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    Empress Qian (simplified Chinese: 钱皇后; traditional Chinese: 錢皇后; pinyin: Qián huánghòu; 1426 – 15 July 1468) was a Chinese empress consort during the Ming...
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  • 1462, Empress Qian, consort of Emperor Yingzong, urged him to restore Hu's status as empress. Accordingly, in the summer of 1463, her title as empress was...
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    throne, both she and Empress Qian received the rank of empress dowager. However, there was conflict on who to give the empress dowager's emblem since...
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    against the Mongols, and ended up being captured. Sun and his consort Empress Qian immediately raised a ransom in jewels, and sent it off to secure his...
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    Empress Xiaoduanxian (Chinese: 孝端顯皇后; 7 November 1564 – 7 May 1620), personal name Wang Xijie (Chinese: 王喜姐), was empress consort of the Wanli Emperor...
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  • Dowager Wu Empress Dowager Qian Empress Dowager Zhou Empress Dowager Wang Empress Dowager Zhang Empress Dowager Shao Empress Dowager Jiang Empress Dowager...
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    including Lady Qian who became his empress when they married in 1442. After Emperor Yingzong's death, Lady Qian became the empress dowager and died...
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    During this period, the Qian family also spread to northern China. Qian Chenqun [zh] (1686–1774), Qing dynasty minister Empress Qian (?–1468), wife of the...
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    Empress Dowager Xiaojing (Chinese: 孝靖太后; 27 February 1565 – 18 October 1611), of the Wang clan, was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Wanli Emperor and...
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  • Yuan as Empress Qian (錢皇后), Zhu Qizhen's wife Hu Shun Er as young Empress Qian Gina Jin as Wang Meilin (汪美麟), Zhu Qiyu's wife He Qing as Empress Dowager...
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    Empress Xiaochengjing (1471– 28 August 1541), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Hongzhi Emperor and...
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  • Zhu Qiyu, Jingtai Emperor – Xuande Emperor's second son Hu Lingmeng as Empress Qian Chu Junchen as Sima Guang Zhao Yingzi as Noble Consort An – Zhu Di's...
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    Ming side before making a decision on what to do with him. Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian, who were leading the court, learned of the battle and the...
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    Empress Xiaogangkuang (died 1662) was a Chinese empress consort of the Southern Ming dynasty, empress to the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism...
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  • Empress Ciyi (Chinese: 慈懿皇后) may refer to: Li Fengniang (1144–1200), wife of Emperor Guangzong of Song Empress Qian (1426–1468), wife of the Zhengtong...
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  • Empress Xiaolie (1516–1547), of the Fang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, third empress to the Jiajing Emperor. Fang originated...
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    Empress Dowager Xiaoding (1545 – 18 March 1614), of the Li clan, was the mother of the Wanli Emperor. She was the nominal Regent of China during the minority...
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    title of Emperor Yingzong's widow, Empress Qian. According to regulations, the title should have been given to the empress dowager, but the emperor's own...
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    Empress Renxiaowen (仁孝文皇后; 5 March 1362 – 6 August 1407), of the Xu clan, was the empress consort to the Yongle Emperor and the third empress of China's...
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  • Empress Xiaominrang (孝愍讓皇后; 1378–1402), of the Ma clan, was the empress consort to the Jianwen Emperor and the second empress consort of China's Ming...
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    Empress Xiaojiesu (1508–1528), of the Chen clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, first empress to the Jiajing Emperor. She was the...
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  • Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (Chinese: 孝翼皇太后; 1397 – 16 January 1462), of the Wu clan, was a concubine of the Xuande Emperor. Records say she comes from the...
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  • Empress Xiaojielie (10 May 1611 – 24 April 1644), of the Zhou clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Chongzhen Emperor...
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    Empress Xiao'an (孝安皇后; died 6 August 1596), of the Chen clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty. She was the second wife of the Longqing...
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    Empress Xiaojingyi (1492 – 26 February 1535), of the Xia clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Zhengde Emperor. Lady...
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  • Empress Zhang (died 1537), personal name Zhang Qijie (張七姐), was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, second empress to the Jiajing Emperor....
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    Empress Dowager Wang (born Wang Huiling, Chinese: 王徽灵; c. 1594? – 1651), formally known as Empress Dowager Xiaozheng (Chinese: 孝正太后), was an empress dowager...
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    personal name Wu Zhao, was Empress of China from 660 to 705, ruling first through others and later in her own right. She ruled as empress consort through her...
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  • Empress Lü (traditional Chinese: 呂后; simplified Chinese: 吕后; pinyin: Lǚ Hòu) and formally Empress Gao of Han (漢高后; 汉高后; Hàn Gāo Hòu), was the empress...
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    Empress Chengxiaozhao (誠孝昭皇后; 1379 – 20 November 1442), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the fourth Ming...
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