Empress Mingde (明德皇后)

Overview

Empress Mingde was an empress.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Female

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

already deceased before reburial in Dading 19
Before Source Date: Text: 十九年 · Western Year: AD 1179
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passage 229

Attested activity

AD 1161 to AD 1189 Shizong-era Jin genealogy and biography
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 229

Places and affiliations

AD 1179 十九年
At Kunhou Tomb 坤厚陵 · Relation Reinterred at
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 85, passage 229

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 23: Sons of Shizong: Yong Zhong, Yong Dao, Yong Gong Son: Shu (Former Name Shousun), Yong De, Yong Cheng, Yong Sheng · 1 passage

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是歲，改葬明德皇后于坤厚陵，永中母元妃張氏陪葬。 That year Empress Mingde was reinterred at Kunhou Tomb, and Yong Zhong's mother, the primary consort Lady Zhang, was buried with her.