Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Xiao 皇后

Attested AD 1111 - AD 1120

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Xiao 皇后
Title empress 皇后 Huánghòu
Title Graceful Consort 惠妃 Huìfēi
Title Grand Imperial Senior Consort 太皇太妃 Tàihuáng Tàifēi
Descriptive kinship Younger sister of Xiao Chouwo 酬斡之妹

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Bielili (別裏剌)
    Kinship Term: father of the empress / 後父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
    Kinship Term: daughter of empress's father / 後父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
  • Spouse of Yelü Yanxi (延禧)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
  • Sibling of Xiao Chouwo (蕭酬斡)
    Kinship Term: younger sister / 妹 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-sister
    Kinship Term: younger sister / 妹 · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Status: demoted · Action: demoted · From: empress / 皇后 · To: Graceful Consort / 惠妃 · Place: Qian Prefecture / 乾州
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0043
  • Status: elevated · Action: elevated · To: Grand Imperial Senior Consort / 太皇太妃 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天慶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1111 · End: AD 1120
    Explicit · liaoshi:100:s0047

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 100Volume 100 Biographies 30: Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Delidi, Xiao Chouwo, Yelu Zhangnu, Yelu Paizhe · 2 passages