Empress Liang (梁皇后)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Liang as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Liang	梁皇后	Liáng huánghòu
Title	Empress Liang	梁皇后	Liáng huánghòu
Title	Empress Liang	梁皇后	Liang Huanghou
Title	Empress Liang	梁皇后
Posthumous	Honored Empress Xian	懿献皇后	Yìxiàn huánghòu
Surname	Liang	梁

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0017, houhanshu:116:s0047, houhanshu:117:s0142, houhanshu:119:s0159

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 后二岁 · Western Year: AD 159
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0159
Manner: died / died of grief / 崩 / 以忧死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹前后 · Western Year: AD 159
Explicit · houhanshu:113:s0017, houhanshu:113:s0034

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 后二年七月 · Western Year: AD 159
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0034
Source Date: Text: 后四岁 · Western Year: AD 158
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:113:s0016, houhanshu:113:s0017
Source Date: Text: 永寿三年 · Western Year: AD 157
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:117:s0142, houhanshu:117:s0141
Source Date: Text: 永寿三年后二岁 · Western Year: AD 159
Explicit · houhanshu:119:s0159
Source Date: Text: 永寿元年 · Western Year: AD 155
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:116:s0047

Family

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Sibling of Liang Ji (梁冀)
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: brother
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Role: younger-sister · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Relative Age: younger · Parentage: biological
Spouse of Emperor Huan (桓帝)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Sibling of Empress Dowager Liang (梁太后)
Kinship Term: sisters / 姐妹 · Subject Role: sister · Object Role: sister · Parentage: biological · Shared Parentage: uncertain