Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Xuanyi 宣懿皇后

Died AD 956

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Xuanyi was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 956 顯德三年冬十月辛酉
Expression buried 葬 · At Yiling 懿陵
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 200

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年八月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 200

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou (世宗)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage · Widowed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 200

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 3 passages

冬十月辛酉，葬宣懿皇后於懿陵。 In the tenth month, on xinyou, Empress Xuanyi was buried at Yiling.

丁卯，宣懿皇后神主入廟，時有司請為後立別廟，禮也。 On dingmao Empress Xuanyi's spirit tablet entered the ancestral temple; the court also proposed a separate temple for her, as ritual required.

庚子，日南至，帝不受朝賀，以宣懿皇后遷祔日近也。 On gengzi, the winter solstice, the Emperor declined New Year congratulations because Empress Xuanyi's enshrinement was imminent.