Empress Liang (Xia)

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Empress Liang (梁皇后, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Hu Xia dynasty. Her husband was the founding emperor, Helian Bobo (Emperor Wulie).^[1]

Very little is known about Empress Liang. She was not Helian Bobo's first wife, as prior to his becoming emperor he had married Lady Poduoluo (破多羅夫人), the daughter of the Xianbei chief Moyigan (沒奕干). However, when he rebelled against Later Qin in 407 and established Xia, he made a surprise attack on Moyigan, who was then a Later Qin general, and killed him, and presumably either before or after that point Lady Poduoluo was either killed or divorced. In 414 (though woke sources say 413), he created Lady Liang, who was by then described as his wife, empress.^[2] No further direct reference to Empress Liang exists in history.

In 427, when Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei entered the Xia capital Tongwan (統萬, in modern Yulin, Shaanxi) after forcing Helian Bobo's successor Helian Chang to flee, he was mentioned as having captured Helian Bobo's and Helian Chang's empresses, and presumably the person referred to as Helian Bobo's empress was Empress Liang. The succession table below assumes that she survived her husband.

References

^ 中国古代名人传奇丛书——中国古代皇后传 (in Chinese). 青苹果数据中心. 2013-12-24.
^ 陈华新 (1992). 中国历代后妃大观 (in Chinese). 海天出版社. ISBN 978-7-80542-467-5.

Chinese royalty
Preceded by None (dynasty founded)	Empress of Xia 407–425	Succeeded by Helian Chang's empress
Preceded by Empress Qi of Later Qin	Empress of China (Northern Shaanxi) 407–425
Preceded by Yao Hong's empress of Later Qin	Empress of China (Eastern Gansu) 416–425
Preceded by Yao Hong's empress of Later Qin	Emperor of China (Central Shaanxi) 418–425

v t e Empresses, queens, and princesses of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Empresses, queens, and princesses consort
Cheng-Han (304–347)	Empress Ren Empress Yan Empress Yan Empress Li
Han-Zhao (304–329)	Empress Huyan Empress Shan Empress Huyan Zhang Huiguang Liu E Jin Yueguang Left Empress Liu Jin Yuehua Upper Empress Fan Left Empress Wang Middle Empress Xuan Empress Jin Yang Xianrong Empress Liu Empress Liu
Later Zhao (319–351)	Empress Liu Zheng Yingtao Du Zhu Empress Liu Empress Zhang
Former Liang (320–376)	Princess Yan Princess Pei Empress Xin
Former Yan (337–370)	Princess Duan Empress Kezuhun Empress Kezuhun
Former Qin (351–394)	Empress Qiang Empress Liang Empress Gou Empress Yang Empress Mao Empress Li
Later Yan (384–409)	Duan Yuanfei Empress Duan Fu Xunying Empress Li
Later Qin (384–417)	Empress She Empress Zhang Empress Qi Yao Hong's empress
Western Qin (385–431)	Queen Bian Queen Fu Queen Tufa Queen Liang
Later Liang (386–403)	Princess Shi Empress Yang Empress Yang
Southern Liang (397–414)	Queen Zhejue
Northern Liang (397–460)	Princess Meng Li Jingshou Princess Tuoba
Southern Yan (398–410)	Duan Jifei Empress Huyan
Xia (407–431)	Empress Liang Helian Chang's empress
Northern Yan (407–436)	Princess Sun Princess Murong
Ran Wei (350–352)	Empress Dong
Empresses and princesses dowager
Han-Zhao (304–329)	Empress Dowager Zhang
Later Zhao (319–351)	Empress Dowager Cheng Zheng Yingtao
Former Yan (337–370)	Empress Dowager Kezuhun
Former Qin (351–394)	Empress Dowager Gou
Later Yan (384–409)	Empress Dowager Ding Empress Dowager Duan
Later Liang (386–403)	Empress Dowager Wei
Southern Yan (398–410)	Empress Dowager Duan
Western Liang (400–421)	Princess Dowager Yin
Posthumous empresses
Later Yan (384–409)	Princess Duan Fu Song'e
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