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Empress Jitō (持統天皇)
Empress Jitō (持統天皇, 645–703), 41st sovereign of Japan, reigned 690–697 after a regency for her husband Emperor Tenmu. Daughter of Tenji, she promulgated the Asuka Kiyomihara Code, founded Fujiwara-kyō in 694, and became the first daijō tennō.
Empress Ki (TV series)
Empress Ki (기황후) is a 2013-2014 MBC Korean historical drama, 51 episodes, starring Ha Ji-won, Ji Chang-wook, and Joo Jin-mo, dramatizing the Goryeo-born Yuan empress; it drew a historical distortion controversy and premiered at 11.1% ratings.
Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇)
Empress Kōgyoku (皇極天皇), also Empress Saimei (斉明天皇), 594–661, was Japan's 35th and 37th sovereign and the first to re-ascend the throne, reigning 642–645 and 655–661, abdicating after the Isshi Incident and dying in Kyushu preparing the Baekje relief expedition.
Empress Kōken (孝謙天皇)
Empress Kōken (孝謙天皇), also Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇), reigned twice over Nara Japan as its 46th and 48th sovereign (749–758, 764–770), daughter of Emperor Shōmu, defeater of the Fujiwara no Nakamaro rebellion and patron of Dōkyō.
Empress Kōmyō
Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后), born Fujiwara no Asukabehime, was the consort of Emperor Shōmu and in 729 became Japan's first empress raised from outside the imperial family.
Empress Liu's regency
Empress Liu's regency (刘太后临朝) was the eleven-year rule of Empress Liu as regent for the child Emperor Renzong, the first empress regent of the Song dynasty.
Empress Lü
Empress Lü (吕雉) was the wife of Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty, and ruled China as empress dowager and regent until her death in 180 BC.
Empress Masako
Empress Masako (雅子), born Masako Owada 1963, is empress consort of Emperor Naruhito of Japan, a former Harvard- and Oxford-educated diplomat who married him in 1993 after a seven-year courtship.
Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda (1102–1167), also called Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I, widow of Emperor Henry V, and heir designated by oath, fought King Stephen in the Anarchy, ruled briefly as Lady of the English, and secured her son Henry II the throne in 1154.
Empress Meng
Empress Meng (孟皇后, 1073–1131) was the first empress of Emperor Zhezong of Song; twice deposed and twice restored, she twice served as regent during the founding of the Southern Song.
Empress Michiko (正田美智子)
Empress Michiko (正田美智子), born Michiko Shoda 20 October 1934, is Empress Emerita of Japan, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese history.
Empress Myeongseong
Empress Myeongseong, known in her lifetime as Queen Min, was the wife of King Gojong of Joseon and the dominant figure at the Korean court until her 1895 assassination by Japanese agents.
Empress Suiko (推古天皇)
Empress Suiko (推古天皇, 554–628), born Princess Nukatabe, daughter of Emperor Kinmei of the Soga line, was Japan's 33rd monarch and first reigning empress, enthroned in 592; her 36-year reign established Buddhism, the Seventeen-Article Constitution, and missions to Sui China.
Empress Sunjeonghyo
Empress Sunjeonghyo (순정효황후, 1894–1966) was the consort of Emperor Sunjong and the last empress of the Korean Empire, from his accession in 1907 until Japan annexed Korea in 1910.
Empress Wei
Empress Wei (韋皇后) was the empress consort of the Tang dynasty emperor Zhongzong, intervening in government throughout his reign and recorded as poisoning him in 710.
Empress Wei's faction
Empress Wei's faction was a political clique at the Tang court of Emperor Zhongzong, led by Empress Wei and Wu Sansi and destroyed by Li Longji's coup.
Empress Xiaojingcheng
Empress Xiaojingcheng (孝静成皇后) was a Khorchin Mongol consort of the Daoguang Emperor and mother of three sons, including Prince Gong Yi Xin, whose fall followed her funeral.
Empress Xiaoxianchun
Empress Xiaoxianchun (孝賢純皇后), Lady Fuca, was Qianlong's first empress; daughter of Lirongbao, sister of Fuheng, married 1727, empress 1737, died 1748 at Dezhou, triggering a mourning scandal.
Empress Xiaoyichun (孝仪纯皇后)
Empress Xiaoyichun (孝仪纯皇后), consort Wei of the Qianlong Emperor, mother of the Jiaqing Emperor; died 1775 as Imperial Noble Consort Ling, posthumously empress from 1795.
Empress's Establishment (Zhonggong)
The Empress's Establishment, or Zhonggong (中宫), meaning Central Palace, was the empress's palace and formal position at the head of the inner court in imperial China.
Empresses in the Palace (后宫 甄嬛传)
Empresses in the Palace (后宫·甄嬛传, The Legend of Zhen Huan) is a 2011 Chinese 76-episode palace drama directed by Zheng Xiaolong, adapted from Liu Lianzi's novel, set in the Yongzheng-era Qing harem; Douban 9.4, Netflix 2015 six-episode version.
Empties
Empties (Vratné lahve) is a 2007 Czech comedy by Jan Svěrák, written by and starring Zdeněk Svěrák as a retired teacher working a supermarket bottle counter; third in the Elementary School–Kolya trilogy and a record Czech box-office hit.
Empty Hands (album)
Empty Hands is Poppy's seventh studio album, released January 23, 2026 on Sumerian Records; produced by Jordan Fish, 13 tracks, 38 minutes, metalcore/industrial pop-metal, Metascore 81.
Empty Nest
Empty nest: the family life stage after adult children leave home, and the "empty nest syndrome" concept; also the 1988–1995 NBC sitcom spun off from The Golden Girls starring Richard Mulligan.
Empty nest syndrome
Empty nest syndrome (ENS) is the sadness, loneliness, and loss some parents feel when children leave home; not a clinical diagnosis. Research shows mixed outcomes, gender and cultural variation, and role loss versus role strain relief models.
Empty nose syndrome
Empty nose syndrome (ENS), coined by Kern and Stenkvist in 1994, is an iatrogenic disorder after turbinate surgery causing paradoxical nasal obstruction despite a patent airway; diagnosed by ENS6Q and cotton test, treated with implants and IMAP.
Empty sella syndrome
Empty sella syndrome (ESS, arachnoidocele): flattening of the pituitary gland with CSF filling the sella turcica on MRI. Primary ESS has no cause; secondary follows tumor, surgery, radiation, or trauma, often with hypopituitarism.
Empty set
The empty set, or empty subset, is the unique set containing no elements, denoted ∅; it has cardinality zero and is a subset of every set.
Empty Sky
Empty Sky is Elton John's debut album, released in the UK on DJM on 6 June 1969, produced by Steve Brown with Bernie Taupin lyrics; it missed the UK charts, reached the US only in 1975, and peaked at #6 Billboard.
Empty tomb
The empty tomb is the Gospel story in which women followers of Jesus find his burial place open and empty on the Sunday after his death.