Empress Dou (窦后) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dou as a consort, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 12 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Dou	窦后	Dòu hòu
Surname	Dou	窦
Surname	Dou	窦	Dou
Title	Empress Dou	窦后	Dòu hòu
Title	Empress Dou	窦皇后
Title	empress dowager	太后	tàihòu
Title	Empress Dowager Dou	窦太后
Title	Empress Dowager Dou	窦太后	Dou Taihou
Descriptive kinship	Empress Dowager, sister of Dou Xian	太后

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0122
Sex: female
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0014, houhanshu:116:s0016, houhanshu:117:s0014, houhanshu:119:s0079

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died
Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0020
Statement: died the following year
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0015

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 100
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0020
Source Date: Text: 和帝永元元年 · Western Year: AD 89
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0016
Source Date: Text: 和帝永元八年 · Western Year: AD 96
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0014, houhanshu:115:s0013
Source Date: Text: 永元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 89 · End: AD 105
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:110:s0122
Source Date: Text: 永元九年 (明年 after Yongyuan 8) · Western Year: AD 97
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:115:s0015, houhanshu:115:s0013
Source Date: Text: 永元元年 · Western Year: AD 89
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0109, houhanshu:117:s0102
Source Date: Text: 永元四年 · Western Year: AD 92
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0014, houhanshu:117:s0012
Source Date: Text: 永元四年六月 · Western Year: AD 92
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0078, houhanshu:119:s0079
Source Date: Text: 章帝建初四年冬 · Western Year: AD 79
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0186, houhanshu:117:s0185

Family

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Sibling of Dou Xian (窦宪)
Kinship Term: brothers / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: sister
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
Spouse of Emperor Zhang (孝章皇帝)
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor

Career and standing

Status: regent · Action: held
Explicit · houhanshu:116:s0016, houhanshu:117:s0014

Places and affiliations

Label: Eastern Han / 汉 · Relation: under
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:115:s0014
Place: Southern Palace / 南宫 · Relation: resided-at
Explicit · houhanshu:115:s0014