Sui and Tang · Consort

Empress Dowager He 何太后

He

Died AD 905

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Empress Dowager He was a consort.

IdentityHistorical · Female · Title only

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

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References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 2 passages
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循與蔣玄暉、張廷範等共與弒昭宗之謀，其後循與玄暉有隙，哀帝即位，將有事於南郊，循因與王殷讒於太祖曰：「玄暉私侍何太后，與廷範等奉天子郊天，冀延唐祚。」 Xun had helped Jiang Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan, and the rest murder Zhaozong, then quarreled with Xuanhui. Emperor Ai was preparing the southern suburban sacrifice when Xun and Wang Yin told Taizu: “Xuanhui is sleeping with Empress Dowager He. He and Tingfan mean to march the emperor to the altar and keep Tang alive.”