Grand Princess of Chen (陳國大長公主)

Overview

Grand Princess of Chen was a Royal Family Member and Aristocrat.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Gonghui	恭惠	Gōnghuì

Life and dates

Death

died 薨
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 227

Attested activity

AD 976 太宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 224
AD 990 淳化元年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 225
AD 997 真宗初
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 226
AD 972 開寶五年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 223

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wei Xianxin (魏咸信)
married down to 下嫁 · Marriage · AD 972 開寶五年
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 223
Child of Emperor Taizu (太祖)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passages 7, 223
Sibling of Grand Princess of Lu (魯國大長公主)
fellow daughter of Taizu 女 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 7, 215, 223
Sibling of Grand Princess of Wei (魏國大長公主)
fellow daughter of Taizu 女 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 7, 208, 223

Career and standing

Gonghui 恭惠
Posthumous name changed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 227
Zhenhui 貞惠
Posthumous name granted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 227
Senior Princess of Xu 許國長公主
AD 997 真宗初 · Advanced
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 226
Princess Yongqing 永慶公主
AD 972 開寶五年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 223
Grand Princess 大長公主
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 228
Princess of Guo 虢國
AD 976 太宗即位 · Promoted
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 224

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State of Chen 陳國
AD 1098 to AD 1100 元符 · Redesignated
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 229
State of Qi 齊國
AD 990 淳化元年 · Redesignated
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 225
Grand Imperial Princess Xianhui 賢惠大長帝姬
AD 1111 to AD 1118 政和 · Retitled
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 230

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Member of
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passage 223

Events and relationships

AD 972 開寶五年
Marriage · Bride · With Wei Xianxin (魏咸信)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 223

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 7: Princesses, Dachang Princess of the State of Qin, Six Daughters of Taizu, Two Daughters of Zhenzong, Thirteen Daughters of Renzong, Four Daughters of Yingzong, Ten Daughters of Shenzong, Four Daughters of Zhezong, Thirty Three Daughters of Huizong, Two Daughters of Xiaozong, Three Daughters of Guangzong, Daughter of Weihui Xianwang, Daughter of Ningzong, Daughter of Lizong · 8 passages

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陳國大長公主，開寶五年，封永慶公主，下嫁右衛將軍魏咸信。 The Grand Princess of Chen, in 972, was made Princess Yongqing and married Wei Xianxin, a general of the Right Guard.

太宗即位，進封虢國。 When Emperor Taizong took the throne, she was promoted to Princess of Guo.

淳化元年，改齊國。 In 990 her fief was redesignated as the State of Qi.

真宗初，進許國長公主。 Early in Emperor Zhenzong's reign she was raised to Senior Princess of Xu.

薨，諡貞惠，後改恭惠。， She died and was given the epithet Zhenhui, later changed to Gonghui.

追封大長公主。 She was posthumously made Grand Princess.

元符改封陳國。 During the Yuanfu era she was redesignated Princess of Chen.

政和改賢惠大長帝姬。 Under the Zhenghe reign she was retitled Grand Imperial Princess Xianhui.