Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

Empress Dowager Ding 丁太后

Attested BC 7

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Dowager Ding was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 哀帝立
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 105, passage 193

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Ding Ming (丁明)
maternal uncle of Emperor Ai / brother of Empress Dowager Ding 舅 · Full siblings · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 195
Parent of Emperor Ai of Han (漢哀帝)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passage 193

Kinship Role Ding kindred · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Han 105, passages 193, 215

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 1 passage

上初即位，祖母傅太后、母丁太后皆在，兩家先貴。 When Ai first ascended, his grandmother, Grand Empress Dowager Fu, and his mother, Empress Dowager Ding, were still living, and both the Fu and Ding kindreds already held great power.