lü kings ).

Wu Rui further said bad things about Zhao Tuo, which made Empress Dowager Lü angry.

When Sima Shi notified Cao Fang's stepmother Empress Dowager Guo that he intended to make Cao Pi's brother Cao Ju ( 曹據 ), the Prince of Pengcheng, emperor, however, she managed to persuade him that such a succession would be improper — that since Cao Ju was the uncle of her husband Cao Rui, such a succession would leave Cao Rui effectively sonless with no heir.

* Annia Galeria Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger ( between 125 – 130 – 175 ), a future Roman Empress, married her maternal cousin, future Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in 146.

February 1215: Yolanda de Courtenay ( c. 1200 – 1233 ), daughter of Peter I, Emperor of the Latin Empire and his second wife, Yolanda I, Empress of the Latin Empire

Soon afterwards he had the Empress Maria imprisoned and then killed ( forcing a signature from the child Emperor Alexius to put his mother to death ), by Pterygeonites and the hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos.

Guangxu Emperor and the reformists then launched a more comprehensive reform effort, the Hundred Day's Reform ( 1898 ), but it was shortly overturned by the conservatives under Empress Dowager Cixi in a military coup.

The other four, Empress Genshō, Empress Kōken ( also Empress Shōtoku ), Empress Meishō and Empress Go-Sakuramachi, were unwed daughters of previous emperors.

Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort ), mother ( empress dowager ), or a woman who rules in her own right ( empress regnant ).

One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII ( who had blessed the regalia ), at the Notre Dame de Paris | Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The painting by Jacques-Louis David | David commemorating the event is equally famous: the gothic cathedral restyled Empire ( style ) | style Empire, supervised by the Letizia Ramolino | mother of the Emperor on the balcony ( a fictional addition, while she had not been present at the ceremony ), the pope positioned near the altar, Napoleon proceeds to crown his then wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais as Empress.

His Empress was Fujiwara no Otomuro ( 藤原乙牟漏 ) ( 760 – 790 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu ( 藤原良継 )

* Princess Ishi-Hime ( or Iwa-hime ), daughter of Emperor Senka by his Empress Tachibana no Nakatsu ; Empress 540 ; Grand Empress 572 ; 3 imperial children:

** Imperial Princess Nukatabe ( Empress SUIKO ), born 553, died 626

*** Eldest son: Prince Chinu, born about 575, married to Princess Kibitsu-Hime, by whom he had a son and a daughter: Princess Takara ( Empress Kōgyoku ), born 594, and Prince Karu ( Emperor Kōtoku )

** Princess Uji no Shitsukahi ( Uji no Kahitako ), born about 570, married to Prince Shōtoku, son of Emperor Yōmei and Empress Anahobe

He had at least three consorts including his Empress, Hashihito no Himemiko ( Princess Hashihito ), the daughter of Emperor Jomei and his sister Empress Kōgyoku.

Empress: Princess Hashihito ( 間人皇女 ) (?– 665 ), daughter of Emperor Jomei

Empress Consort: Princess Tōchi ( 十市皇女 ) ( 648 ?– 678 ), a daughter of Emperor Temmu

Empress: Fujiwara no Mimimotoji ( 藤原耳面刀自 ), a daughter of Fujiwara no Kamatari