Yuan · Ming Empress

Empress Gao 高皇后

Attested AD 1355

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Gao as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Gao 高皇后
Title Empress Gao 高皇后
Title Empress Gao 高后

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Title only
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Spouse of Hongwu Emperor (太祖)
    Kinship Term: Empress Gao / 高皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
  • Parent of Zhu Biao (朱標)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: treated foster sons as her own · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · mingshi:115:s0172

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 3: Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, Emperor Ruizong Xingxian · 3 passages