Empress Zhang (張皇后, personal name unknown) (died 349) was briefly an empress of the Chinese/Jie state Later Zhao. She was Shi Zun's wife and the last empress in Later Zhao history. After Shi Zun, a son of the emperor Shi Hu, took over the throne in 349 after overthrowing his younger brother Shi Shi, he made her empress. He reigned for only 183 days before he was overthrown in a coup by his brother Shi Jian and his adoptive nephew Shi Min. Soon thereafter, both Empress Zhang and her husband were executed by Shi Min.
| Chinese royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Empress Liu |
Empress of Later Zhao 349 |
Succeeded by None (dynasty destroyed) |
| Empress of China (Northern/Central) 349 |
Succeeded by Empress Dong of Ran Wei |
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| Empress of China (Western) 349 |
Succeeded by Empress Qiang of Former Qin |
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Zhang, Empress |
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| Short description | Chinese Empress |
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| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | 349 |
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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)