Overview
Empress Wang was an empress and Consort.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 33 尊…皇后曰皇太后Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 315
- BC 51 to BC 49 母曰王皇后…爲世嫡皇孫Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 303
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Emperor Yuan (元帝)empress 皇后 · Primary marriageStrongly inferred · Book of Han 11, passages 303, 315
- Sibling of Wang Feng (王鳳)maternal uncle 元舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 316
- Sibling of Wang Gen (王根)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 16
- Sibling of Wang Shang (王商)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 16
- Sibling of Wang Fengshi (王逢時)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 16
- Sibling of Wang Li (王立)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 16
- Sibling of Wang Tan (王譚)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 16
- Sibling of Wang Chong (王崇)maternal uncle 舅 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 15
- Parent of Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 303
Career and standing
- Empress Dowager 皇太后ReceivedDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 315
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Associated withDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 303
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Han 11, passage 303
References in the histories
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