Aelia Sophia (Greek: Σοφία) (c. 530 – c./aft. 601) was Byzantine empress as the wife of Emperor Justin II. Although never a monarch, Sophia participated...

Hagia Sophia (lit. 'Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand...

reigned as Byzantine empress in 1042, alongside her sister Theodora. Before that she was enthroned as empress consort or empress mother to a series of...

son, Sophia decided to embrace the faith of her subjects and convert to the Orthodox faith. Having requested and received the blessing of the Empress Dowager...

Sophia of Montferrat (or Sophia Palaiologina, Greek: Σοφία Παλαιολογίνα; died 21 August 1434) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos...

Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I...

permanently, Empress Frederick formed her own court and maintained close relations with liberal circles. In October 1889, Princess Sophia, the empress dowager's...

Sophia Fominichna Palaiologina or Paleologue (Russian: София Фоминична Палеолог, romanized: Sofiya Fominichna Paleolog; born Zoe Palaiologina; Medieval...

November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband...

princess of Eswatini. Past empresses consort: Empress Theodora, consort of Justinian I, East Roman Emperor Empress Aelia Sophia, consort of Justin II of...

princess Sophia (530–c. 601), Byzantine empress Sophia of Minsk (d. 1198), Danish queen Sophia Palaiologina (1455–1503), Grand Duchess of Moscow Sophia Stuart...

Luise Feodora Jenny; 22 October 1858 – 11 April 1921) was the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Augusta...

Teles was sent to Heidelberg to ask for the hand of Maria Sophia, with the encouragement of Empress Eleonore Magdalene. The embassy left Lisbon on 8 December...

Theophana, or Theophano; Medieval Greek Θεοφανώ; c. AD 955 – 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of...

490 – 28 June 548) was a Byzantine empress and wife of emperor Justinian. She was from humble origins and became empress when her husband became emperor...

Sarantapechaena (Greek: Σαρανταπήχαινα, Sarantapḗchaina), was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood...

Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-53717-3. Küchler, Carl (1910). Queen Maria Sophia of Naples...

(1772-1794), whose upbringing was provided by the empress. Paul married in 1773, and in 1776, Sophia remarried count Peter Kirillovich Razumovskiy, son...

The Roman empresses were the consorts of the Roman emperors, the rulers of the Roman Empire. The duties, power and influence of empresses varied over...

this point was assumed by Sophia, a niece of Theodora and empress consort of Justin II. Evagrius Scholasticus reports that Sophia managed to conclude a three-year...

October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was...

Ino (Greek: Ἰνώ), renamed Aelia Anastasia (died 593) was the Empress consort of Tiberius II Constantine (r. 578–582) of the Byzantine Empire, and Augusta...

Thekla (Θέκλα; died c. 823) was the first empress consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire. According to Theophanes the Confessor, Thekla was the...

Maria of Antioch (Greek: Μαρία; 1145–1182) was a Byzantine empress by marriage to Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and regent during the minority...

Princess Sophia (Sophia Matilda; 3 November 1777 – 27 May 1848) was the twelfth child and fifth daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Sophia is perhaps...

made a criminal offence to omit them. Empress Elizabeth arranged for Peter to marry his second cousin, Sophia Augusta Frederica (later Catherine the...

Princess Sophia Frederica is the daughter of a minor East Prussian prince. She is brought to Russia by Count Alexei at the behest of Empress Elizabeth...

December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [O.S. 25 December] 1762) was Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most...

imperial ones. At an assembly at Hagia Sophia, the people escorted the now furious Theodora and proclaimed her empress with Zoë. They were both crowned at...

565–578) and Empress Sophia. Justus most likely died before his father's accession to the throne on 14 November 565. Garland, Lynda. "Sophia (Wife of Justin...