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Empress Zheng

Type Figure Region Northern Song Time 1079–1131 Also known as Empress Xiansu、Lady Zheng、Empress Dowager Daojun Taishang

Lady Zheng (1079–1131), Empress Xiansu of the Northern Song and second empress of Emperor Huizong, who rose through the harem ranks to become empress…

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  1. 1101Imperial Palace of Bianjing · Capital CircuitIn the eighth month she was promoted to beauty; in the ninth month she bore the emperor's eldest daughter, Princess Jiade (Zhao Yupan); in the tenth month she bore her second son, Prince Yan (Zhao Cheng), and was promoted to jieyu; in the twelfth month she was promoted again to wanyi, her rank rising daily.
  2. 1102Imperial Palace of Bianjing · Capital CircuitOn the seventh day of the eleventh month of the first year of Chongning she was invested as xianfei of the first rank, her favor growing ever deeper. She exchanged ci poems with Huizong and gradually became one of the most favored in the harem.
  3. 1103–1104Imperial Palace of Bianjing · Capital CircuitIn the fifth month of the second year of Chongning she was promoted to shufei, and in the second month of the third year of Chongning to guifei of the first rank, head of the four consorts. During this period she also bore princesses such as Ande and Shoushu.
  4. 1110Imperial Palace of Bianjing · Capital CircuitOn the second day of the tenth month of the fourth year of Daguan, Huizong decreed that Lady Zheng be made empress, becoming his second empress after Empress Wang; the formal investiture ceremony was held in the first year of Zhenghe.

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