Empress Dowager Yang Zhi was Emperor Wu’s second empress. She has often been portrayed as a “tragic victim of imperial politics.”[1] She is most famous for being locked in a power struggle against Empress Jia Nanfeng.[2] Empress Dowager Yang Zhi lost and was forced to die of starvation.[3] Therefore, Empress Dowager Yang Zhi was one of the Jin [read more]
Empress Yang Yan was the first Empress of the Jin Dynasty (266-420 C.E.). She was the first Empress to Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty (r. 266-290 C.E.). Empress Yang Yan has often been depicted negatively in Chinese history.[1] She has been criticised for exerting immense political influence over her husband.[2] However, Empress Yang Yan’s story [read more]
The German Empire came to an end in 1918 with the abdication of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor. But the claim to the throne still exists today. As women could not inherit the throne, the Empresses mentioned here are consorts. Any titles following the end of the monarchy are titular. Wilhelm II inherited the [read more]
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Elizabeth Cheney was born in April 1422 in Cambridgeshire to parents Lawrence Cheney and his wife, Elizabeth Cockayne. The couple were part of the gentry, and Lawrence held the position of High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. The pair raised a family of eight children, including Elizabeth Cheney, who was the eldest. Elizabeth’s ancestors included Barons and [read more]
Many of us have heard the Christmas Carol “Good King Wenceslas” written for St Stephen’s Day, celebrated today on the 26th December, but do not often know much about Wenceslas or his dramatic family history. Firstly. Wenceslas I was not actually a king; he was the Duke of Bohemia and was posthumously given the title [read more]
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