Empress Dugu Qieluo - Family

Family

• Grandfather
  • Dugu Ku
• Father
  • General Dugu Xin (獨孤信) (502–557), Western Wei general (司馬) and superior officer to Yang Zhong, Duke of Sui, Yang Jian's father; was implicated in a plot to overthrow regent Yuwen Hu in 557, shortly after his daughter's marriage, and forced to commit suicide
• Mother
  • Lady Cui (崔氏)
• Stepmothers
  • Dugu Xin's first wife, mother of Dugu Luo
  • Lady Guo (郭氏), Dugu Xin's second wife, mother of Dugu Shan, Dugu Mu, Dugu Cang, Dugu Shun, Dugu Tuo, and Dugu Zheng
• Half-brothers
  • Dugu Luo (獨孤羅) (534–599), courtesy name Luoren (羅仁)
  • Dugu Shan (獨孤善), Buddhist name Futuo (伏陀)
  • Dugu Mu (獨孤穆)
  • Dugu Cang (獨孤藏) (553–587), Xianbei name Bazang (拔臣), Buddhist name Damo (達磨)
  • Dugu Shun (獨孤順)
  • Dugu Tuo (獨孤陀), courtesy name Lixie (黎邪), married a sister of Yang Su
  • Dugu Zheng (獨孤整), served as Provincial Governor of Youzhou, later elevated to Marquess of Pingxiang (平鄉侯)
  • Dugu Zhen (獨孤震)
• Sister
  • Lady Dugu (獨孤氏), Dugu Xin's fourth daughter; married Li Bing, Duke Ren of Tang; posthumously honored under the Tang Dynasty as Empress Yuanzhen (元貞皇后)
• Half-sister
  • Empress Dugu (d. 558), Dugu Xin's eldest daughter, married Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou sometime after 548
• Nephews
  • Dugu Ji (獨孤機), Duke of Teng (滕國公) and Provincial Governor of Cangzhou, son of Dugu Cang and his wife Lady Helan (賀蘭氏)
  • Two other sons of Dugu Cang and Lady Helan
  • Emperor Gaozu of Tang, son and elder child of Empress Yuanzhen and Li Bing
• Niece
  • Princess Tong'an (同安公主), daughter and younger child of Empress Yuanzhen and Li Bing
• Sons
  • Yang Yong (楊勇) (d. 604), the Crown Prince (created 581, deposed 600, executed by Emperor Yang of Sui 604)
  • Yang Guang (楊廣) (569 – 10 April 618), initially the Duke of Yanmen, later the Prince of Jin (created 581), later the Crown Prince (created 600), later Emperor Yang of Sui
  • Yang Jun (楊俊) (571–600), Prince Xiao of Qin (created 581, d. 600)
  • Yang Xiu (楊秀) (573–618), initially the Prince of Yue (created 581), later the Prince of Shu (created 581, reduced to commoner rank 602, killed by Yuwen Huaji 618)
  • Yang Liang (楊諒) (575–605), the Prince of Han (created 581, reduced to commoner rank 604)
• Daughters
  • Yang Lihua (楊麗華) (561–609), empress to Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou; later the Princess Leping
  • Princess Xiangguo, married Li Changya (李長雅)
  • Princess Guangping, married Yuwen Jingli (宇文靜禮), son of Yuwen Qing (宇文慶)
  • Princess Wan'an, married Dou Rong, Duke of Chen (陳國公竇榮) and had a son Dou Kang (竇抗)
  • Yang Awu (楊阿五) (573–604), the Princess Lanling; married firstly Wang Fengxiao (王奉孝); remarried after Wang's death to Liu Shu (柳述), who later became Minister of Defense under Emperor Yang