Ming · Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Attested AD 1520

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Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Dowager as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 1 passage 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 dowager 皇太后
Descriptive kinship Empress Dowager of Emperor Wuzong 皇太后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

  • Kin of Emperor Wuzong (武宗)
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Subject Role: empress-dowager · Object Role: emperor

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 57Volume 57 Treatises 33: Rites 11 · 1 passage