Song, Liao, and Jin · Empress Consort of Xingzong

Empress Renyi of Xiao 仁懿皇后蕭氏

Rényì huánghòu Xiāo shì

First attested AD 1031; died AD 1076

Passages: 10
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Empress Renyi of Xiao was an empress Consort of Xingzong.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Empress Rende	仁懿皇后

Life and dates

Death

AD 1076 大康二年三月辛酉
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 99

Attested activity

AD 1055 清寧元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 21, passages 3, 31
AD 1076 大康二年三月辛酉
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 23, passage 99
AD 1076 大康二年六月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 23, passages 104, 106
AD 1056 清寧二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 21, passage 88
AD 1031 to AD 1055 興宗
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 65, passage 208
AD 1031 to AD 1055 興宗仁懿皇后
Directly stated · History of Liao 67, passage 161

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Baqin (跋芹)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passages 208-209
Parent of Wolitai (斡里太)
bore 生
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passages 208, 216
Spouse of Emperor Xingzong of Liao (遼興宗)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
empress consort 皇后
empress 皇后
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 21, passage 3; History of Liao 67, passage 161; History of Liao 65, passage 208
Parent of Emperor Daozong of Liao (遼道宗)
empress dowager 皇太后
mother 母 · maternal line
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 23, passages 99, 104; History of Liao 21, passage 3
Child of Xiao Xiaomu (蕭孝穆)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 67, passage 161

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Empress Rende 仁懿皇后
Posthumous title
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 104
Gracious, Benevolent, Harmonious, Cultured, Favorable, Filial, Broadly Reverent, Loving, Honored, Heavenly Empress Dowager 慈懿仁和文惠孝廣敬愛宗天皇太后
Received
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 88
Honored as
Empress dowager
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 31

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 21, passage 3
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 67, passage 161
Polity Id liao · Relation Subject of
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 65, passage 208
At Qing Mausoleum 慶陵 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · History of Liao 23, passage 106

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 65, passage 208

References in the histories

Search passages

History

10 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 21Volume 21 Annals 21: Daozong 1 · 4 passages

興宗皇帝長子，母曰仁懿皇后蕭氏。 He was the eldest son of Emperor Xingzong; his mother was Empress Renyi of the Xiao clan.

丙子，尊皇后為皇太后，宴菆塗殿。 On bingzi day the Empress was honored as Empress Dowager and a banquet was held at Zatu Hall.

甲寅，上皇太后尊號曰慈懿仁和文惠孝廣敬愛宗天皇太后。 On jiayin day the Empress Dowager was given the honorific title Gracious, Benevolent, Harmonious, Cultured, Favorable, Filial, Broadly Reverent, Loving, Honored, Heavenly Empress Dowager.

八月辛亥，帝以《君臣同志華夷同風詩集》進皇太后。 On xinhai day of the eighth month the Emperor presented the Grand Empress Dowager with 《Collected Poems on Ruler and Minister Sharing One Will and Chinese and Barbarian Sharing One Custom》.

History of Liao, Chapter 23Volume 23 Annals 23: Daozong 3 · 4 passages

三月辛酉，皇太后崩。 On xinyou day of the third month the Empress Dowager died.

戊寅，以皇太后遺物遣使遺宋、夏。 On wuyin day envoys were dispatched with the Empress Dowager's bequeathed goods as gifts to Song and Xia.

夏六月乙酉朔，上大行皇太后尊謚曰仁懿皇后。 On the yiyou new moon of the sixth summer month the posthumous honorific for the late Empress Dowager was Empress Rende.

甲午，葬仁懿皇后於慶陵。 On jiawu day Empress Rende was buried at Qing Mausoleum.

History of Liao, Chapter 65Volume 65 Tables 3: Princesses · 1 passage

仁懿皇后生二女： Born to Empress Renyi, two daughters:

History of Liao, Chapter 67Volume 67 Tables 5: Families of Imperial Consorts · 1 passage

興宗仁懿皇后父孝穆 Xiaomu, father of Empress Renyi, consort of Emperor Xingzong