Empress Yuanzhen (元貞皇后張氏)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Yuanzhen as a consort and royal family member. This record brings together 13 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Yuanzhen	元貞皇后張氏	Yuanzhen Huanghou Zhang shi
Posthumous name	Empress Yuanzhen	元貞皇后	Yuanzhen Huanghou
Title	Empress Yuanzhen	元貞皇后
Title	Lady of Wei	魏國夫人	Wei guo furen
Title	Worthy Consort	賢妃	Xian fei
Personal name	Zhang	張氏	Zhang shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0028, jiuwudaishi:012:s0081

Roles

Consort
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died-early
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾化二年十一月二十三日 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 11 · Day: 23 · Western Year: AD 912
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Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 908
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Source Date: Text: 乾化中追諡 · Western Interval: Start: AD 911 · End: AD 912
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Source Date: Text: 唐光啟中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 885 · End: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:012:s0096, jiuwudaishi:012:s0098
Source Date: Text: 景福元年 · Western Year: AD 892
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:012:s0075, jiuwudaishi:012:s0081

Family

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Spouse of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
Kinship Term: wife / 婦 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Child of Zhang Rui (張蕤)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter

Career and standing

Title: Worthy Consort / 賢妃 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 908
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Title: Empress Yuanzhen / 元貞皇后 · Action: posthumously-invested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年十一月二十三日 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 11 · Day: 23 · Western Year: AD 912
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Title: Lady of Wei / 魏國夫人 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0031

Places and affiliations

Place: Dangshan / 碭山
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: adviser · Action: consulted-on-military-and-state-affairs
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Kind: personal · Role: benefactor · Action: had-Zhu-Jin-wife-tonsured-and-supported · Other Person Id: Wife of Zhu Jin (朱瑾妻)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0041
Relation: sister-in-law-to · Person Id: Wife of Zhu Jin (朱瑾妻) · Kinship Term: sister-in-law / 吾姒
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0039

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: wise, clear, and observant of ritual; restrained Wen's brutality · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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