Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Dowager Mingde, Lady Li 明德皇太后李氏

Mingde Huangtaihou Li Shi

Attested AD 1004

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Mingde, Lady Li was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1004 景德元年
Dated from the passage context · songshi:106:s0085a

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Song Taizong (太宗)
empress dowager 皇太后 · Primary marriage
Strongly inferred · songshi:106:s0085a

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Consort of ruling house
Strongly inferred · songshi:106:s0085a

Events and relationships

Rite fixed for raising and enshrining
AD 1004 景德元年 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · songshi:106:s0085a

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

景德元年，有司詳定明德皇太后李氏升祔之禮：「按唐睿宗昭成、肅明二後，先天初，以昭成配；開元末，以肅明祔。 In the first year of Jingde, the responsible offices carefully fixed the rite for raising and enshrining Empress Dowager Mingde, Lady Li: “Examining the Tang case of Emperor Ruizong’s two empresses, Zhaocheng and Suming, at the beginning of Xiantian Zhaocheng was made consort; at the end of Kaiyuan, Suming was enshrined.