* 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress ( d. 1649 )

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

While residing here he captivated and seduced the beautiful daughter of the prince, Philippa, sister of the Empress Maria.

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.

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.

In 1772, Empress Maria Theresa commented on her preference of Italian composers over Germans like Gassmann, Salieri or Gluck.

Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was supported by the Croatians in the War of Austrian Succession of 1741 – 1748 and subsequently made significant contributions to Croatian matters.

* 1787 – Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia ( d. 1816 )

Christian pendant of Empress Maria ( empress ) | Maria, daughter of Stilicho, and wife of Honorius.

# On 15 September 1790, to his double first cousin Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies ( 6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807 ), daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies ( both were grandchildren of Empress Maria Theresa and shared all of their other grandparents in common ), with whom he had twelve children, of whom only seven reached adulthood.

* 1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil ( d. 1826 )

* 1717 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress ( d. 1780 )

Maria Feodorovna ( 26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928 ), born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, later styled Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III.

Empress Maria Fyodorovna and her husband Alexander III of Russia | Emperor Alexander III vacationing in Copenhagen in 1893

Emperor Nicholas II and his mother Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna in 1896.

Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mistress of Langinkoski retreat, was also otherwise a known friend of Finland.

Despite the overthrow of the monarchy in 1917, the former Dowager Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia.

This was not surprising as Maria was merely a deposed Dowager Empress while her older sister was a popular Dowager Queen.

For them, Maria still remained the Empress.

* 1745 – Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire ( d. 1792 )

Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna ( Dagmar of Denmark ) | Maria Fiodorovna in a Head-Dress Decorated with Pearls by Ivan Kramskoi ( 1880s ) Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

New Crowns for Old depicts Disraeli as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin offering Queen Victoria | Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one. Disraeli cultivated a public image of himself as an Imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Queen Victoria the title “ Empress of India ”.

The Emperor summoned the separate armies of his nobles and with the Empress Taytu beside him, ordered his forces forward.

Emperor John II Komnenos | John II ( 1118 – 1143 ) is shown on the left, with the Mary, Mother of Jesus | Virgin Mary and infant Jesus in the centre, and John's consort Piroska of Hungary | Empress Irene on the right.

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.

The Empress Dowager, probably seeking to ensure her continual grip on power, sided with the Boxers as they advanced on Beijing.

David did manage to get a private sitting with the Empress Josephine and Napoleon's sister, Caroline Murat, through the intervention of erstwhile art patron, Marshal Joachim Murat, the Emperor's brother-in-law.

" Itegue " translates as Empress, and was also used by the only female reigning Empress, Zauditu, along with the official title Negiste Negest ( Queen of Kings ).

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

* 842: Following a coup d ' état, Tsunesada the crown prince was replaced with Ninmyō's first son, Prince Michiyasu ( later Emperor Montoku ) whose mother was the Empress Fujiwara no Junshi, a daughter of sadaijin Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.

His conflicts with his cousin The Empress Matilda ( also known as Empress Maud ), led to a civil war from 1139-1153 known as the Anarchy.

In 1800, following the example of the Empress of China, the first American trading vessel to China, Astor traded furs, teas and sandalwood with Canton in China, and greatly benefited from it.

* 1898 – The Hundred Days ' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days.

Julian was summoned to court, and held for a year, under suspicion of treasonable intrigue, first with his brother and then with Claudius Silvanus ; he was cleared, in part because the Empress Eusebia intervened on his behalf, and he was sent to Athens.

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.

Bohemia resumed its earlier alliance with the Lutici, which caused in 990 a war with Mieszko, who was supported by Empress Theophanu.

In 991 he arrived at a gathering in Quedlinburg, where he participated in the customary exchange of gifts with Otto III and Empress Theophanu.

The need for an alternative non-Russian source of naval stores is indicated by the information from the British Ambassador in Copenhagen, Hugh Elliott, who wrote to Foreign Secretary, Lord Carmarthen on 12 August 1788: “ There is no Topick so common in the Mouths of the Russian Ministers, as to insist on the Facility with which the Empress, when Mistress of the Baltic, either by Conquest, Influence, or Alliance with the other two Northern Powers, could keep England in a State of Dependence for its Baltic Commerce and Naval Stores ”.

* 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.

Germanicus ’ father, Drusus the Elder, was the second son of the Empress Livia Drusilla by her first marriage to praetor Tiberius Nero, and was the Emperor Tiberius ’ s younger brother and Augustus ’ s stepson.

On the day that Agrippina married her uncle Claudius as her third husband / his fourth wife, she became an Empress and the most powerful woman in the Roman Empire.

Empress Adelaide was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century ; she was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991-995.

A leading proponent of the Great Game, Disraeli introduced the Royal Titles Act 1876, which created Queen Victoria Empress of India, putting her at the same level as the Russian Tsar.

Little is known of Domitia's activities as Empress, or how much influence she wielded in Domitian's government, but it seems her role was limited.

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.

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

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 ).

Empress Gemmei, who was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō, remains the sole exception to this conventional argument.

She became the wife and Empress consort of her uncle Emperor Jomei.

After his death, his wife, Empress Yamato wrote a song of longing about her husband.

Empress Gemmei, who was followed on the throne by her daughter, Empress Genshō, remains the sole exception to this conventional argument.

Therefore she was a granddaughter of Emperor Temmu and Empress Jitō by her father and a granddaughter of Emperor Tenji through her mother.

Empress Gensho's succession to the throne was intended as a regency until Prince Obito, the son of her deceased younger brother Mommu, was mature enough to ascend the throne.

In the next year, 715, Empress Gemmei, then in her fifties, abdicated in favor of her daughter Gensho.