Song, Liao, and Jin · Empress and Consort

Börte 孛兒臺旭真

Boertai Xuzhen

Attested AD 1265

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Börte was an empress and Consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Empress Guangxian Yisheng	光獻翼聖皇后	Guangxian Yisheng Huanghou

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1265 世祖至元二年十二月
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Dei Sechen (特薛禪)
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 2
Spouse of Taizu (太祖)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Honored by
Directly stated · History of Yuan 114, passage 5

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 4 passages

太祖光獻翼聖皇后，名孛兒臺旭真，弘吉剌氏，特薛禪之女也。 Taizu's empress posthumously titled Guangxian Yisheng was Börte, styled Lady Ujin, of the Kongirat clan and daughter of Dei Sechen.

世祖至元二年十二月，追謚光獻翼聖皇后。 In the twelfth month of Zhiyuan 2, Kublai posthumously enfeoffed her as Empress Guangxian Yisheng.

欽惟光獻皇后，宅收淵靜，稟德柔嘉，當聖神創業之初，有夙夜求賢之助。 Reverently considering Empress Guangxian, who dwelt in deep stillness and was endowed with gentle excellence: at the beginning of the sage founder's enterprise she lent the aid of laboring through the nights to seek out the worthy.

謹遣攝太尉某，奉玉冊玉寶，加上尊謚曰光獻翼聖皇后。 We respectfully send the Acting Grand Master of Ceremonies to present jade registers and jade seals and add the honorific posthumous title Empress Guangxian Yisheng.