List of Famous people named Empress

Deng Sui (鄧綏), formally Empress Hexi was an empress during the Han dynasty of Chinese history. She was Emperor He's second wife, and after his death "ruled the Empire for the next decade and a half with conspicuous competence." As empress dowager, she served as regent for Emperor He's son Emperor Shang and nephew Emperor An in 106-121, and she was regarded as an able and diligent administrator. She is also considered responsible for the world's first official adoption of paper, and was a patron of the arts. During her regency, she cut palace expenses, provided relief for the poor, was able to meet the challenge of natural disasters including crippling floods, droughts and hailstorms in several parts of the empire, as well as largely quelling wars with Xiongnu and Qiang. She was praised for her attention to criminal justice. Well educated, Empress Deng created new positions for scholars, encouraged original thinking, and was responsible for the standardization of the five classics. She called 70 members of the imperial families to study the classics and oversaw their examinations herself. She is seen as the last effective ruler of the Han Empire, as the later Emperors and Empress Dowagers are pulled into internal power struggles and corruption, leading to the fall of the Empire.

Empress Ma, formally Empress Mingde, was an empress during the Eastern Han Dynasty from the year 60 until her death. Her husband was Emperor Ming of Han.

Empress Li Zu'e was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi, known at times semi-formally as Empress Zhaoxin (昭信皇后). Her husband was Emperor Wenxuan, the first emperor of Northern Qi.

Empress Wang, formally Empress Xiaomu was an empress during the Xin Dynasty.

Empress Zhu (1102–1127), was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Qinzong of Song.

Wang Zhenfeng (王貞風) (436–479), formally Empress Gong, was an empress of the Chinese Liu Song Dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Ming of Liu Song. She served as regent during the minority of Latter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song from 472 to 477.

Empress Xiaojingcheng, of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Borjigit clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to a consort of Mianning, the Daoguang Emperor. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Kangci during the reign of her step-son, Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor. She was the only Qing empress dowager who was neither her husband's empress consort nor emperor's mother.

Empress Liu, formally Empress Sumingshunsheng or Empress Suming (肅明皇后) in short, was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. She was the wife of Emperor Ruizong.

Empress Zhang, formal name Empress Chengxiaozhao, was a Chinese Empress consort of the Ming Dynasty, married to the fourth Ming ruler, the Hongxi Emperor. He only ruled for one year, so she then served as Empress Dowager after the accession of her son the Xuande Emperor. She later served as the Regent of China during the minority of the reign of her grandson, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, from 1435 until 1442.

Empress Qian (1426–1468) was a Chinese Empress consort during the Ming Dynasty, married to the Zhengtong Emperor. She was addressed formally as Empress Xiaozhuangrui