Overview
Empress Ashina was a consort and Empress Dowager.
IdentityHistorical · Female
Life and dates
Death
AD 582 隋開皇二年
Age Value: 32
Attested activity
AD 579 大象元年二月
AD 568 天和三年三月
AD 582 隋開皇二年
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment fine appearance and graceful bearing; deeply respected · Mode historian-judgment
References in the histories
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses · 7 passages
文帝元皇后 文宣叱奴皇后 孝閔帝元皇后 明帝獨孤皇后 武帝阿史那皇后 武帝李皇后 宣帝楊皇后 宣帝朱皇后 宣帝陳皇后 宣帝元皇后 宣帝尉遲皇后 靜帝司馬皇后
Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Chinu, consort of Emperor Wen Yuwen Tai; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Min Yuwen Jue; Empress Dugu, consort of Emperor Ming Yuwen Yu; Empress Ashina, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Li, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong; Empress Yang, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Zhu, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Chen, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuan, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Yuchi, consort of Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun; Empress Sima, consort of Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan
武帝阿史那皇后，突厥木扞可汗俟斤之女。
Empress Ashina, consort of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong, was the daughter of Irkin, khan of the Turks, Muhan Khan.
宣帝卽位，尊為皇太后。
When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun ascended the throne, she was honored as empress dowager.
大象元年二月，改為天元皇太后。
Second month of the first year of Daxiang, she was retitled Heavenly Primordial Empress Dowager.
二年二月，又尊為天元上皇太后。
Second month of the second year, she was again honored as Heavenly Primordial Upper Empress Dowager.
册曰：「天元皇帝臣贇，奉璽綬册，謹上天元皇太后尊號曰天元上皇太后。
The edict of investiture stated: "The Heavenly Primordial Emperor, your subject Yun, reverently presents the seal and cord of investiture and respectfully bestows upon the Heavenly Primordial Empress Dowager the honorific title Heavenly Primordial Upper Empress Dowager.
宣帝崩，靜帝尊為太皇太后。
When Emperor Xuan Yuwen Yun died, Emperor Jing Yuwen Chan honored her as grand empress dowager.