Empress Zhangmu | |
Consort: | yes |
Succession: | Empress consort of the Song dynasty |
Reign: | 997 –1007 |
Spouse: | Emperor Zhenzong of Song |
Issue: | Zhao You, Crown Prince DaoxianUnnamed sonUnnamed son |
Posthumous Name: | Empress Zhangmu (章穆皇后) |
Predecessor: | Empress Mingde |
Successor: | Empress Liu |
Birth Date: | c. 975 |
Death Place: | Kaifeng, Henan |
Burial Place: | Gongyi, Henan |
Full Name: | Family name Guo (郭氏) |
Father: | Guo Shouwen (郭守文) |
Mother: | Lady Liang (梁氏) |
Succession1: | Lady of Lu State 鲁国夫人; |
Reign1: | 991 – 996 |
Succession2: | Lady of Qin State 秦国夫人 |
Reign2: | 996 – 997 |
Empress Guo (c. 975 – 4 May 1007[1]) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Zhenzong of Song.
She became the primary consort of Zhezong in 991, in a marriage arranged by his father the emperor.[2] The marriage produced a son, which died in childhood. She became his empress consort when he succeeded to the throne in 997.
As Lady of Lu State:
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