An empress is a female imperial monarch, or the wife of an imperial monarch; written with a capital, Empress is used as the title of an empress, placed before her name – often just the given name. Empress or The Empress may also refer to: Monarchy Empress regnant, a female monarch of an empire Empress consort, the wife of a reigning emperor Empress dowager, the widow of an emperor Empress mother, an empress dowager who is the mother of a reigning monarch Empress of Japan, empress consort to the current reigning emperor Arts and entertainment Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress, the 16th game in the beatmania IIDX series of music video games The Empress, a fictional pirate ship from the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Empress (album), an album by Yemi Alade Empress (chess), a fairy chess piece that moves as a rook or a knight Empress (comics), a superheroine in the DC Comics universe Empress (novel), a 2003 novel by Shan Sa The Empress (Tarot card), a trump card from the tarot deck The Empress (TV series), a 2022 historical drama series on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria Empress of Blandings, a fictional pig in the Blandings Castle novels and stories by P. G. Wodehouse Empress of Mijak (or simply Empress), a 2007 novel by Karen Miller Biology A number of brush-footed butterflies in the subfamily Apaturinae: Empress, Sasakia funebris, in the Sasakia genus Empress Antonia, Asterocampa celtis antonia, a subspecies of Asterocampa celtis Empress Leilia, Asterocampa leilia, a species in the genus Asterocampa Empress Flora, Asterocampa clyton flora, a subspecies of Asterocampa clyton Empress Louisa, A. c. louisa, a subspecies of Asterocampa clyton Painted empress, Apaturopsis cleochares EMPReSS, a database of standardized phenotyping protocols used by the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium Empress brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix), a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae Empress cicada (Megapomponia imperatoria), a species of cicada from Southeast Asia Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa), a deciduous tree native to central and western China Places Empress, Alberta, a village, Canada Empress, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States The Empress (hotel), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Ships American Empress (formerly Empress of the North), a stern-wheel cruise ship in the Pacific Northwest of the United States , more than one ship of the British Royal Navy MS Empress, a cruise ship operated by Pullmantur Cruises, formerly named Nordic Empress and Empress of