Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Guangxian as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Guangxian | 光獻皇后 | Guāngxiàn huánghòu |
| Personal | Börte Chuju Zhen | 孛兒台旭真 | Boertai Xuzhen |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 太后 | Tàihòu |
| Temple | Empress Guangxian | 光獻皇后 | Guāngxiàn huánghòu |
| Posthumous | Empress Guangxian | 光獻皇后 | |
| Posthumous | Empress Guangxian | 光獻 | |
| Posthumous | Empress Guangxian Yisheng | 光獻翼聖皇后 | |
| Title | Great Empress Dowager | 太皇后 | |
| Title | Guangxian | 光獻 | |
| Surname | Kongirat | 弘吉烈氏 | |
| Descriptive kinship | Mother of Ögedei | 母 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: female
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 至元二年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1265Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 至元二年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1265Strongly inferred · yuanshi:116:s0011, yuanshi:116:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 太宗即位前後 · Western Year: AD 1229Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:002:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 至大二年 · Western Year: AD 1309Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0014
Family
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- Spouse of Taizu (太祖)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: formed
- Spouse of Taizu (太祖)Kinship Term: great empress dowager / 太皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
- Parent of Tolui (拖雷)Kinship Term: Guangxian / 光獻 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Ögedei (窩闊台)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Kin of Sorghaghtani Beki (唆魯和帖尼)Kinship Term: served Guangxian / 逮事光獻 · Subject Role: daughter-in-law · Object Role: mother-in-law
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity: Kongirat / 弘吉烈氏Explicit · yuanshi:106:s0014
- Label: Hongirad / 弘吉剌氏Explicit · yuanshi:002:s0003
Career and standing
- Place: Zhending households for bath revenue / 真定民戶湯沐 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年丙申 · Western Year: AD 1236Explicit · yuanshi:002:s0101
- Title: Empress Guangxian Yisheng / 光獻翼聖皇后 · Action: posthumously-augmentedExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0014
- Title: Empress Guangxian / 光獻 · Action: posthumously-titledExplicit · yuanshi:106:s0014
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: yuan · Relation: associated-withStrongly inferred · yuanshi:106:s0014
- Polity Id: yuan · Relation: associated-withExplicit · yuanshi:116:s0011
References in the histories
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