empresses
Women ruling empires
Empresses is the plural of empress, a woman who rules an empire or the wife of an emperor.
The term appears in historical contexts—the empresses of Russia, the empresses of Rome—and occasionally in figurative use for women who dominate their domains: the empresses of fashion.
Egypt's last pharaoh
- NefertitiEighteenth Dynasty royal wife
- TheodoraFeminine name, Greek origin
- JosephineWoman's formal name
- VictoriaFemale monarch's name
Catherine · Zenobia · Elizabeth · Eleanor · Isabella · Anastasia · Livia · Irene
Sovereign's time in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
dominion · realm · rule · governance · authority · ascension · succession · abdication
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- orbLuminous celestial body
- diademJeweled band of royalty
robes · jewels · ermine · throne · carriage · seal · signet · mantle
European imperial dynasty
- TangMedieval Chinese empire
- MingChinese imperial era, 1368–1644
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
Romanov · Mughal · Ottoman · Carolingian · Bourbon · Meiji · Han · Yuan
Cleopatra
Egypt's last pharaoh
- NefertitiEighteenth Dynasty royal wife
- TheodoraFeminine name, Greek origin
- JosephineWoman's formal name
Catherine · Victoria · Zenobia · Elizabeth · Eleanor · Isabella · Anastasia · Livia · Irene · Alexandra
reign
Sovereign's time in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
majesty · dominion · realm · rule · governance · authority · ascension · succession · abdication · regency
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
diadem · robes · jewels · ermine · throne · carriage · seal · signet · mantle · train
Habsburg
European imperial dynasty
- TangMedieval Chinese empire
- MingChinese imperial era, 1368–1644
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
Tudor · Romanov · Mughal · Ottoman · Carolingian · Bourbon · Meiji · Han · Yuan · Plantagenet
palace
Monarch's official residence
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- ladies-in-waitingFemale royal companions
dowager · princess · archduchess · heir · prince · marriage · alliance · betrothal · household · retinue
influence
Power to affect others
mandate · supremacy · dominance · sway · patronage · intrigue · diplomacy · statecraft · counsel · favor
- Roman WomenAntonia, Aurelia, Cornelia, Agrippina, Julia
- Heian JapanFujiwara, hiragana, court culture, waka, tanka
- historical womenCleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Marie Curie
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- Royal Womenqueens, queen consort, princesses, queen mother, queen regent
empressescountesses
Women of noble rank
baronesses · duchesses · princesses · ladies · noblewomen
- dowager empressWidowed imperial consort
- Roman empressFemale sovereign of Rome
- empress dowagerWidow of deceased emperor
- Empress JosephineBonaparte's first wife