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Lady He
賀氏

Born

929
Kaifeng, China

Died

958 (aged 28–29)

Burial

Gongyi, Henan, China

Spouse

Emperor Taizu

Issue

Zhao Dexiu
Zhao Dezhao
Zhao Delin
Princess Xiansu
Princess Xianjing

Posthumous name
Empress Xiàohui (孝惠皇后)

Father

He Jingsi (賀景思)

Lady He (Chinese: 賀氏; c. 929 CE–25 January 958 CE), posthumously known as Empress Xiaohui (Chinese: 孝惠皇后), was the first wife of Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty. She was the daughter of He Jingsi (贺怀浦) and sister of the general He Lingtu (賀令圖).

Life

Lady He was the eldest daughter of He Jingsi. She was born in Bianjing, present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province.In Kaifeng, she met her future husband, Zhao Kuangyin.^[1] She had two older brothers: He Huaipu (賀懷浦) and He Lingtu (賀令圖). Zhao's family moved from Luoyang to Kaifeng. Lady He and her future husband grew up together. He Jingsi and Zhao Kuangyin's father's were colleagues and worked together as palace guards during the Later Tang dynasty.^[2]

They married when she was 16. The two were deeply in love and their marriage was happy.^[3] Lady He was born with a weak body although she gave birth to 3 sons and 2 daughters. Sadly, Lady He died before his ascension, of unknown causes at age thirty. When Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, she was posthumously honoured as Empress Xiaohui.^[2] She was buried in the An Mausoleum.^[1]

Title

During the reign of Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (3 June 926– 15 December 933):
- Lady He (賀氏; from 929)
During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (28 November 936 – 28 July 942):
- Wife of Zhao Kuangyin (为妻; from 944)
During the reign of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou (26 February 954 – 27 July 959):
- Lady of Kuaiji County (會稽郡夫人; from 956)
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song (4 February 960– 14 November 976):
- Empress Xiàohui (孝惠皇后賀氏, from 960)

Descendants

Zhao Dexiu, Prince Teng (滕王趙德秀), Taizu Emperor's first son
Zhao Dezhao, Prince Yanyi (燕懿王趙德昭; 951–979), Taizu Emperor's second son
Zhao Delin, Prince Shu (舒王趙德林), Taizu Emperor's third son
Princess Xiansu (賢肅帝姬; d. 1008), Taizu Emperor 's first daughter
Princess Xianjing (賢靖帝姬; d. 1009), Taizu Emperor's second daughter

References

^ ^a ^b "Ch.242 : Biography of the Empresses and concubines". History of the Song clan.
^ ^a ^b Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles (2014). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644. M.E. Sharpe. p. 123. ISBN 978-0765643162.
^ Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian (續資治通鑑長編) (in Chinese). Vol. 7.

Bibliography

Li Tao (1183). Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian (in Chinese). Vol. 7.
Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Wiles, Sue (2015-01-28). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315719313. ISBN 978-1-317-51562-3.

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