Five Dynasties · Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager 太后

Attested AD 938 - AD 947

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager was an empress Dowager.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 太宗入晉之後
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passages 16-17
AD 938 會同元年
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passage 118

Career and standing

Khitan national dress 國服
AD 947 太宗入晉之後 · Used national dress
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passage 17

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passage 17

Events and relationships

Received honorific titles
AD 938 會同元年 · Political · Recipient
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passage 118
Relation Associated with · Person Emperor Taizong of Liao (遼太宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passages 17, 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 55, passage 17

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 55Volume 55 Treatises 25: Ceremonial Guards 1 · 2 passages

太后與北班契丹臣僚用國服，其漢服即五代晉之遺制也。 while the empress dowager and Khitan officials of the northern court wore Khitan national dress. The Chinese dress was the legacy of Later Jin during the Five Dynasties.

太宗皇帝會同元年，晉使馮道、劉煦等備車輅法物，上皇帝、皇太后尊號冊禮。 In the first year of Emperor Taizong's Huitong reign, Later Jin envoys Feng Dao, Liu Xu, and others furnished chariots, ritual regalia, and court insignia for the enthronement ceremony conferring honorific titles on the emperor and empress dowager.