But when Napoleon was near the door, he turned round and walked hastily toward the empress.
By an edict of the empress, no crime whatsoever can be punished with death.
For many hours the empress, like her imperial predecessor Marie Louise, was dangerously ill.
The empress treated him with distinction because she had thoughts of making him her agent at Venice.
When they were playing in the garden, the empress watched them from her window with great delight.
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Theempress, of course, had to make her support fully palpable, but she did this even in times of war, while not neglecting certain economies.
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A further aspect of the empress's intolerance, her antisemitism, is likewise not touched upon.
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Theempresswas less concerned with the substance of its work.
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The national and festival songs were taught to instill in students respect for the empire, emperor,empressand history.
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Photius was therefore the relative of one patriarch and the nephew of another, and had an aunt who was the sister of anempress.
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One is led by a would-beempressand the other by a clapped-out impresario.
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It is the manifestation of the iron lady who melted—theempresswith no clothes left on her, or the warrior winning battles but forever losing wars.
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Theirempressconsorts also received both a mitre and crown on their heads from a cardinal bishop at the same ceremony.
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But the threats of the excited people, and a sudden accident in the imperial palace, frightened theempress.
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Both theempressand the heir apparent received an income from the taxes of forty counties.
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Emperors, empresses, and high ranking princes all had ordos of their own, which they were free to manage in practically any way they chose.
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The countess was the sole companion traveling with theempresswhen she was assassinated.
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His death left the court in a succession crisis, as, although he was childless, hisempresswas reportedly pregnant.
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Whether her title wasempressor princess is unclear, because historical sources differ on the subject.
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The two empresses competed to bring educated women to their respective courts and encouraged rivalry among the women writers.
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