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a queen who looked at her empire and said yes, all of it, mine
means a woman who rules an empire in her own right, or the wife of an emperor.
from From Old French 'emperesse', the feminine of 'empereor', from Latin 'imperator' — literally 'commander,' one who holds 'imperium,' the authority to give orders. The same Latin root gave us 'emperor' and 'empire'; the feminine '-ess' suffix simply crowned the word.
- china's only
- Wu Zetian ruled outright, not behind a man
- word root
- from Latin imperare, to command
- outranks queen
- empress sits above kings she absorbed
- theodora's start
- Byzantine empress began as a circus performer
- catherine's coup
- she overthrew her own husband to rule Russia
catherine the great — ruled russia from 1762-1796, expanded empire to its largest territorial extent
wu zetian — only female emperor of china, ruled 690-705 ce, founded zhou dynasty
isabella of castile — spanish empress, commissioned columbus in 1492, unified iberia through marriage
victoria — queen-empress of united kingdom and india, reigned 1837-1901, gave name to victorian era