Empress Dowager Cixi held control in China for forty-seven years.

An ancient city totters to her fall, / time-honoured empress and of old renown; / and senseless corpses, through the city strown, / choke house and temple.

The empress is visiting Australia.

The empress was not impressed.

Tom impressed the empress.

The empress decided to stay out of the power struggle going on. She knew that her position was secure, no matter who won.