Queen Elisabeth
Empress of Austria & Queen of Hungary by marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I, born in 1837.
Empress Dowager Cixi
Chinese noblewoman, concubine, & later regent who controlled the Qing dynasty from 1861-1908.
Empress Kojun
Member of the Imperial House of Japan, wife of Emperor ShÅwa, & mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
Princess Victoria
English royal born in 1868. Daughter of King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra, & sister of King George V.
Empress Josephine
French art patron & first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, born in 1763.
Catherine the Great
Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796—the country’s longest-ruling female leader.
Eugénie de Montijo
Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napoleon III in 1853 until he was overthrown in 1870.