List of Famous people named Empress

Empress Dowager Chinu, formally Empress Xuan, was an empress dowager of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou. She was the mother of Emperor Wu.

Chu Lingqu (褚令璩) was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Southern Qi. Her husband was Xiao Baojuan.

Empress Thừa Thiên, born Tống Phúc Thị Lan (宋福氏蘭), was the first wife of Nguyễn Phúc Ánh and mother of Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh.

Empress Sunjeonghyo,or literally known as Sunjeong, the Filial Piety Empress, of the Haepyeong Yun clan, was the second wife and first Empress Consort of Emperor Yunghui, the last ruler of the Korean Empire.

Empress Yuan was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi, known at times semi-formally as Empress Shuncheng (順成皇后). Her husband was Emperor Xiaozhao.

Empress Yin was an empress during Han Dynasty. She was Emperor He's first wife.

Empress Wang Shen'ai (王神愛) (384–412), formally Empress Anxi was an empress of Jin Dynasty (266–420). Her husband was the developmentally disabled Emperor An.

Empress Yan Ji (閻姬), formally Empress Ansi, was an empress during Han Dynasty. Her husband was Emperor An. She was known for her conspiratorial and nepotistic behavior, both as empress and (briefly) as empress dowager. However, her plan, along with her brothers, to hold on to power for a long time ultimately resulted in failure and the deaths of her clan members.

Empress He, formally Empress Xuanmu (宣穆皇后) as honored by Later Tang, semi-formally known as Empress Jishan (積善皇后), was the wife of Emperor Zhaozong near the end of the Tang dynasty of China, and the mother of two of his sons, Li Yu, Prince of De, and Emperor Ai. Her husband, she, and her sons would all die at the hands of the warlord Zhu Quanzhong, who would eventually take over the Tang throne and establish his own Later Liang.