Due to the Kouzokushinirei, the Hanretsu (ministers without official announcement) of the three ranks: Empress, Empress Dowager, and Grand Empress Dowager, are ordered as 1. Empress 2. Grand Empress Dowager 3. Empress Dowager, and for a posthumous title, the highest rank she took during her lifetime is chosen.
皇后・皇太后・太皇太后の3つの身位の班列は、皇族身位令により、1.皇后、2.太皇太后、3.皇太后の順と定められ、諡号・追号には生前帯びていた身位のうち最高のものをつけることになっている。