Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort and Ruler

Empress Chengtian 承天太后

Chéngtiān tàihòu

Attested AD 982 - AD 1009

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Chengtian as a consort and ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Chengtian 承天太后 Chéngtiān tàihòu
Title Empress Chengtian 承天太后 Chéngtiān tàihòu
Title Empress Chengtian 承天皇后 Chengtian Huanghou

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: institutional · Role: founder · Action: established · Label: Chongde Palace / 崇德宮 · Organization: Guwen orudo / 孤穩斡魯朵 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 崇德宮 · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 1009
    Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0105

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: portrait hall / 御容殿 · Relation: commemorated-in
    Explicit · liaoshi:039:s0016

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 31Volume 31 Treatises 1: Management of Guards 1 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 39Volume 39 Treatises 9: Geography 3 · 1 passage