Empress Dowager - Chinese Empress Dowager

Chinese Empress Dowager

Han dynasty

  • Empress Dowager Lü
  • Empress Dowager Dou
  • Empress Dowager Wang
  • Empress Dowager Deng
  • Empress Dowager Liang
  • Empress Dowager He

Northern Dynasties

  • Empress Dowager Feng
  • Empress Dowager Hu
  • Empress Dowager Wenming

Tang Dynasty

  • Empress Dowager Wu, more commonly known as Wu Zetian
  • Empress Dowager Wei, daughter-in-law of Wu Zetian.

Qing Dynasty

  • Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang
  • Empress Dowager Ci'an
  • Empress Dowager Cixi, de facto ruler of the Qing Dynasty for 40 years
  • Empress Dowager Longyu, abdicated on behalf of Puyi

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