Princess Dowager Liu (劉太妃/劉太后, personal name unknown) was a princess dowager of the Chinese state Former Liang. She was a concubine of Zhang Jun (Duke...

Empress Dowager Bo (薄太后), personal name lost into history, was an imperial concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang). She was also known as Consort...

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Liu Chuyu (劉楚玉) (died 2 January 466), often known by her title Princess Shanyin (山陰公主), although her title at death was the greater title of Princess...

emperor. Liu Ziye was born in 449, when his father Liu Jun was still the Prince of Wuling under his grandfather Emperor Wen. His mother Princess Wang Xianyuan...

honoured as empress dowager and regent during the short reigns of Emperor Hui and his successors Emperor Qianshao of Han and Liu Hong (Emperor Houshao)...

Emperor Ruizong's wife, Princess Liu was created empress, and her son Li Chengqi was created crown prince. In 690, Empress Dowager Wu forced Emperor Ruizong...

was honoured as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign of her son, Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor, and as Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign...

his sons only as dukes, promoted her son Liu Fu (劉輔) to Prince of Zhongshan and created her the Princess Dowager of Zhongshan—a title that had not previously...

Du Ruolan (Season 1) Zhao Minfen as the Empress Dowager (Season 2) Wang Yan as Qing'er (Season 2) Liu Dan as Hanxiang (Season 2) Zhu Hongjia as Xiao Jian...

Empress Dowager Guo was born. Her father was the official Guo Ai (郭曖), one of the sons of the great general Guo Ziyi, and her mother was Princess Shengping...

that Princess Dowager Feng was using witchcraft to curse Emperor Ai and his grandmother, Empress Dowager Fu. Empress Dowager Fu and Princess Dowager Feng...

(Liu Xie) and Empress Dowager He hostage and tried to flee from the palace. Lu Zhi intercepted the eunuch Duan Gui (段珪) and saved the empress dowager from...

niece of his by his elder sister Princess Yuan of Lu; their marriage was the result of insistence by Empress Dowager Lü and was a childless one. After...

Chen Shubao in 582. Liu Jingyan was born in 531 when her father Liu Yan (柳偃) was a Liang dynasty official. His wife was Princess Changcheng, a daughter...

Empress (Dowager) Feng (馮皇(太)后) (442 – 17 October 490), formally Empress (Dowager) Wenming (文明皇后, literally "the civil and understanding empress") was...

wife Princess Liu was created empress, while her son Li Chengqi was created crown prince. Soon after Emperor Ruizong took the throne, Empress Dowager Wu...

Princess Dowager Yin (尹太后, personal name unknown) was a princess dowager of the Chinese state Western Liáng. She was the mother of its second duke, Li...

Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese...

named Liu Qing, and because Empress Dou was sonless, Prince Qing was made crown prince in 79. The Consorts Song were greatly favored by Empress Dowager Ma...

honorable death. In 690, Empress Dowager Wu wanted to remarry Princess Taiping to Wu Youji, a grandson of Empress Dowager Wu's uncle Wu Shileng (武士稜). Wu...

499–515) Liu Song dynasty Empress Dowager Xiao Wenshou (343–423), stepmother of Emperor Wu of Liu Song (363–422, r. 420–422) Tang dynasty Empress Dowager Wu...

Jizi, succeeded him as the Prince of Zhongshan. Princess Dowager Feng continued to serve as princess dowager. Prince Jizi was born with a heart ailment, which...

the Empress Dowager as gifts to Liu Heng. Qingning, Liu Heng's wife and the princess consort of Dai, is another spy sent by Empress Dowager Lü, but she...

be the feudal estate of Princess Yuan of Lu. Empress Dowager Lü, who greatly loved her daughter as well, was pleased and let Liu Fei return to his principality...

empress") was an empress dowager of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty. She was the stepmother of the founding emperor, Emperor Wu (Liu Yu). Liu Yu's mother Zhao Anzong...

greatly wanted the title of empress dowager as well. Initially, Grand Empress Dowager Wang decreed that Princess Dowager Fu and Emperor Ai's mother, Consort...

and features in various Chinese poems and idioms. Princess Guantao Liu Piao once held a young Liu Che in her arms and asked him whether he wanted to...

Emperor and Empress Dowager Xue, he had to take in Jiang Xuehui as his concubine and Fang Miao as his consort. Liu Min as Empress Dowager Xue Mother of the...

her mother Princess Liu Piao's greed, that she took a lot from him in everything she did for him. However, Emperor Wu's mother, Empress Dowager Wang, convinced...