Empress Xiaoyixiang (Chinese: 孝毅襄皇后; died 1646), of the Zeng clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Southern Ming dynasty, empress to the Longwu Emperor...

Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively...

1628–1644: Empress Zhou, empress consort of the Chongzhen Emperor 1645–1646: Empress Zeng, empress consort of the Longwu Emperor 1646–1662: Empress Wang, empress...

Empress Hu (Chinese: 胡皇后; pinyin: Hú húanghòu; 20 May 1402 – 5 December 1443), personal name Hu Shanxiang, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty...

Empress Xiaolie (1516–1547), of the Fang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, third empress to the Jiajing Emperor. Fang originated...

Empress Xiaochengjing (1471– 28 August 1541), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Hongzhi Emperor and...

Empress Xiaoduanxian (Chinese: 孝端顯皇后; 7 November 1564 – 7 May 1620), personal name Wang Xijie (Chinese: 王喜姐), was empress consort of the Wanli Emperor...

Empress Xiaominrang (孝愍讓皇后; 1378–1402), of the Ma clan, was the empress consort to the Jianwen Emperor and the second empress consort of China's Ming...

Deposed Empress Wu (吳廢后; 15th century – 1509) was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to Zhu Jianshen, the Chenghua Emperor. Empress Wu...

Empress Renxiaowen (仁孝文皇后; 5 March 1362 – 6 August 1407), of the Xu clan, was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's...

Empress Xiaojingyi (1492 – 26 February 1535), of the Xia clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Zhengde Emperor. Lady...

Empress Xiaojiesu (1508–1528), of the Chen clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, first empress to the Jiajing Emperor. She was the...

Empress Xiaojielie (10 May 1611 – 24 April 1644), of the Zhou clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Chongzhen Emperor...

Empress Dowager Xiaochun (1588–1615), of the Liu clan, was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Taichang Emperor and biological mother of the Chongzhen Emperor...

Empress Xiao'an (孝安皇后; died 6 August 1596), of the Chen clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty. She was the second wife of the Longqing...

Empress Qian (simplified Chinese: 钱皇后; traditional Chinese: 錢皇后; pinyin: Qián huánghòu; 1426 – 15 July 1468) was a Chinese empress consort during the Ming...

Empress Zhang (died 1537), personal name Zhang Qijie (張七姐), was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, second empress to the Jiajing Emperor....

Empress Xiaogangkuang (died 1662) was a Chinese empress consort of the Southern Ming dynasty, empress to the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism...

Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (Chinese: 孝翼皇太后; 1397 – 16 January 1462), of the Wu clan, was a concubine of the Xuande Emperor. Records say she comes from the...

Empress Chengxiaozhao (誠孝昭皇后; 1379 – 20 November 1442), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the fourth Ming...

Empress Dowager Xiaoding (1545 – 18 March 1614), of the Li clan, was the mother of the Wanli Emperor. She was the nominal Regent of China during the minority...

Empress Yi'an (1606–1644), of the Zhang clan, was the empress consort of the Tianqi Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty. Empress Zhang was selected to...

Empress Dowager Xiaojing (Chinese: 孝靖太后; 27 February 1565 – 18 October 1611), of the Wang clan, was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Wanli Emperor and...

Empress Wang (1427–1507) was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Jingtai Emperor. Wang was married to Jingtai in 1449. When the...

Empress Xiaozhenchun (1440/1450 –1518), of the Wang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Chenghua Emperor. Empress...

Empress Dowager Ma (1578–1669), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng (Chinese: 昭聖太后), was an empress dowager of the Chinese...

Empress Xiaosu (1430 – 17 March 1504), of the Zhou clan, was the concubine of Emperor Yingzong of Ming and the mother of the Chenghua Emperor. Zhou was...

from 1630) During the reign of the Hongguang Emperor (r. 1644–1645) Grand Empress Dowager Xiaoning Wenmu Zhuanghui Ciyi Xiantian Yusheng (孝宁温穆庄惠慈懿宪天裕圣太皇太后;...

Empress Hang (肅孝皇后; d. 1456) was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Jingtai Emperor. Hang was originally a concubine of Jingtai...

Empress Dowager Wang (born Wang Huiling, Chinese: 王徽灵; c. 1594? – 1651), formally known as Empress Dowager Xiaozheng (Chinese: 孝正太后), was an empress dowager...