Emperor Wen of Sui - Personal Information

Personal Information

• Maternal Grandfather
  • Lü Shangzhou (呂雙週), posthumously elevated to the rank of Zhuguo (追贈上柱國)
• Maternal Grandmother
  • Lady Yao (姚氏), created Lady of Qi (齊郡夫人)
• Father
  • Yang Zhong (楊忠), Duke Huan of Sui (507–568)
• Mother
  • Lü Gutao (呂苦桃), presumably Yang Zhong's wife
• Wife
  • Empress Dugu Qieluo (created 581), mother of all of Emperor Wen's children
• Major Concubines
  • Consort Chen (577–605), daughter of Emperor Xuan of Chen
  • Consort Cai
• Sons
  • Yang Yong 楊勇, 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