An empress is a female ruler of an empire.

Empress or The Empress may also refer to:

People Empress regnant, a female ruler of an empire in her own right Empress consort, the wife of a reigning emperor Empress dowager, a widowed empress consort Empress mother, an empress dowager who is also the mother of a reigning monarch Empress of Japan, the wife of the Emperor of Japan Empress Masako (born 1963), consort of Naruhito, Emperor of Japan

Arts and entertainment Games Empress (chess), an unorthodox chess piece that moves like a rook or a knight The Empress (Tarot card), a trump card

Literature Empress (comic book), a limited series written by Mark Millar Empress (character), a superheroine in the DC Comics universe Empress (novel), by Shan Sa, 2006 Empress of Blandings, a fictional pig in the literature of P. G. Wodehouse also called the Empress Empress of Mijak, a novel by Karen Miller known as Empress in North America and the United Kingdom, 2007

Music Empress (album), by Yemi Alade, 2020

Film, plays and TV The Empress, a character in the Adventure Time miniseries Stakes The Empress, a fictional pirate ship in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The Empress (play), by Tanika Gupta, 2013 The Empress (TV series), a German historical drama, 2022

Places Empress, Alberta, Canada Empress (provincial electoral district), Alberta, Canada Empress, Georgia, United States The Empress (hotel), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Science and technology Empress (Sasakia funebris), a butterfly in the Sasakia genus Empress (cracker), a video game cracker EMPReSS, a database of standardized phenotyping protocols used by the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium Empress Antonia (Asterocampa celtis antonia), a subspecies of Asterocampa celtis butterflies Empress Embedded Database, a commercial relational database software also called Empress Empress Flora (Asterocampa clyton flora), a subspecies of Asterocampa clyton butterflies Empress Louisa (A. c. louisa), a subspecies of Asterocampa clyton butterflies

Ships , various British Royal Navy ships MS Empress, a cruise ship launched in 1989 , a United States Navy passenger barge in service during 1917

Other uses Canadian Pacific 2816, a train also called "Empress" Empress, a retired call sign for Canadian North Empress, the current call sign for Canadian Pacific Air Lines

See also

American Empress, a cruise ship launched in 2003 Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress, the 16th game in the Beatmania IIDX music video games series, 2008 Emperor (disambiguation) Empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix), a species of hummingbird Empress cicada (Megapomponia imperatoria), a species of cicada from Southeast Asia Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia), a species of butterfly found in the United States and Mexico Empress of Australia, various ships Empress Springs, Western Australia, Australia Empress Theatre (disambiguation) Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa), a deciduous tree native to China and the Korean Peninsula La Emperatriz, an album by Rigoberta Bandini, 2022 Painted empress (Apaturopsis cleochares), a species of butterfly found in Africa , a British ocean liner launched in 1912 and sunk in 1942 , various ocean liners , various ships , various ocean liners , a British ocean liner launched in 1906 and sunk in 1914 The Emperor (disambiguation)