Empress Zhang (張皇后, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Chinese/Qiang state Later Qin. Her husband was Yao Xing (Emperor Wenhuan).
Very little is known about Empress Zhang. She was promoted to empress from the imperial consort title Zhaoyi (昭儀) in 402. No further reference was made to her in history, including when she died or whether she had any children. (The succession chart below assumes that she survived to 412, when her successor Empress Qi was created empress, but this is obviously conjecture.)
| Chinese royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Empress She |
Empress of Later Qin 402–? |
Succeeded by Empress Qi |
| Empress of China (Northern Shaanxi) 402–? |
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| Empress of China (Central Shaanxi) 402–? |
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| Preceded by Empress Li of Former Qin |
Empress of China (Eastern Gansu) 402–? |
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| Preceded by Empress Wang Shen'ai of Jin |
Empress of China (Henan) 402–? |
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| Preceded by Princess Bian of Western Qin |
Empress of China (Southwestern Gansu/Southeastern Qinghai) 402–? |
Succeeded by Princess Bian of Western Qin |
| Preceded by Empress Yang of Later Liang |
Empress of China (Central Gansu) 403–? |
Succeeded by Princess Zhejue of Southern Liang |
Famous quotes containing the word empress:
“We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside our skin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes—and knows it.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)