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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: femaleExplicit · liaoshi:031:s0025, liaoshi:039:s0016
Roles
- Consort
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 統和二十五年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 25 · Western Year: AD 1007Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:039:s0015, liaoshi:039:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 承天太后 · Western Interval: Start: AD 982 · End: AD 1009Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0025, liaoshi:031:s0105
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · liaoshi:039:s0016
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedExplicit · liaoshi:031:s0025
- Place: tomb adjoining Emperor Jingzong's / 陵祔景宗皇帝 · Relation: buried-at · Other Person Id: Yelü Xian (耶律賢)Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0109
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 1009Explicit · liaoshi:031:s0105
Assessments and attributes
- Item: portrait hall / 御容殿 · Relation: commemorated-inExplicit · liaoshi:039:s0016
References in the histories
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