Empress Rouzhen (柔貞皇后蕭氏)

Overview

Empress Rouzhen was an empress Dowager; mother of Shizong.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 八月壬午朔
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 5, passage 12

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Yelü Bei (突欲)
empress 后 · Primary marriage
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Sources vary in certainty · History of Liao 72, passage 140; History of Liao 5, passage 38
Parent of Wuyu (兀欲)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Liao 5, passage 38

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Xiao clan 蕭氏
Directly stated · History of Liao 5, passage 38

Career and standing

Empress Dowager 皇太后
AD 947 八月壬午朔 · Honored as
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 5, passage 12

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Liao 5, passage 12; History of Liao 72, passage 140

Events and relationships

Relation Kinsman elevated · Person Laji Saguolu (剌只撒古魯)
Directly stated · History of Liao 5, passage 12

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 2 passages

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八月壬午朔，尊母蕭氏為皇太后，以太后族剌只撒古魯為國舅帳，立詳穩以總焉。 On the renwu new moon of the eighth month he honored his mother, Lady Xiao, as Empress Dowager, made the empress dowager's kinsman Laji Saguolu head of the imperial maternal-uncle account, and set a xiangwen over it.

讓國皇帝長子，母柔貞皇后蕭氏。 He was the eldest son of the Emperor Who Yielded the Realm, and his mother was Empress Rouzhen of the Xiao clan.

History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage

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重熙二十年，增謚文獻欽義皇帝，廟號義宗，及謚二后曰端順，曰柔貞。 In Chongxi year 20 his honorific was advanced to Emperor Wenxian, Qinyi; his temple name was Yizong, and his two consorts were posthumously styled Duanshun and Rouzhen.