A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property – a "dower" – derived from her or his deceased spouse. As an adjective, dowager usually...
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Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese...
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A queen dowager or dowager queen (compare: princess dowager or dowager princess) is a title or status generally held by the widow of a king. In the case...
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Empress dowager (also dowager empress or empress mother) (Chinese and Japanese: 皇太后; pinyin: huángtàihòu; rōmaji: Kōtaigō; Korean: 황태후 (皇太后); romaja:...
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honored as Empress Dowager Ci'an. As empress dowager and one of the most senior members of the imperial family, she and Empress Dowager Cixi became co-regents...
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Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (redirect from Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire)
Devonshire, DCVO (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English...
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until her husband's death in 1908, after which she was honoured as Empress Dowager Longyu. She was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaodingjing...
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Empress Nagako (redirect from Empress Dowager Kōjun)
(17 June 2000). "Empress Dowager Nagako; Widow of Japan's Hirohito". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 March 2023. "Japan's Dowager Empress Dead at 97". CBS...
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Wu Zetian (redirect from Empress Dowager Wu Zetian)
empress consort through her husband Emperor Gaozong, and later as empress dowager through her sons Emperors Zhongzong and Ruizong, from 660 to 690, which...
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marriage, she was the Lady Zhao; after the king's death, she was the Queen Dowager (Chinese: 太后). The daughter of a prominent family of Zhao, she was a concubine...
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Empress Dowager He (何太后) may refer to: Empress He (Han dynasty) (died 189), consort and empress dowager of the Han dynasty Empress Dowager He (Eastern...
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Dowager is a 1975 Hong Kong historical film directed by Li Han-hsiang and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Lisa Lu as Empress Dowager Cixi...
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Grand empress dowager (also grand dowager empress or grand empress mother) (Chinese and Japanese: 太皇太后; pinyin: tàihuángtàihòu; rōmaji: taikōtaigō; Korean:...
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Queen Sinjeong (redirect from Queen Dowager Hyoyu)
was known as Queen Dowager Jo (조대비) during the reign of her son before Cheoljong of Joseon granted her a proper title, Queen Dowager Hyoyu (효유왕대비). After...
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Margaret Tudor (redirect from Margaret, queen-dowager of Scotland)
death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, Margaret, as queen dowager, was appointed as regent for their son, King James V. A pro-French party...
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Empress (Dowager) Feng (馮皇(太)后) (442 – 17 October 490), formally Empress (Dowager) Wenming (文明皇后, literally "the civil and understanding empress") was...
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Queen Munjeong (redirect from Queen Dowager Munjong)
honoured as Queen Dowager Seongryeol (성렬왕대비) during the reign of her step-son, Yi Ho, King Injong. She was honored as Grand Queen Dowager Seongryeol (성렬대왕대비)...
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List of Chinese empresses and queens (redirect from Empress dowager of China)
Dowager Wei Empress Dowager Wu Empress Dowager Xie Empress Dowager Li Empress Dowager Yang Empress Dowager Xie Empress Dowager Quan Empress Dowager Yang...
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Empress of Japan (redirect from Empress dowager of Japan)
Kōtaigō (皇太后) – Empress Mother/Empress Dowager Tai-Kōtaigō (太皇太后) – Grand Empress Mother/Grand Empress Dowager Chūgū [jp] (中宮) – It was a term that evolved...
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Empress Lü (redirect from Empress Dowager Lu)
and paramount power. After Gaozu's death, she was honoured as empress dowager and regent during the short reigns of Emperor Hui and his successors Emperor...
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Lazar as Gleb, Julie Halston as Countess Lily and Angela Lansbury as the Dowager Empress. A workshop was held on June 12, 2015, in New York City, and included...
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Henrietta Russell, Dowager Duchess of Bedford (born Henrietta Joan Tiarks; 5 March 1940) is a landowner and horse breeder, and the widow of Robin Russell...
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a regency headed by his biological mother Empress Dowager Cixi and his legal mother Empress Dowager Ci'an. The Self-Strengthening Movement, in which Qing...
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Empress Xiaoshengxian (redirect from Empress Dowager Chongqing)
and mother of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Chongqing during the reign of her son and posthumously honoured as empress...
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maternal aunt Empress Dowager Cixi. He initiated the radical Hundred Days' Reform but was abruptly stopped when the Empress Dowager launched a coup in 1898...
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Empress Wu (disambiguation) (redirect from Empress Dowager Wu)
Wu of Zhou, or Wu Zetian (624–705), was an empress consort and empress dowager of the Tang dynasty, and the only regnant of her Zhou state. She was the...
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consort of Joseon by marriage to King Cheoljong. She was known as Queen Dowager Myeongsun (명순대비) after the death of her husband and during King Gojong's...
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11 January 1835 – 11 January 1897), posthumously honoured as Empress Dowager Eishō (英照皇太后, Eishō-kōtaigō), was the consort of Emperor Kōmei of Japan...
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Majesty (redirect from HM The Queen Dowager)
陛下) for the Emperor of Japan, the Empress, the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are defined in The Imperial House Law since 1947. In 757, this...
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unknown) formally Queen Dowager Xuan of Qin (Chinese: 秦宣太后; 338(?)–265 BC), also known as Mi Bazi (羋八子), was the first queen dowager in Chinese history. A...
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