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* Empress Yuan Leshang, an empress of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in China, later became a Buddhist nun who lived as a recluse, dying at an unknown date ( yet was still alive during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, which ended in 649 )
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Empress and Yuan
With permission from Empress Dowager Longyu, Yuan Shikai began negotiating with Sun Yat-sen, who decided that his goal had been achieved in forming a republic, and that therefore he could allow Yuan to step into the position of President of the Republic of China.
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General-in-Chief He Jin ( d. 189 CE ), half-brother to Empress He ( d. 189 CE ), plotted with Yuan Shao ( d. 202 ) to overthrow the eunuchs by having several generals march to the outskirts of the capital.
Making a political alliance with the Empress Dowager, and becoming a lasting enemy of the Guangxu Emperor, Yuan left the capital in 1899 for his new appointment as Governor of Shandong.
The Empress Dowager and the Guangxu Emperor died within a day of each other in November 1908. and sources indicate that the will of the Emperor specifically ordered Yuan be executed.
To further reward Yuan's loyalty to the court, the Empress Dowager Longyu offered Yuan the noble title Marquis of the First Rank ( 一等侯 ), an honour only previously given to General Zeng Guofan.
Yuan would not be present when the Abdication edict was issued by Empress Dowager Longyu on 12 February 1912.
Qi Empress ( 奇皇后 ; Mongolian: Öljei Khutugh Өлзий хутаг ( 完者忽都 ), Korean: ) ( 1301 – 1369 / 70 ) was one of empresses of Toghun Temür Khan of the Yuan Dynasty and the mother of Ayushiridar.
On December 8, 1895, Empress Dowager Cixi appointed Yuan Shikai the commander of the 4, 000 men who formed the basis of the first New Army.
In fall 497, Emperor Xiaowen created Feng Run to be empress, and when Yuan Ke's mother Consort Gao subsequently died, common belief was that Empress Feng had her secretly poisoned so that she could raise Yuan Ke herself.
Her first step was to install her maternal grandson Zhang Yan ( 張偃 ; Princess Yuan of Lu's son, Empress Zhang Yan's brother ) as the Prince of Lu.
Later, during the Yuan Dynasty the two terms were merged to become the generally translated " phoenix ", but the " King of Birds " came to symbolize the Empress when paired with a dragon as a dragon represented the Emperor.
He did so upon Yuan Shikai's suggestion to Empress Dowager Longyu, who also signed the abdication papers.
His father's half sister was the powerful Grand Empress Dowager Wang who had been the consort of Emperor Yuan and mother of Emperor Cheng.
Emperor Ai's grandmother, Princess Dowager Fu of Dingtao ( concubine of Grand Empress Dowager Wang's husband Emperor Yuan ) was a domineering woman who ruled her grandson.
They summoned Prince Jizi of Zhongshan ( the last surviving male issue of Grand Empress Dowager Wang's husband Emperor Yuan ) to the capital to succeed Emperor Ai, and he ascended the throne as Emperor Ping.
After her death, Wang Mang discovered that one of Empress Wang's ladies in waiting, Yuan Bi ( 原碧 ), with whom he had an affair, had also had an affair with Crown Prince Lin, and that she had conspired with Crown Prince Lin to kill Wang Mang, in light of Wang Lin's demotion.
* Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan ( 74 BC-37 BC ), during the reign of Emperor Xuan and Emperor Yuan
On February 3, Empress Longyu gave Yuan Shikai full permission to negotiate the terms for the abdication of the Qing Emperor.
On February 12, 1912, after being persuaded and pressured by Yuan Shikai and other ministers, Puyi ( age six ) and Empress Longyu accepted the terms for the imperial family's abdication.
During the abdication of the last emperor, Empress Longyu, Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen both tried to adopt the concept of " Manchu and Han as one family " ( 滿漢一家 ).
Emperor Hui's wife was Empress Zhang Yan, a niece of his by his sister Princess Yuan of Lu ; their marriage was the result of insistence by Empress Dowager Lü and was a childless one.
Empress and empress
The dynasty continued to flourish under Empress Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant in Chinese history, and reached its zenith during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, who oversaw an empire that stretched from the Pacific to the Aral Sea with at least 50 million people.
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 ).
Empress Matilda ( 1102 – 1167 ) is the only British monarch commonly referred to as " emperor " or " empress ", but acquired her title through her marriage to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and had little legitimacy as Queen of England.
His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Junshi ( also called the Gojō empress 五条后 ), daughter of the minister of the left, Fujiwara Fuyutsugu.
His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akirakeiko ( 明子 ), also called the Somedono empress 染殿后 ).
His mother was the Empress Fujiwara no Takaiko, who was also known after Seiwa's abdication as the Nijō empress.
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She was the first empress ( like Empress Wu in China ) consort of Japan who was not a daughter of the imperial family itself.
11th century mosaic of Constantine IX Monomachos, Zoe ( empress ) | Empress Zoe, and Jesus Christ in the Hagia Sophia.
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