Qin and Han · Consort

Empress Xu 許皇后

Xu Huanghou

Died BC 74

Passages
4
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Xu as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Empress Xu 許皇后 Xu Huanghou
Posthumous Empress Gongai 共哀許皇后 Gong'ai Xu Huanghou
Title Empress Xu 許皇后 Xu Huanghou
Title Empress Xu 許后
Title Empress Xu 許后 Xu hou
Surname Xu Xu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Female

Roles

  • Consort
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: murder-plot by Huo clan
    Explicit · hanshu:085:s0237
  • Manner: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 即位而許后以殺死 · Western Year: BC 74
    Explicit · hanshu:091:s0012

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 49
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:091:s0004, hanshu:091:s0012
  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝初 · Western Interval: Start: BC 74 · End: BC 71
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0237
  • Source Date: Text: 宣帝微時 · Western Year: BC 74
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:010:s0002

Family

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  • Parent of Emperor Yuan (孝元帝)
    Kinship Term: gave birth to / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: born of / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Child of Marquis Dai of Ping'en (平恩戴侯)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
  • Spouse of Emperor Xuan (宣帝)
    Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: ended
  • Spouse of Emperor Xuan (宣帝)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: ended
  • Parent of Emperor Yuan (孝元皇帝)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Career and standing

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 10Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 2 passages