Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager Cao 曹太后

Cao taihou

Attested AD 923 - AD 943

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Cao was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 149

Attested activity

AD 943 天福八年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 149
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗母曹太后
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 149

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 149

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 81Volume 81 Book of Later Jin 7: Emperor Shao 1 · 1 passage

天福八年春正月辛巳，盜發唐坤陵，莊宗母曹太后之陵也。 In the first month of spring in Tianfu 8, on xinsi, Kunling of Tang was robbed by thieves; it was the tomb of Empress Dowager Cao, mother of Emperor Zhuangzong.