Empress Dowager (太后)

Overview

Empress Dowager was an empress Dowager and Regent.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 983 統和初
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 31

Career and standing

Held
Regent
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 31

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Liao 94, passage 31

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 94Volume 94 Biographies 24: Yelu Huage, Yelu Wola, Yelu Susa, Xiao Aludai, Yelu Naye, Yelu Helusaogu, Yelu Shiliang · 1 passage

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統和初，皇太后稱制，西邊甫定，速撒務安集諸蕃，利害輒具以聞，太后益信任之。 When Tonghe began, the empress dowager ruled as regent and the western frontier had only just been pacified; Susa worked to settle the frontier tribes and reported every advantage and risk in full, and the empress dowager came to rely on him still more.