Leading Figures in History

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Emperor Yuan of Liang

b. 508

Emperor of the Liang dynasty from 552 to 555

Emperor Zhangzong of Jin

b. 1168

Emperor of Jin from 1189 to 1208

Emperor Zhaozong of Tang

Emperor of Tang China from 888 to 904

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang

Emperor of Tang China (684, 705–710)

Emppu Vuorinen

b. 1978

Musical artist

Empress Dowager Bian

Cao Wei Empress Dowager (died 230)

Empress Dowager Cao (Li Cunxu's mother)

Later Tang Dynasty figure (died 925)

Empress Dowager Cixi

Regent of China from 1861 to 1908

Empress Dowager Du

Empress Dowager Zhaoxian

Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei)

Empress of Northern Wei (c. 490 – 528)

Empress Dowager Liu (Later Jin)

Empress Dowager Xiao (Shizong)

Empress Dowager Xiao (Tang dynasty)

Empress dowager of Tang dynasty

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Habsburg consort from 1854 to 1898

Empress Genshō

Empress of Japan from 715 to 724

Empress Go-Sakuramachi

b. 1740

Empress of Japan from 1762 to 1771

Empress Kōken

Empress of Japan (749–758; 764–770)

Empress Li (Later Jin)

Empress Liu (Li Maozhen's wife)

Empress Matilda

Holy Roman Empress from 1114 to 1125; claimant to the English throne

Empress Wei (Tang dynasty)

Empress of China (684, 705–710)

Empress Xiao (Sui dynasty)

Empress of China from 605 to 618