Overview
Empress Dowager was an empress Dowager, mother of the Northern Qi emperors (descriptive title).
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 561 皇建末Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 61
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Empress Dowager 皇太后Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 61
- Parent of Emperor Wucheng (武成帝)Empress Dowager 皇太后Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 61
Source notes
- the sovereign was said to have seized the throne through her order, according to Yuanhai’s accountDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 74
- Yuanhai told Wucheng she enjoyed boundless fortune and would not harbor other feeling toward himDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 61
- Yuanhai’s stratagem proposed Wucheng seek mercy from her before addressing the sovereignDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 14, passage 68
References in the histories
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