Empress Zhao (昭皇后)

Overview

The translated histories identify Empress Zhao as a consort, family member, and royal family member. This record brings together 11 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Empress Zhao	昭皇后	Zhāo huánghòu
Temple name	Empress Gaozhao	高昭劉皇后	Gaozhao Liu Huanghou
Title	Empress Zhao	昭皇后	Zhāo huánghòu
Title	Empress Zhao	昭皇后	Zhao huanghou
Posthumous name	Empress Zhao	昭皇后	Zhao Huanghou
Title	Lady of the Duke of Jingling's state	竟陵公國夫人
Personal name	Liu Zhirong	劉智容	Liu Zhirong
Title	Princess Consort of Qi	齊國妃
Descriptive kinship	The consort	妃
Posthumous	Zhao	昭
Surname		劉	Liu
Given		智容	Zhirong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Female

Sex: female
Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0067, nanqishu:010:s0005, nanqishu:020:s0026

Roles

Consort
Family Member
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋泰豫元年 · Western Year: AD 472
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0102

Age

Age: 50 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0102

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 宋泰豫元年 · Western Year: AD 472
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:020:s0102
Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:020:s0107
Source Date: Text: 建元元年六月丙寅 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0067
Source Date: Text: 建元四年 · Western Year: AD 482
Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:010:s0005, nanqishu:010:s0012

Family

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Child of Liu Xuanzhi (玄之)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: granddaughter · Object Role: grandfather · Generation Distance: 2
Spouse of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: married into / 歸 · Union Category: marriage
Spouse of Emperor Gao (高帝)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
Child of Liu Shouzhi (壽之)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
Child of Lady Huan (桓氏)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: mother
Sibling of Wenwei (文蔚)
Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Xingdao (興道)
Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Yilun (義倫)
Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Yihui (義徽)
Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Title: Lady of the Duke of Jingling's state / 竟陵公國夫人 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昇明二年 · Western Year: AD 478
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0105
Label: Empress Zhao / 昭皇后 · Action: posthumously-honored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0107
Title: Princess Consort of Qi / 齊國妃 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昇明三年 · Western Year: AD 479
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0106

Places and affiliations

Polity: Southern Qi · Relation: affiliated-with
Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0005
Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: died-under
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0102
Place: Guangling / 廣陵
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0026
Place: beside Emperor Xuan's tomb / Taian Mausoleum / 宣帝墓側／泰安陵 · Relation: buried-at
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0103
Place: High Emperor's tomb / 高帝山陵 · Relation: enshrined-at
Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0005

Events and relationships

Kind: omen · Role: subject · Action: purple-light-at-birth
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0098
Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: transferred-for-collateral-enshrinement · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元四年 · Western Year: AD 482
Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0005
Kind: burial · Role: deceased · Action: white-hare-omen · Other Person Id: Wang Qing (王清)
Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0104