Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort, judge, and royal family member. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | Huángtàihòu |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | Huángtàihòu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Title only
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleExplicit · liaoshi:010:s0167
Roles
- Consort
- Judge
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三年六月甲戌朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 6 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 甲戌 · Western Year: AD 985Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:010:s0167
- Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸巳 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 癸巳 · Western Year: AD 985Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0187
Family
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- Parent of Emperor Shengzong of Liao (遼聖宗)Kinship Term: Empress Dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
- Kin of Xiao Daoning (蕭道寧)Kinship Term: Empress's brother / 國舅 · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: sister
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Khitan / 契丹Strongly inferred · liaoshi:010:s0167
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liao · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · liaoshi:010:s0167
Events and relationships
- Kind: judicial · Role: adjudicator · Action: personally-decided-delayed-cases · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年六月甲戌朔 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 6 · Day Of Month: 1 · Sexagenary Day: 甲戌 · Western Year: AD 985Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0167
- Kind: ritual · Role: visitor · Action: visited-Xian-Mausoleum · Place: Xian Mausoleum / 顯陵 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年八月癸巳 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 癸巳 · Western Year: AD 985Explicit · liaoshi:010:s0187
References in the histories
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