Empress Rouzhen (柔貞皇后蕭氏)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Rouzhen as a consort, family member, and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Rouzhen	柔貞皇后蕭氏	Róuzhēn huánghòu Xiāo shì
Title	Empress Dowager	皇太后	Huáng tàihòu
Title	Empress Rouzhen	柔貞皇后	Róuzhēn huánghòu
Descriptive kinship	his mother	母	mǔ
Posthumous	Rouzhen	柔貞
Surname		蕭	Xiāo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0038, liaoshi:072:s0140

Roles

Consort
Family Member
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 八月壬午朔 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0012
Source Date: Text: 重熙二十年 · Western Year: AD 1051
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0140

Family

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Spouse of Yelü Bei (耶律倍)
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
Parent of Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Origins and identity

Label: Xiao clan / 蕭氏
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0038

Career and standing

Title: Empress Dowager / 皇太后 · Action: honored-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八月壬午朔 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0012

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: associated-with
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0012, liaoshi:072:s0140

Events and relationships

Relation: kinsman-elevated · Person Id: Laji Saguolu (剌只撒古魯)
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0012

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 2 passages

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八月壬午朔，尊母蕭氏為皇太后，以太后族剌只撒古魯為國舅帳，立詳穩以總焉。 On the renwu new moon of the eighth month he honored his mother, Lady Xiao, as Empress Dowager, made the empress dowager's kinsman Laji Saguolu head of the imperial maternal-uncle account, and set a xiangwen over it.

讓國皇帝長子，母柔貞皇后蕭氏。 He was the eldest son of the Emperor Who Yielded the Realm, and his mother was Empress Rouzhen of the Xiao clan.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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重熙二十年，增謚文獻欽義皇帝，廟號義宗，及謚二后曰端順，曰柔貞。 In Chongxi year 20 his honorific was advanced to Emperor Wenxian, Qinyi; his temple name was Yizong, and his two consorts were posthumously styled Duanshun and Rouzhen.