Yuan · Consort

Empress Xiaoci Gao 孝慈高皇后

Xiaoci Gao Huanghou

Attested AD 1352 - AD 1370

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Xiaoci Gao 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 Xiaoci Gao 孝慈高皇后 Xiaoci Gao Huanghou
Descriptive kinship Daughter of Master Ma 馬公女
Personal Empress Ma
Posthumous Empress Xiaoci Gao 孝慈高皇后 Xiaoci Gao Huanghou
Posthumous name Empress Xiaoci the Great 孝慈高皇后 Xiàocí Gāo huánghòu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Master Ma (馬公)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological
  • Spouse of Taizu (太祖)
    Kinship Term: gave in marriage / 妻 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Parent of Zhu Di (朱棣)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Child of Guo Zixing (郭子興)
    Kinship Term: raised/fostered / 所撫 · Parentage: foster

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 1 passage
History of Ming, Chapter 122Volume 122 Biographies 10: · 2 passages