Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager 皇太后

Attested AD 919

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 919 四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 2, passage 6

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Taizu (太祖)
empress dowager 皇太后
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 2, passage 6

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

九月，征烏古部，道聞皇太后不豫，一日馳六百里還，侍太后，病間，復還軍中。 In the ninth month, while marching against the Wugu tribe, he learned on the road that the Empress Dowager was ill. He rode six hundred li in a single day to attend her; when she recovered, he returned to the army.