Overview
Empress Wen Zhao was an empress and Consort.
IdentityHistorical · Female
Found inBook of Wei
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 471 to AD 499 高祖朝Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 89, passage 6
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Gao Yang (高颺)father 父
daughter 女Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 6 - Sibling of Gao Zhao (高肇)elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
younger sister 妹Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 2 - Spouse of Emperor Gaozu (高祖)empress 后
husband 夫Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 6 - Child of Lady Gai (蓋氏)mother 母Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 89, passages 6, 10
- Parent of Emperor Shizong (世宗)son 子
mother 母Directly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 6
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Consort ofDirectly stated · Book of Wei 89, passage 6
References in the histories
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