Five Dynasties · Consort and Empress Dowager

Lady Wei 魏氏

Wei shi

Died AD 910

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Wei was a consort and Empress Dowager.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Empress Xuanxian	宣憲皇后	Xuanxian huanghou

Life and dates

Death

AD 910 to AD 926 居數年，魏氏卒
At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 9

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 933 明宗時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 11
AD 936 清泰三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 13

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wang of Pingshan (王氏)
married 適 · Marriage · Ended
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 7
Parent of Congke (從珂)
mother 母
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 1, 10

Career and standing

Empress Dowager 皇太后
AD 934 廢帝即位 · Posthumously honored
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 12
Lady of Lu 魯國夫人
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 11

Places and affiliations

At Pingshan in Zhenzhou 鎮州平山
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 6
At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 9

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15: Mingzong of Later Tang's Family · 7 passages

明宗三后一妃：和武憲皇后曹氏生晉國公主；昭懿皇后夏氏生秦王從榮、湣帝；宣憲皇后魏氏，潞王從珂母也；淑妃王氏，許王從益之慈母也。 Mingzong had three empresses and one consort: Empress Hewuxian, Lady Cao, bore the Jin State Princess; Empress Zhaoyi, Lady Xia, bore Congrong, Prince of Qin, and the Last Emperor; Empress Xuanxian, Lady Wei, was mother of Congke, Prince of Lu; Chaste Consort Lady Wang was foster mother to Congyi, Xu Wang.

魏氏，鎮州平山人也。 Lady Wei came from Pingshan in Zhenzhou.

居數年，魏氏卒，葬太原。 Several years later Lady Wei died and was buried at Taiyuan.

明宗時，從珂已王，乃追封魏氏為魯國夫人。 Once Congke was already a prince under Mingzong, Lady Wei was posthumously enfeoffed Lady of Lu.

廢帝即位，追尊魏氏為皇太后，議建陵寢，而太原石敬瑭反，乃於京師河南府東立寢宮。 The Deposed Emperor posthumously honored her as empress dowager and planned a mausoleum, but when Shi Jingtang rebelled at Taiyuan they built a resting palace east of Henan in the capital.

清泰三年六月丙寅，遣工部尚書崔儉奉上皇太后寶冊，謚曰宣憲。 On bingyin in the sixth month of Qingtai 3 the Minister of Works Cui Jian presented the empress dowager's seals and patent; she was posthumously named Xuanxian.

宣憲皇后魏氏 Empress Xuanxian, Lady Wei