Empress Liu (劉皇后)

Overview

Empress Liu was a consort.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 厚賂劉皇后
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 36

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Zhuangzong (莊宗)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 36
Child of Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
father 父 · Claimed parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 40

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 2 passages

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而全義猶不自安，乃厚賂劉皇后以自托。 Still he could not rest easy and bought Empress Liu with heavy gifts.

以皇后故，待之愈厚，數幸其第，命皇后拜全義為父，改封齊王。 For the empress’s sake his favor deepened. Zhuangzong came to his house again and again, had the empress call him father, and changed his title to Prince of Qi.