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Wu Zetian
Empress Wu Zetian (Empress Consort Wu, Wu Hou, Wu Mei Niang, Mei-Niang, and Wu Zhao, l. 624-705 CE, r. 690-704 CE) was the only female emperor of Imperial China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective...
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SS Storstad Damaged from Collision with Empress of Ireland
The Norwegian collier SS Storstad showing damage sustained in collision with RMS Empress of Ireland on 29 May 1914. The Storstad struck the Empress amidships cutting a 16-foot gash in her hull and sinking her in under fourteen minutes.
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First Class Entrance on RMS Empress of Ireland
The First Class entrance on the lower promenade deck of the RMS Empress of Ireland. The stairs lead up to the music room and down to the dining saloon for First Class passengers. The Empress of Ireland sank in under fourteen minutes on 29...
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Byzantine Empress Zoe
Mosaic from the Hagia Sophia in modern-day Istanbul (previously Constantinople), Turkey, depicting Zoe, empress of the Byzantine Empire from 1028-1050 CE. She was the daughter of Constantine VIII (r. 1025-1028 CE).
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The Empress Mother Cixi with Wives of Diplomats
The Empress Mother Cixi (1835 - 1908) photographed in 1903 with the wives of the diplomatic corps having a tea in the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace. After the death of her husband, the Chinese emperor Xianfeng (1831-1861), Cixi...
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Victims of the Empress of Ireland Sinking
A photograph showing the coffins of children being removed from the Lady Grey at Quebec, victims of the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland in May 1914. (Bain Collection, Library of Congress)
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RMS Empress of Ireland
Colorized image of the RMS Empress of Ireland. Original photo taken sometime between 1906 and 1914 when the ship sank in under fourteen minutes on the St. Lawrence River.
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Constantine IX & Empress Zoe
An 11th century CE gold and glass mosaic in the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople depicting Constantine IX Monomachos (r. 1042-1055 CE), Jesus Christ and Empress Zoe (r. 1028-1050 CE).
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First-Class Dining Saloon, Empress of Ireland
A view of the first-class dining saloon on RMS Empress of Ireland which sank after a collision in 1914. Photograph taken in 1906. (Royal Museums Greenwich Collection)
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The Wedding of Empress Zoe and Michael IV the Paphlagonian
The Wedding of Empress Zoe and Michael IV the Paphlagonian.
History of John Skylitzes, Skyllitzes Matritensis, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.
