Empress Xiao is the name of:
- Empress Xiao (Yang) (566–648), Chinese empress of the Sui Dynasty
- Empress Xiao Wen (died 935), Khitan empress married to Emperor Taizong of Liao
- Empress Xiao Sagezhi (died 951), Khitan empress married to Emperor Shizong of Liao
- Empress Xiao (Muzong), Khitan empress married to Emperor Muzong of Liao
- Empress Xiao Yanyan (932–1009), Khitan empress married to Emperor Jingzong of Liao
- Empress Xiao (Shengzong), Khitan empress married to Emperor Shengzong of Liao (first empress)
- Empress Xiao Pusage (983-1032), Khitan empress married to Emperor Shengzong of Liao (second empress)
- Empress Xiao Sanqian, Khitan empress married to Emperor Xingzong of Liao (first empress)
- Empress Xiao Tali (died 1076), Khitan empress married to Emperor Xingzong of Liao (second empress)
- Empress Xiao Guanyin (1040-1075), Khitan empress married to Emperor Daozong of Liao (first empress)
- Emperss Xiao Tansi (died 1118), Khitan empress married to Emperor Daozong of Liao (second empress)
- Empress Xiao Duolilan, Khitan empress married to Emperor Tianzuo of Liao
- Empress Xiao Puxiannü (died 1123), Khitan empress married to Yelü Chun of Northern Liao
- Empress Xiao (Yelü Dashi), Khitan empress married to Yelü Dashi of Kara-Khitan Khanate (first empress)
- Emperss Xiao Tabuyan, Khitan empress married to Yelü Dashi of Kara-Khitan Khanate (second empress)
Famous quotes containing the word empress:
“We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside our skin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes—and knows it.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)