imperial family
Emperor's immediate relatives
The imperial family is the extended family of an emperor or empress, including their spouse, children, siblings, and other close relatives.
The term appears most frequently in reference to Japan's royal household: The imperial family attended the ceremony.
Unlike "royal family," which applies broadly to monarchies, imperial family specifically denotes families ruling empires or, in Japan's case, maintaining that historical title.
- empressFemale ruler of empire
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- crown princeMale successor to throne
throne · throne room · heir · dowager · lineage · succession · royal bloodline · chrysanthemum · consort · scepter · royal court · state banquet · Forbidden City · archduke · Romanov dynasty · monarchy · divine right · regent
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- monarchiesmonarch, monarchy, kingdom, realm, sultanate
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- Asian Royaltyempress, dowager empress, Kangxi, Hirohito, crown prince
- HabsburgsHabsburgs, Habsburg, Franz Joseph I, archduchesses, Marie Antoinette
imperial familyelected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
elected representatives · politicians · civil servants · meritocracy · parliament
imperial familycommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasantry · the masses · common people · plebeians · serfs
imperial familyrepublican government
Rule through elected representatives
democracy · republic · democratic republic · popular sovereignty · constitutional democracy