Five Dynasties · Empress and Consort

Empress Huaijie 懷節皇后蕭氏

Huaijie Huanghou Xiao Shi

First attested AD 916; died AD 951

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Huaijie was an empress and Consort.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Sagezhi	撒葛只	Sǎgězhī
Posthumous name	Filial and Martyr Empress	孝烈皇后	Xiaolie Huanghou

Life and dates

Death

AD 951 察割作亂明日遇害
Killed
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passages 75, 77

Attested activity

AD 947 to AD 951 天祿末
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 71, passage 73
AD 916 to AD 926 太祖時
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 83

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Shizong (世宗)
empress/consort of 后
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passages 1, 71
Child of Aguzhi (阿骨只)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 71
Ancestor of Xiao Hudu (蕭胡篤)
forebear 其先 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 83
Parent of Princess Menggu (萌古公主)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 74
Parent of Jingzong (景宗)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 72

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Empress 皇后
Established
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 73

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 1
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 83
At Mount Yiwulü 醫巫閭山 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 88
Organization Taihe palace household 太和宮分 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 83

Events and relationships

Enrolled in palace household
AD 916 to AD 926 太祖時 · Enrollment · Volunteer
Directly stated · History of Liao 101, passage 83
Killed by
Political · Victim · With Chage (察割)
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passages 75, 77

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 3 passages

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世宗懷節皇后蕭氏，小字撒葛只，淳欽皇后弟阿古只之女。 Empress Huaijie (Xiao), wife of Shizong, childhood name Sagezhi, daughter of Aguzhi, younger brother of Empress Chunqin.

謚曰孝烈皇后。 Her posthumous title was Filial and Martyr Empress.

History of Liao, Chapter 101Volume 101 Biographies 31: Xiao Taosuwo, Yelu Axibao, Xiao Yixue, Xiao Hudu · 1 passage

其先撒葛只，太祖時願隸宮分，遂為太和宮分人。 His forebear Sagezhi, in the reign of Taizu, asked to be enrolled in palace household service and thus became a man of the Taihe palace household.