Empress Lü (Houshao)

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Empress Lü (呂皇后, personal name unknown) (d. 180 BC?) was an empress during Han Dynasty.

Lady Lü was the daughter of Lü Chan (呂產), the grandnephew of the powerful Grand Empress Dowager Lü Zhi, who was the true power at the time even though her grandson Emperor Houshao (Liu Hong) was the titular emperor. As Grand Empress Dowager Lü grew sick in 180 BC, she put Lü Chan (along with her nephew Lü Lu (呂祿)) in charge of Emperor Houshao's regency, and married Lady Lü to Emperor Houshao.

When the Lü clan was later destroyed that year, in the Lü Clan Disturbance, Emperor Houshao was deposed and executed. Historians implied that Empress Lü was also executed, although her fate was not explicitly stated.

Preceded by:
Empress Zhang Yan		 Empress of Western Han Dynasty
180 BC–180 BC		 Succeeded by:
Empress Dou
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