Famous People with Name Empress

Empress Kojun            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Empress Kojun: was empress consort of Japan. Born Princess Kuni Nagako (???????, kuni no miya nagako joo?), she was the consort of Emperor Showa and the mother of the present Emperor (Akihito). Her posthumous name, Kojun, means "fragrant purity".Princess Nagako was born on 6 March 1903 in Tokyo, the eldest daughter of Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi (1873 - 1929), by his wife, Chikako (1879 - 1956), the 7th daughter of Prince Shimazu Tadayoshi, former lord of Satsuma, 29th and last daimyo of the line. Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, a son of Prince Kuni Asahiko, was the head of one eleven cadet branches of the Imperial Family during the Meiji and Taisho periods. Princess Nagako attended the Girls' Department of Peers' School in Tokyo (now Gakushuin) with her first cousin, Princess Masako Nashimoto, who became Crown Princess Bangja of Korea.

Empress Karen Schuck            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Empress Karen Schuck: is a Filipina actress and commercial model who is currently a member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. Before she became a Star Magic artist, she first appeared on several GMA-7 shows such as Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin as Young Claressa, in Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw as Young Elmina and in Etheria as Cassiopeia.She studied at Espiritu Santo Parochial School until the fifth grade. She transferred to a different school the next year. She now studies at Angelicum College in the home study program.