* 1693 – Empress Anna of Russia ( d. 1740 )

The 1986 NBC-TV miniseries Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, in which Olivia de Havilland portrays the Dowager Empress, represents the latter as considering a personal meeting with Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

* 1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire ( d. 1618 )

Tatishchev returned to the Urals on the order of Empress Anna to succeed de Gennin in 1734 – 1737.

In 1732 Empress Anna of Russia, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and King Frederick William I of Prussia, irritated with Augustus but unwilling to allow Stanisław to become king, secretly signed Löwenwolde's Treaty, in which they agreed to jointly back the candidacy of Infante Manuel of Portugal for the Polish throne.

* October 28 – Anna, Empress of Russia ( b. 1693 )

* February 7 – Empress Anna I of Russia ( d. 1740 )

With the death of her father and the later accession of the Empress Anna, no royal court or noble house in Europe could allow a son to pay court to Elizabeth, as it would be seen as an unfriendly act to the Empress.

After his banishment to Siberia ( having previously been relieved of his tongue ) by order of the Empress Anna, she turned to a coachman and even a waiter.

During the reign of her cousin Anna ( 1730 – 1740 ), Elizabeth was gathering support in the background ; but after the death of Empress Anna, the regency of Anna Leopoldovna with infant Ivan VI was marked by high taxes and economic problems.

Ministers Cabinet of Empress Anna Ivanovna, painting by Valery Jacobi

Anna of Russia or Anna Ioannovna () (, Moscow – ) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.

On the death of Peter II, Emperor of Russia, the Russian Supreme Privy Council under Prince Dmitri Galitzine made Anna Empress in 1730.

Crude court entertainments of Empress Anna ( an 1872 painting ) by Valery Jacobi

Russian army in the reign of Empress Anna Ivanovna.

His parents were Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ( nephew of Charles XII of Sweden ), and Anna Petrovna, a daughter of Emperor Peter I and Empress Catherine I of Russia.

The portraits of the imperial family show that Maria Theresa resembled Empress Elisabeth Christine and Archduchess Maria Anna.

* Anna of Russia ( 1693 – 1740 ), Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740

Though Bering seems to have been primarily interested in landing in North America, his recognised the importance of secondary objectives: the list of which expanded rapidly under the guidance of planners Nikolai Fedorovich Golovin ( head of the Admiralty ); Ivan Kirilov, a highly-ranked politician with an interest in geography, and Andrey Osterman, a close adviser of the new Empress, Anna Ivanovna.

* Crown of Empress Anna Ivanovna, 1730, master G. W.

In 1180 the Emperor Manuel died and was succeeded by his ten year old son Alexios II, who was under the guardianship of his mother, Empress Maria.

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

* Princess Hiro Hime, daughter of Prince Mate no Okinaga ; Empress 572 ; died 575 ; 3 imperial children:

* Princess Nukatabe, born 553, died 628 ; daughter of Emperor Kimmei and Soga no Kitashi hime ; imperial consort ; Empress 576 ,( Empress Suikō ) ; 7 imperial children:

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 ).

Temmu's father died while he was young, and he grew up mainly under the guidance of Empress Saimei.

* August 28, 770 (: Empress Shōtoku died of smallpox at age 57, leaving the throne vacant.

King Stephen had died in October 1154, bringing to an end the long dispute with the Empress Matilda which had helped Anarawd, Cadell and Maredudd to extend their rule in Deheubarth.

When Henry I died in 1135, Stephen quickly crossed the English Channel and with the help of his brother Henry of Blois, a powerful ecclesiastic, took the throne, arguing that the preservation of order across the kingdom took priority over his earlier oaths to support the claim of Henry I's daughter, the Empress Matilda.

Matilda had been married to Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, which gave her the title of Empress, but her husband died in 1125 and she was remarried in 1128 to Geoffrey, the Count of Anjou, whose lands bordered the Duchy of Normandy.

In 1147 Robert of Gloucester died peacefully, and the next year the Empress Matilda left south-west England for Normandy, both of which contributed to reducing the tempo of the war.

Because Otto III was still a child ( only eleven when his mother died ), his grandmother, the Dowager Empress Adelaide of Italy, became regent, together with Archbishop Willigis of Mainz, until he became old enough to rule on his own in 994.

When Ping died in 6 CE, the Empress Dowager appointed Wang Mang to act as emperor for the child Liu Ying ( d. 25 CE ).

When Empress Dowager Deng died, Emperor An ( r. 106 – 125 CE ) was convinced by the accusations of the eunuchs Li Run ( 李閏 ) and Jiang Jing ( 江京 ) that Deng and her family had planned to depose him.

Finally on 25 December 1761, the Empress died.

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.

* 629: In the 36th year of Empress Suiko's reign ( 推古天皇36年 ), she died, and despite a dispute over who should follow her as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (‘‘ senso ’’) was received by a grandson of Emperor Bidatsu and a great-grandson of Emperor Kimmei.

* Helena ( Empress ) ( died 330 ), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine

Matilda had been married to Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, from which she later claimed the title of Empress, but her husband died in 1125 and she was remarried in 1128 to Geoffrey, the Count of Anjou, whose lands bordered the Duchy of Normandy.

In 1147 Robert of Gloucester died peacefully, and the next year the Empress Matilda defused an argument with the Church over the ownership of Devizes Castle by returning to Normandy, contributing to reducing the tempo of the war.

An example is a poem implicitly criticizing Jiang Qing by attacking the Empress Wu Zetian, a 7th century Tang Dynasty empress who ruled after her husband died.

Following King Henry's death in 1135 the succession was disputed between the king's nephews — Stephen and his elder brother, Theobald II, Count of Champagne — and Henry's surviving legitimate child Matilda, usually known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the German Emperor, Henry V. King Henry's only legitimate son, William, had died in 1120.

Also a historical resident, Empress Carlota of Mexico ( born the first Belgian princess ) spent many secluded years at the Castle of Bouchout where she died in 1927.

His paternal grandmother Empress Maria Alexandrovna ( known before her marriage as Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine ) died before his second birthday.