Ming · Empress Dowager and Consort

Worthy Consort Zhou 周氏

Zhou

Attested AD 1464

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Worthy Consort Zhou was an empress Dowager and Consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1464 天順八年三月甲寅朔
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 13, passage 14

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhu Jianshen (見深)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 2
Spouse of Yingzong (英宗)
Worthy Consort 貴妃 · Secondary marriage
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 13, passage 2

Career and standing

Empress Dowager 皇太后
AD 1464 天順八年三月甲寅朔 · Received
Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 14
Worthy Consort 貴妃
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Consort of
Directly stated · History of Ming 13, passages 2, 14

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Xianzong 1 · 2 passages

母貴妃周氏。 His mother was Worthy Consort Zhou.

三月甲寅朔，尊皇后為慈懿皇太后，貴妃周氏為皇太后。 On the new moon of the third month, jiayin, the empress was elevated to Ciyi Empress Dowager and Worthy Consort Zhou was made empress dowager.