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

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.

In 1018, his daughter Ishi became Empress ( Chūgū ) of Emperor Go-Ichijō, Kenshi became Empress Dowager ( Kōtaigō ), and Shōshi was Grand Empress Dowager ( Tai-Kōtaigō ).

In particular, the Grand Duchesses were scandalized at the thought of being made permanently subordinate to Catherine Dolgoruki, since as an Empress she would have precedence over all of them.

* Emperor Ping of Han China begins his reign and Wang Mang is re-instated as regent by Grand Empress Dowager Wang.

This decision was reversed in 186 BCE by his widow Grand Empress Dowager Lü Zhi ( d. 180 BCE ), who abolished private minting.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.

Wang Mang is appointed regent by the Grand Empress Dowager Wang.

For instance, prior to her marriage, Empress Alexandra of Russia was known as " Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine " Ihre Großherzogliche Hoheit Alix Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein ).

The initial round of gunfire killed only the Tsar, the Empress and two male servants, and wounded Grand Duchess Maria, Dr Botkin and the Empress ' maidservant, Demidova.

* The Grand Empress of Savannah 1977

He was the son of Elizabeth's heir, her nephew, the Grand Duke Peter, later Emperor Peter III, and his wife, the Grand Duchess Catherine, later Empress Catherine II.

She was the last Grand Mistress of these orders to be an effective Empress Consort.

* Kokiden-nyougo, 1st class concubine, mother of Emperor Suzaku, She is later Grand Empress consort

Having quadrupled the area of Baden, Charles Frederick died in June 1811, and was succeeded by his grandson, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, who was married to Stéphanie de Beauharnais ( 1789-1860 ), a cousin of Empress Josephine's first husband who had been adopted by Napoleon I.

She was born as the eighth child and sixth daughter of Paul I of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna ( born Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg ), and thus was Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

Later, she was called Grand Empress Dowager Omiya.

His godparents were Queen Victoria ( his paternal grandmother ), King Christian IX of Denmark ( his maternal grandfather, represented by his brother Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ), King Leopold I of Belgium ( his great great-uncle ), the Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ( his maternal great-grandmother, for whom the Duchess of Cambridge stood proxy ), the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( his great-aunt by marriage, for whom the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz stood proxy ), the Landgrave of Hesse ( his maternal great-grandfather, for whom Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, stood proxy ), the Crown Princess of Prussia ( his paternal aunt, for whom The Princess Helena, her sister, stood proxy ) and The Prince Alfred ( his paternal uncle ).

) She assumed regency over Emperor Xiaowen and assumed the title of Grand Empress Dowager.

After Grand Empress Dowager Feng re-assumed regency, she was said to be more dictatorial than she was before, but intelligent in her decisions and frugal in her living.

Some officials advocating the execution of all Buddhist monks, but Grand Empress Dowager Feng refused.

Sometime during the process, Grand Empress Dowager Feng apparently became apprehensive of his abilities and therefore had him detained and considered deposing him in favor of his brother Tuoba Xi ( 拓拔禧 ), but after her attendants persuaded her otherwise, she did not carry out such actions.

While Grand Empress Dowager Feng never formally returned imperial powers to him, by about 483 he appeared to be fairly in control of the government, although Grand Empress Dowager Feng continued to retain substantial powers.

In 485, after Emperor Xiaowen created his younger brothers princes, Grand Empress Dowager Feng established an imperial school for these princes.

As Emperor Xiaowen was raised by Grand Empress Dowager Feng, he also became very close to the family of her brother Feng Xi ( 馮熙 ).

Grand Empress Dowager Feng and Emperor Xiaowen jointly convened an imperial council to discuss their punishment.

After Grand Empress Dowager Feng fell silent, Emperor Xiaowen stated: " What the two princes committed is unpardonable, but the Grand Empress Dowager takes after the brotherly love that Gaozong Wengcheng's Temple name had.

In 490, Grand Empress Dowager Feng died, and she was buried with magnificent honors.

* Grand Empress Dowager Feng ( 471-490 ), during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen

He moved rapidly along the Grand Canal and captured the " Eastern Capital " city of Luoyang within the year, defeating the poorly supplied General Feng Changqing.

It is also believed that Pi Ya has the ability of assisting anyone who is suffering from bad Feng Shui that is due to having offended the Grand Duke Jupiter ( also called as Tai Sui ( 太岁 )).

Sun Hao promoted Ding Feng to Right Grand Marshal and Left Military Advisor.

The Grand Canal Theatre is a new 2, 111 capacity theatre which opened in March 2010 in the Grand Canal Dock.

* 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.

The fall of the Russian emperor opened the question of who would hold the highest political power in the former Grand Duchy.

The opera house, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, which officially opened in 1876, was partly destroyed by fire in 1951 and reopened in 1962.

Polish patriots continued to form societies ( such as the Central Economic Society for the Grand Duchy of Poznań ), and a Polish theatre ( Teatr Polski, still functioning ) opened in 1875 ; however the authorities made efforts to Germanize the region, particularly through the Prussian Settlement Commission ( founded 1886 ).

The administration of the Grand Canal was made more efficient, and transport opened to private merchants.

The Nova Scotia Eastern Institute of Technology ( NSEIT ) opened in 1968 on Grand Lake Road ( Trunk 4 ) several kilometres east of the Sydney city limits.

In 2011 the city opened Ponte della Costituzione, the fourth bridge across the Grand Canal, connecting the Piazzale Roma bus terminal area with the Stazione Ferroviaria ( train station ), the others being the original Ponte di Rialto, the Ponte dell ' Accademia, and the Ponte degli Scalzi.

After the Rococo Hall at Grand Hotel opened in 1894, annual balls in the Carnival season were arranged until the hall was destroyed in a fire in 1957.

Recently, the Hualapai Tribe opened the glass-bottomed Grand Canyon Skywalk on their property, Grand Canyon West.

In 12BC, to solve the problem of the Grand Canal having to use of the perilous course of the Yellow River in Northern Jiangsu, a man named Li Hualong opened the Jia Canal.

In 1994 the " Grand Palais " was also opened.

In 1973, the chain opened an experimental Jewel Grand Bazaar, on the southwest side of Chicago ; a store that encompassed an entire city block at the northwest corner of 54th Street and Pulaski Road.

A second Grand Bazaar was opened in 1974 at 87 W. 87th St in Chicago and in 1977, a " Jewel Grand Bazaar " was opened at 6505 W. Diversey in the Brickyard Mall.

The last " Grand Bazaar " format store was opened in 1976 at Grand ave. and Mannheim road in Franklin Park Il.

They were located on the west side of Chicago at 4052 W. Grand Ave ( a former Jewel opened in 1957 to celebrate the chain's 25th anniversary ), Oak Lawn, Arlington Heights and Chicago Heights.

The road was officially opened with Victoria's Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Irvine holding a ceremony near Lorne's Grand Pacific Hotel, and the road subsequently being acknowledged as the world's largest war memorial.

The Grand Junction Canal opened in 1794 linking Uxbridge with Birmingham.

At the beginning of the 2008 summer season a worlds first Segway Grand Prix was opened at the Pleasure Beach gardens.