Court lady: Fujiwara no Kamiko ( 藤原上子 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Oguromaro ( 藤原小黒麻呂 )

Court lady: Tachibana no Tsuneko ( 橘常子 ) ( 788 – 817 ), daughter of Tachibana no Shimadamaro ( 橘島田麻呂 )

Court lady: Sakanoue no Matako ( 坂上全子 ) (?– 790 ), daughter of Sakanoue no Karitamaro ( 坂上刈田麻呂 )

Court lady: Ki no Wakako ( 紀若子 ), daughter of Ki no Funamori ( 紀船守 )

Court lady: Fujiwara no Kawako ( 藤原河子 ) (?– 838 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Ōtsugu ( 藤原大継 )

Court lady: Kudara no Kyōnin ( 百済教仁 ), daughter of Kudara no Bukyō ( 百済武鏡 )

Court lady: Fujiwara no Azumako ( 藤原東子 ) (?– 816 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Tanetsugu ( 藤原種継 )

Court lady: Sakanoue no Haruko ( 坂上春子 ) (?– 834 ), daughter of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro ( 坂上田村麻呂 )

Court lady: Fujiwara no Heishi / Nanshi ( 藤原平子 / 南子 ) (?– 833 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Takatoshi ( 藤原乙叡 )

Court lady: Tachubana no Tamurako ( 橘田村子 ), daughter of Tachibana no Irii ( 橘入居 )

Court lady: Kudara no Jōkyō ( 百済貞香 ), daughter of Kudara no Kyōtoku ( 百済教徳 )

Court lady: Nakatomi no Toyoko ( 中臣豊子 ), daughter of Nakatomi no Ōio ( 中臣大魚 )

Court lady: Kawakami no Manu ( 河上真奴 ), daughter of Nishikibe no Haruhito ( 錦部春人 )

Court lady ( Nyoju ): Tajihi no Toyotsugu ( 多治比豊継 ), daughter of Tajihi no Hironari ( 多治比広成 )

Court lady: Kudara no Yōkei ( 百済永継 ), daughter of Asukabe no Natomaro ( 飛鳥部奈止麻呂 )

Court lady: Oshinumi no Shikibuko-no-iratsume ( 忍海色夫古娘 )

Court lady: Koshi-no-michi no Iratsume ( 越道伊羅都売 )

Court lady: Kurikuma no Kurohime-no-iratsume ( 栗隈黒媛娘 )

Court lady ( Uneme ): Yakako-no-iratsume, a lower court lady from Iga ( 伊賀采女宅子娘 ) ( Iga no Uneme )

Shōshi Court lady ( Naishi-no-kami ):, daughter of Chūnagon Fujiwara no Tadanushi

Court lady: Fujii no Fujiko / Tōshi ( 葛井藤子 ), daughter of Fujii no Michiyori

Court lady: Ise no Tsugiko ( 伊勢継子 ) ( 772 – 812 ), daughter of Ise no Ōna

Court lady: Ki no Iokazu ( 紀魚員 ), daughter of Ki no Kotsuo

Court lady ( Naishi-no-kami ): Kudara no Kyomyō ( 百済慶命 ) (?– 849 ), daughter of Kudara no Kyōshun ( 百済教俊 )

Beginning with Emperor Temmu ( 672 – 686 ), continuing through Empress Jito ( 686 – 697 ) and Emperor Mommu ( 697 – 707 ) Court Shinto rites are strengthened and made parallel to Buddhist beliefs in court life.

Despite Elizabeth ’ s volatile, often violent reactions in regards to her appearance, the Empress was ebullient in most other matters particularly when it came to Court entertainment.

The Qing Court at the time was divided between progressives under the leadership of the Guangxu Emperor, and conservatives under the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had temporarily retreated to the Summer Palace as a place of " retirement ".

In response, the initially hesitant Empress Dowager Cixi, urged by the conservatives of the Imperial Court, supported the Boxers and declared war on foreign powers.

In January 1900, with a majority of conservatives in the Imperial Court, the Empress Dowager changed her long policy of suppressing Boxers, and issued edicts in their defense, causing protests from foreign powers.

* Court Lady: Konoe Sakiko ( 近衛前子 ) – Empress Dowager Chūwa ( 中和門院 ) ( 1575 – 1630 )

Court lady: Empress Dowager Shumeimon-in ( 修明門院 ) Fujiwara no Shigeko ( 藤原重子 ) ( 1182 – 1264 ), daughter of Takakura Norisue ( 高倉範季 )

It was very apparent to the Imperial family, that Vetsera was being blatantly groomed by her mother for an advantageous marriage ; Empress Elisabeth noted in 1877: " Madame Vetsera wants to come to Court and gain recognition for her family.

The rivalry between the two woman was influenced by Eudocia's jealousies over Pulcheria's power in court, She had always felt jealous of her sister-in-law, Pulcheria, who for many years had held greater influence at Court then she herself had enjoyed, as Empress, as wife.

As Empress Consort, she took part in Court life and the duties of representation, but the first female rank in the Empire was reserved for her mother-in-law Maria Feodorovna.

It was Evreinov, in the service of Empress Elisabeth, who squarely warned around the period 1745 – 1746 the 16-year-old German-born married lady Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, later Dowager Empress Catherine II of Russia, about the rumours about her at the Imperial Court, then, candid and innocent mixings with the Tchernysov siblings, particularly Zakhar, the eldest.

His influence became extensive and he was a regular guest of Empress Eugénie at the Imperial Court in Compiègne.

Börte became the head of the first Court of Genghis Khan, and Grand Empress of his Empire.

The Empress State Building as seen from outside West Brompton station, with Earls Court Exhibition Centre | Earls Court Two in the foreground.

After a few years the House of Saxe-Hildburghausen closed the activity of his orchestra, since he had to leave Vienna to assume the regency in Hildburghausen, and August Carl was hired by the Empress for her own orchestra through Count Durazzo, Theatre Director at the Imperial Court.

Emperor Temmu had died by the time Empress Jitō completed the complex around 698 ; and it was disassembled and moved to Nara eight years after the Imperial Court settled in what was then the new capital.

In 1964 Sarria declared himself " Empress José I, The Widow Norton " and founded the Imperial Court System, which grew to become an international association of charitable organizations.

The Black Pearl and the Empress race to Shipwreck Island for the Brethren Court.

Her father, General Christopher von Benckendorff, served as the military governor of Livonia ; her mother, Anna Juliane née Schilling von Cannstatt, held a high position at the Romanov Court as senior lady-in-waiting and best friend of Empress Maria Fyodorovna.

* Antoine Ignace Melling ( 1763 – 1831 ) was Court Architect and Engraver to Ottoman Sultan Selim III, and Landscape Painter to the Empress Josephine of France.

300 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II written in 1865 and first performed on 17 January 1866 at the Habsburg Court Ball in the Rittersaal of the Imperial Hofburg Palace graced by the Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Elisabeth.

The main building on the Palace Grounds includes, among other halls, the Shishin-den ( 紫宸殿, Hall for State Ceremonies ), Seiryō-den ( 清涼殿, Emperor's Habitual Residence ), Ko-gosho ( 小御所, Court Room ), Go-gakumonjo ( 御学問所, Imperial Study or Library ), and a number of residences for the Empress, high-ranking aristocrats and government officials.