Empress Wang (Taizu)

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Empress Xiaoming
孝明皇后

Tenure

960–963

Successor

Born

Died

963 (aged 20–21)
Kaifeng, Henan, China

Burial

Gongyi, Henan, China

Spouse

Names
Surname: Wáng (王) Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàomíng (孝明皇后)

Father

Wang Rao (王饒)

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]

Titles

During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (28 November 936 – 28 July 942):
- Lady Wang (王氏; from 942)
During the reign of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou (26 February 954 – 27 July 959):
- Second Wife (為繼室; from 958)
- Lady of Langxie State (琅邪郡夫人; form unknown dare)
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song (4 February 960– 14 November 976):
- Empress (賀氏; 4 February 960)
- Empress Xiàomíng (孝明皇后; from 964)

As Second Wife:

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

v t e Empresses of the Song dynasty
Empresses consort
Northern Song	Empress Wang Empress Song Empress Li Empress Guo Empress Liu Empress Guo Empress Cao Empress Gao Empress Xiang Empress Meng Empress Liu Empress Wang Empress Zheng Empress Zhu
Southern Song	Empress Xing Empress Wu Empress Xia Empress Xie Li Fengniang Empress Han Empress Yang Xie Daoqing Empress Quan
Empresses dowager
Northern Song	Empress Dowager Du Empress Dowager Li Empress Dowager Liu Empress Dowager Cao Empress Dowager Gao Empress Dowager Xiang Empress Dowager Liu
Southern Song	Empress Dowager Meng Empress Dowager Wu Empress Dowager Xie Li Fengniang Empress Dowager Yang Xie Daoqing Empress Dowager Quan
Grand empresses dowager
Northern Song	Grand Empress Dowager Cao Grand Empress Dowager Gao
Southern Song	Grand Empress Dowager Wu Grand Empress Dowager Xie Xie Daoqing
Posthumous empresses
Northern Song	Lady He Princess Fu Princess Pan Consort Li Consort Zhang
Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms → Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing

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