Empress Zhang (Liu Shan's first wife) explained

Empress Zhang
張皇后
Succession:Empress consort of Shu Han
Reign:223 – July or August 237
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Empress Wu
Successor:Empress Zhang
Birth Date:Unknown
Death Date:July or August 237
Death Place:Chengdu, Sichuan
Father:Zhang Fei
Mother:Unknown
Spouse:Liu Shan
Posthumous Name:Empress Jing'ai (敬哀皇后)

Empress Zhang (died July or August 237), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Jing'ai (lit. "Respectful and Lamentable Empress"), was an empress of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. She was a daughter of the Shu general Zhang Fei. She married Liu Shan in 221 and became the crown princess of Shu. In 223 when Liu Bei died, Liu Shan ascended the throne of Shu, and Zhang became the empress. She died in 237 and was buried in Nanling (南陵).[1] She was succeeded by her younger sister.

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms she doesn't marry Liu Shan until after he becomes Emperor, with Zhuge Liang recommending her due to her prudence.

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  1. (後主敬哀皇后,車騎將軍張飛長女也。章武元年,納為太子妃。建興元年,立為皇后。十五年薨,葬南陵。) Sanguozhi vol. 34.