- 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...
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Empress dowager (also
dowager empress or
empress mother) (Chinese and ****anese: 皇太后; pinyin: huángtàihòu; rōmaji: Kōtaigō; Korean: 황태후 (皇太后); romaja:...
- 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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honoured 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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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...
- 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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empress consort,
through her
husband Emperor Gaozong and then as an
empress dowager,
through her sons
Emperors Zhongzong and Ruizong, from 660 to 690, not...
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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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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...
