Agrippina the Younger would become a future Roman Empress and mother to the later Emperor Nero.

Domitia Lepida the Younger was the mother of the Empress Valeria Messalina.

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.

That year Abdülaziz led the visiting Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of France, to see his mother.

Huayna Capac's sudden death and followed days later by the Incan heir apparent from a strange disease, described by one smallpox precipitated a bitter power struggle between Huáscar, whose mother was Coya ( meaning Empress ) Mama Rahua Occillo and legetimate heir, and Atahualpa, a son who, borne to a Quitu princess, and reputedly his father's " favorite.

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 ).

One of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies was that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII ( who had blessed the regalia ), at the Notre Dame de Paris | Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The painting by Jacques-Louis David | David commemorating the event is equally famous: the gothic cathedral restyled Empire ( style ) | style Empire, supervised by the Letizia Ramolino | mother of the Emperor on the balcony ( a fictional addition, while she had not been present at the ceremony ), the pope positioned near the altar, Napoleon proceeds to crown his then wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais as Empress.

Instead, his mother and the sister of Kōtoku, the former Empress Kogyoku ascended to the throne under another name, Empress Saimei.

He was the son of Emperor Jomei, but was preceded as ruler by his mother Empress Saimei.

Mommu's mother would later accede to the throne herself, and she would be known as Empress Gemmei.

Emperor Mommu ruled until his death in 707, at which point he was succeeded by his mother, Empress Gemmei, who was also his first cousin once removed and his first cousin twice removed.

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

Her father was Emperor Shōmu, and her mother was Empress Kōmyō.

* 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 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.

In 780, Constantine VI ascended the throne in Constantinople, but being a minor, was managed by his mother Empress Irene.

#* Antonia Minor, married Nero Claudius Drusus, the younger son of the Empress Livia Drusilla and brother of the Emperor Tiberius ; mother of the Emperor Claudius, grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, and maternal great-grandmother of the emperor Nero.

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

" He states that the matter was discussed at a Royal Council at Winchester, but that Henry's mother, the Empress Matilda, had protested.

As guardian of Henry III's infant son Henry and adviser of the Empress Agnes, Henry IV's mother and regent, Victor II now wielded enormous power, which he used to maintain peace throughout the empire and to strengthen the papacy against the aggressions of the barons.

* Empress Dowager Ding, mother of Murong Sheng

* Dowager Helan, mother of emperor Wei Daowudi ( b. 351 )

His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.

His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Ishi ( 藤原苡子 )

* 1117 – 1160 Empress ( kōgō ) Fujiwara no Nariko ( 藤原得子 ), Empress Dowager Bifuku ( 美福門院 ), daughter of Fujiwara no Nagazane ( 藤原長実 ); mother of Emperor Konoe.

Only Otto III's mother Theophanu objected, as well as Otto III's grandmother, the Dowager Empress Adelaide of Italy, and his aunt, Abbess Matilda of Quedlinburg.

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.

Follow his coronation, a rift between Otto II and his mother, the Dowager Empress Adelaide of Italy, developed.

** His mother ( Janet Mountbatten, The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven ), wife, children, brother and nieces

A number of lives of Edward were written in the centuries following his death in which he was portrayed as a martyr, generally seen as a victim of the Queen Dowager Ælfthryth, mother of Æthelred.

Philippa married Edward at York Minster, on 24 January 1328, eleven months after his accession to the English throne ; although, the de facto rulers of the kingdom were his mother, Queen Dowager Isabella and her avaricious lover Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, who jointly acted as his regents.

* Princess Dowager Helan, mother of emperor Wei Daowudi ( d. 396 )

During the Delicate Investigation, Caroline was not permitted to see her daughter, and afterwards her visits were essentially restricted to once a week and only in the presence of Caroline's own mother, the Dowager Duchess of Brunswick.

In 1241, when Isabella and Hugh were summoned to the French court to swear fealty to King Louis IX of France's brother, Alphonse, who had been invested as Count of Poitou, their mother, the Queen Dowager Blanche openly snubbed her.

During these minorities, the Empress Dowager ( i. e., the Emperor's mother ) would possess significant power.

Prominent examples include Empress Dowager Cixi, mother of the Tongzhi Emperor ( 1861 – 1874 ), and aunt and adoptive mother of the Guangxu Emperor ( 1874 – 1908 ), who ruled China for 47 years ( 1861 – 1908 ), Empress Wu Zetian ( who ultimately declared herself Empress, and was subsequently overthrown ) and the Empress Dowager Lü of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Emperor had the highest status by law, by tradition and precedent the mother of the Emperor, i. e., the Empress Dowager ( 皇太后 ), usually received the greatest respect in the palace and was the decision maker in most family affairs.

Her father later wrote to his mother, Dowager Empress Maria, on 10 September 1911, that the event had upset both girls.