Empress Hang Explained

Empress Suxiao
Succession:Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
Reign:1452–1456
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Empress Wang
Successor:Empress Xiaozhuangrui
Death Date:1456
Jingtai 7
(景泰七年)
Burial Place:Qingling Mausoleum
Spouse:Jingtai Emperor
Issue:Zhu Jianji, Crown Prince Huaixian
Posthumous Name:Empress Suxiao (肅孝皇后)
House:Hang (杭)
House-Type:Clan
Father:Hang Yu (杭昱)

Empress Hang (肅孝皇后; d. 1456) was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Jingtai Emperor.

Hang was originally a concubine of Jingtai. When the elder brother of Jingtai was taken prisoner by the Mongols in 1449, Hang was promoted to consort. Jingtai had no son with his primary spouse and empress. In May 1452, the emperor's son with Hang was declared heir to the throne, and Hang, now being the mother of the crown prince, was promoted to the position of empress.[1] She died in 1456, the year before the deposition of her spouse.

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Notes and References

  1. Twitchett, Denis C; Grimm, Tilemann. Den T'ung-Cheng, Ching-t'ai och T'ien-avstånd råder, 1436-1464. I MOTE, Frederick W. Twitchett, Denis C. The Cambridge History of China Volym 7: Mingdynastin, 1368-1644, del 1 Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1988. [Nedan Twitchett].