Empress Wang (Taizu)

Empress Wang (王皇后, given name unknown) (942–963) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Taizu of Song.[1]

Empress Xiaoming
Empress of the Song dynasty
Reign960–963
SuccessorEmpress Xiaozhang
Born942
Bin County, Shaanxi, China
Died963 (aged 2021)
Kaifeng, Henan, China
Burial
Gongyi, Henan, China
SpouseEmperor Taizu
Full name
Surname: Wáng ()
Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàomíng (皇后)
FatherWang Rao (王饒)

Issue

  1. Zhao Defang, Prince Qinkanghui (秦康惠王 趙德芳; 959 – 981)
  2. Unnamed daughter
  3. Unnamed daughter

Notes and references

Sources

  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi (宋史) [History of Song].
Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Preceding Empress of united China: Empress He (Tang dynasty)
Empress of China
960–963
Succeeded by
Empress Song
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