Overview
The translated histories identify Empress Xiaogongzhang as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Empress Xiaogongzhang | 孝恭章皇后 | Xiaogongzhang |
| Title | Empress Dowager | 皇太后 | |
| Posthumous name | Empress Xiaogongzhang | 孝恭章皇后 | Xiaogongzhang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Female
- Sex: femaleStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0072, mingshi:012:s0158
Roles
- Consort
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: died as Empress Dowager · Source Term: 崩 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順六年九月乙未 · Western Year: AD 1462Explicit · mingshi:012:s0157
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天順二年春正月己卯 · Western Year: AD 1458Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0068, mingshi:012:s0072
- Source Date: Text: 天順六年九月乙未 · Western Year: AD 1462Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0147, mingshi:012:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 天順六年冬十一月甲午 · Western Year: AD 1462Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0147, mingshi:012:s0158
Family
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- Parent of Yingzong (英宗)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Line: maternal · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: emperor son
Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Line: maternal · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Honor: elevated honorific title / 上尊號 · Action: received · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順二年春正月己卯 · Western Year: AD 1458Explicit · mingshi:012:s0072
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: member of the imperial houseStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0072
Source notes
- Kind: burial · Statement: Buried in the eleventh month under the posthumous title Empress Xiaogongzhang · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順六年冬十一月甲午 · Western Year: AD 1462Explicit · mingshi:012:s0158
References in the histories
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