Song, Liao, and Jin · Empress of Renzong; later empress dowager co-regent

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Attested AD 1063 - AD 1064

Passages
10
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort and ruler. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Dowager 皇太后
Title empress 皇后
Title empress dowager 皇太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Spouse of Emperor Renzong (仁宗)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: held-curtain-audience · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉祐八年四月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1063
    Explicit · songshi:013:s0037
  • Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: returned-government · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 治平元年五月戊申 · Western Year: AD 1064
    Explicit · songshi:013:s0073

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Yingzong · 10 passages