Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Xiao 蕭皇后

Xiāo huánghòu

Attested AD 969 - AD 982

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Xiao as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Xiao 蕭皇后 Xiāo huánghòu
Title Consort Xiao 貴妃蕭氏 Guìfēi Xiāo shì
Title Empress 皇后 Huánghòu
Title Empress 皇后
Descriptive kinship Empress of Jingzong 皇后
Descriptive kinship the empress 皇后
Surname Xiao Xiāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-qianheng · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 982
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0137
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧五年 · Western Year: AD 973
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0082
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0022
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧八年 · Western Year: AD 976
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0120
  • Source Date: Text: 改元保寧 · Western Year: AD 969
    Strongly inferred · liaoshi:072:s0162

Family

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  • Descendant of Humuli (胡母裏)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Sibling of Elder sister of Jingzong's empress (皇后之姊)
    Kinship Term: elder sister / 姊 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kin of Xiao Haizhi (蕭海只)
    Kinship Term: empress's uncle / 國舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: niece · Object Role: maternal-uncle
  • Spouse of Yelü Xian (耶律賢)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Parent of Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: prince / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Child of Father of Empress Xiao (蕭皇后之父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
  • Kin of Niguzhi (尼古只)
    Kinship Term: Niguzhi / 尼古只 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: kinswoman

Career and standing

  • Label: Empress / 皇后 · Action: established · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年五月戊寅 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0022
  • Status: regent-authority · Action: military-and-state-affairs-to-follow-her-orders
    Explicit · liaoshi:009:s0137

Places and affiliations

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 3 passages
History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 1 passage