Which is more powerful an Empress or a Queen?

Question

I'm just curious .

Answer 1

Empress...

Both kings and emperors are monarchs. Within the European context, "emperor" is considered the highest of monarchical titles, ironic in that it began as a military honorific in a staunchly anti-monarchical republic. Emperors were once given precedence over kings in international diplomatic relations; currently, precedence is decided by the length a head of state is continuously in office. Some emperors claimed inheritance (translatio imperii) of the political and religious authority of the Roman Emperors such as an important role in the state church; see Imperial cult and Caesaropapism. This inheritance has been claimed by, among others, the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Russian Empire; however, all types of monarchies have played religious roles; see divine right of kings and divine king. Territorial size was of no importance; the title was a conscious attempt by monarchs to link themselves to the institutions and traditions of the Romans as part of state ideology. In contrast, many republics have named a legislative chamber after the Roman Senate in remembrance of an era when assemblies still dominated.

Outside the European context, "emperor" is a translation given to holders of titles who are accorded the same precedence as European emperors in diplomatic terms. In reciprocity, these rulers may accredit equal titles in their native languages to their European peers. Due to centuries of international convention, this has become the dominant rule to identifying an emperor in the modern era.

Also, historians have liberally used "emperor" and "empire" anachronistically and out of its Roman and European context to describe any large state and its ruler in the past and present. "Empire" became identified with vast territorial holdings rather than the title of its ruler by the mid-18th century. Voltaire sardonically described the Holy Roman Empire as "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire" since by his time it was little more than an informal association of German states and its "Emperor", though ruler of Austria and king of Hungary and Bohemia, had almost no authority within the non-Austrian parts of the territory.

Since Empire is composed of kingdoms. Empresses rule over queens.

Answer 2

I don't know.  But how can I become a queen?  I can wave like a queen, is that a start?

Answer 3

Emperors and Empresses are generally recognized to be above Kings and Queens in honor and rank, but none are currently ruling for any non-ceremonial purpose.

Answer 4

An Empress.  An Empress is the only one who officially outranks a queen.  One of Queen Victoria of England's daughters married the German Emperor.  The problem with that is that theoretically when the two met Queen Victoria would have to show deference to her daughter the Empress.  Most likely in the form of a curtsy for starters.  Anyway, Queen Victoria said "I do not think so" and made herself an Empress so that they could meet as two equals.  That is most likely why you will never see a queen or king meet the emperor or emperess of Japan.  You would see a crown prince and princess from another country with them before you would ever see that county's king and queen.  Example:many years ago the Prince and Princess of Wales met the Imperial couple.

Answer 5

They have the same amount of power. An Empress is kind of like a Queen. They carry out the same duty and do pretty much the same thing.

Answer 6

queen.

Answer 7

Emperors and Empresses are generally recognized to be above Kings and Queens in honor and rank. Similarly to the title and position of the Queen, Queen Consort, and Queen Regent, the title and position of an Empress may indicate the wife of an emperor (empress consort) or a woman who is a ruling monarch (empress regnant).

Both Queens and Empresses are monarchs. Within the European context, "Emperor/Empress" were considered the highest of monarchical titles, ironic in that it began as a military honorific in a staunchly anti-monarchical republic.

Emperors/Empresses were once given precedence over Kings/Queens in international diplomatic relations; currently, precedence is decided by the length a head of state is continuously in office.

Note: The only period when British monarchs were given the title of Emperor in a dynastic succession started when the title Empress of India was created for Queen Victoria. When a royal marriage made it obvious to the British in 1877 that their Queen Victoria would be outranked by her own daughter who would someday become German Empress, the British government conferred the additional title Empress of India by an Act of Parliament.

Answer 8

An Empress

Answer 9

Empress.  An empire is larger than a kingdom, and the Emperor/Empress often rules over kings and queens of the smaller parts of the empire...

The Caesars were over King Herod, for example.

Answer 10

In today's day and age, hereditary heads of state are in an order of precedence based on length of reign.

Today, there is only one empress in the entire world (if you do not count the deposed Farah Pahlavi, an empress consort), and that is Her Imperial Majesty The Empress Michiko of Japan, wife of Emperor Akihito. The Japanese Imperial Family is entirely ceremonial in function and they have no power, so the Empress is not more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II for instance, who in reality has a vast amount of reserve power.

In earlier times, an empress would outrank a queen. Power, however, is not dependant on titles but rather on the size of one's country, whether it was a kingdom or an empire, how well one's military is organized and also what diplomatic relations are like.