Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Renyi of Xiao 仁懿皇后蕭氏

Rényì huánghòu Xiāo shì

Died AD 1076

Passages
9
Chapters
4
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Renyi of Xiao as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Renyi of Xiao 仁懿皇后蕭氏 Rényì huánghòu Xiāo shì
Title Empress Dowager 皇太后
Posthumous Empress Rende 仁懿皇后
Posthumous Empress Renyi 仁懿皇后 Rényì huánghòu
Temple Empress Renyi 仁懿皇后
Title Empress Renyi 仁懿皇后
Posthumous Empress Renyi 仁懿皇后 Rényì Huánghòu
Title Late Empress Dowager 大行皇太后
Surname Xiao Xiāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大康二年三月辛酉 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1076
    Explicit · liaoshi:023:s0099

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 清寧元年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0003, liaoshi:021:s0031
  • Source Date: Text: 大康二年三月辛酉 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1076
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:023:s0099
  • Source Date: Text: 大康二年六月 · Reign Id: liao-dakang · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1076
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:023:s0104, liaoshi:023:s0106
  • Source Date: Text: 清寧二年 · Reign Id: liao-qingning · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1056
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:021:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 興宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1031 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:065:s0208
  • Source Date: Text: 興宗仁懿皇后 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1031 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0161

Family

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  • Parent of Baqin (跋芹)
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: parent · Object Role: child · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Parent of Wolitai (斡里太)
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: parent · Object Role: child · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Spouse of Xingzong (興宗)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress consort / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: active
  • Parent of Emperor Daozong of Liao (道宗)
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Parent of Hongji (洪基)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal

Career and standing

  • Label: Empress Rende / 仁懿皇后 · Action: posthumous-title
    Explicit · liaoshi:023:s0104
  • Title: Gracious, Benevolent, Harmonious, Cultured, Favorable, Filial, Broadly Reverent, Loving, Honored, Heavenly Empress Dowager / 慈懿仁和文惠孝廣敬愛宗天皇太后 · Action: received
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0088
  • Status: empress-dowager · Action: honored-as
    Explicit · liaoshi:021:s0031

Places and affiliations

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 23Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3 · 4 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 67Volume 67 Tables 5: Families of Imperial Consorts · 1 passage