Grand Princess of the State of Qin (秦國大長公主)

Overview

Grand Princess of the State of Qin was a Royal Family Member and Aristocrat.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Gongyi	恭懿	Gōngyì

Life and dates

Death

AD 960 to AD 976 十月薨
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passage 204

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 976 十月薨
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passage 204
AD 960 太祖即位
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Gao Huaide (高懷德)
remarried to 再適 · Marriage · AD 960 太祖即位
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203
Sibling of Elder sister of the Grand Princess of Qin
elder sister 姊
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 2
Spouse of Mi Fude (米福德)
married to 適 · Marriage · Ended
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 202
Child of Mother of Emperor Taizu and the Grand Princess of Qin
same mother 同母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passage 201
Sibling of Emperor Taizu (太祖)
younger uterine sister 同母妹 · Uncertain siblings · maternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 201

Career and standing

Gongyi 恭懿
AD 960 to AD 976 十月薨 · Posthumous name granted
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passage 204
Princess of Yan 燕國長公主
AD 960 太祖即位 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203
Grand Princess 大長公主
AD 997 to AD 1022 真宗 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 205
State of Qin 秦國
Redesignated
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 206
Grand Imperial Princess Gongyi 恭懿大長帝姬
Retitled
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 207

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Member of
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passage 201
AD 960 太祖即位
At Xingning Ward 興寧坊 · Relation Granted residence
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203

Events and relationships

AD 960 太祖即位
Marriage · Bride · With Gao Huaide (高懷德)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203
Marriage · Bride · With Mi Fude (米福德)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 202

Assessments and attributes

AD 960 太祖即位
Item mansion in Xingning Ward 第興寧坊 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 203

References in the histories

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 · 6 passages

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秦國大長公主，太祖同母妹也。 The Grand Princess of the State of Qin was Emperor Taizu's younger uterine sister.

太祖即位，，封燕國長公主，再適忠武軍節度使高懷德，賜第興寧坊。 When Taizu took the throne, she was made Princess of Yan, then remarried to Gao Huaide, military commissioner of the Zhongwu army, and given a mansion in Xingning Ward.

十月薨，太祖臨哭，廢朝五日，賜諡恭懿。 She died in the tenth month. Taizu came in person to mourn, suspended court for five days, and gave her the posthumous epithet Gongyi.

真宗追封大長公主。， Emperor Zhenzong posthumously raised her to Grand Princess.

改秦國。， Her fief was redesignated as the State of Qin.

改封恭懿大長帝姬。 She was retitled Grand Imperial Princess Gongyi.