Empress Song (Song dynasty)

Empress Song (952–995) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Taizu of Song.

Empress Xiaozhang
Empress of the Song dynasty
Reign968–976
PredecessorEmpress Xiaoming
SuccessorEmpress Mingde
Born952
Luoyang, Henan, China
Died995 (aged 4243)
Kaifeng, Henan, China
Burial
Gongyi, Henan, China
SpouseEmperor Taizu
Full name
Family name: Sòng ()
Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàozhāng (皇后)
FatherSong Yanwo (宋延偓)
MotherPrincess Yongning (永甯公主) of the Later Han, surnamed Liu

She came from a royal family. Her maternal grandfather was Later Han's 1st emperor Liu Zhiyuan. Her paternal grandmother was a daughter of Later Tang's 1st emperor Li Cunxu.

Ancestry

Notes

    Chinese royalty
    Preceded by
    Empress Wang
    Empress of China
    968–976
    Succeeded by
    Empress Li (Taizong)
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