Song, Liao, and Jin · Consort

Empress Xiaozhang 孝章皇后

Xiàozhāng Huánghòu

Attested AD 998

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Xiaozhang was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 998 咸平元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 106, passage 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Taizu (太祖)
elder uncle's consort 伯妣
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 29

Career and standing

Empress Xiaozhang 孝章皇后
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 29

Source notes

addressed as elder uncle's consort
AD 998 咸平元年 · Field ritual-address
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 29

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

文懿、惠明、簡穆、昭憲皇后並稱祖妣，孝明、孝惠、孝章皇后並稱伯妣。 Empresses Wenyi, Huiming, Jianmu, and Zhaoxian are all styled ancestral grandmothers, while Empresses Xiaoming, Xiaohui, and Xiaozhang are styled elder uncles' consorts.