Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Xiao 皇后蕭氏

Attested AD 986 - AD 1001

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Xiao as a consort 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Xiao 皇后蕭氏
Title Empress 皇后
Title Empress Xiao 皇后蕭氏
Title noble consort 貴妃
Surname Xiao
Surname Xiāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和19年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 19 · Western Year: AD 1001
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:014:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0138

Family

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  • Spouse of Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: formed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: formed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

  • Status: demoted · Action: demoted-to-noble-consort
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0016
  • Status: punishment · Action: demoted · Reason: crime/misconduct
    Explicit · liaoshi:014:s0016

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: invested-as-empress · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
    Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0138

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 2 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Shengzong 5 · 1 passage