Middle Empress Xuan (宣中皇后, personal name unknown) was an adopted daughter of the eunuch Xuan Huai (宣懷), a trusted but corrupt assistant to Liu Cong. She was created "Middle Empress" in 318 after Liu Cong had already executed several officials over his creating Left Empress Wang, and so she appeared to have received no additional opposition. When Liu Cong died later that year and was succeeded by Liu Can, she was honored as "Empress Hongde" (弘德皇后).
| Chinese royalty | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Empress Liu E |
Empress of Han Zhao 315–318 |
Succeeded by Empress Jin (Yin) |
Read more about this topic: Liu Cong's Later Empresses
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