Empress Zhong

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Lady Zhong
Empress Guangmu of (Southern) Tang

empress/queen dowager of Southern Tang
Tenure 961–965
Regent Li Yu, son
empress/queen consort of Southern Tang
Tenure 943–961
Predecessor Song Fujin (宋福金), mother-in-law
Successor Zhou Ehuang, daughter-in-law
Spouse Li Jing (Emperor Yuanzong)
Issue
  • Li Hongji, son
  • Li Yu, son
  • Li Congshan, son[1]
  • Li Congqian (李從謙), son
Full name
Surname: Zhōng (鍾)
Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
Empress Guāngmù (光穆皇后)
Father Zhong Taizhang (鍾泰章)
Died September or October 965[2]
modern Nanjing, Jiangsu
Burial late 965 or January 966[2]
Shun Mausoleum (順陵), in modern Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu 31°52′48.7″N 118°44′40.3″E / 31.880194°N 118.744528°E / 31.880194; 118.744528

Lady Zhong (鍾氏; given name unknown) (died 965), posthumously named Empress Guangmu (光穆皇后), was an empress consort and empress dowager of imperial China's short-lived Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. She was married to Li Jing, the second ruler of Southern Tang and gave birth to Li Yu, the third ruler.[3]

Biography

Entrance to Shun Mausoleum (順陵) in Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, where Empress Zhong was buried along with her husband.
Lady Zhong was the second daughter of Zhong Taizhang (鍾泰章), a minor officer (裨將) in the Wu kingdom who in 908 killed Zhang Hao for his superior Xu Wen. Xu later arranged for the marriage between Lady Zhong and Xu Jingtong (Li Jing), the biological son of his adopted son Xu Zhigao (Li Bian).[3]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Shiguo Chunqiu, ch. 19 suggests that he shared the same biological mother as Li Yu; however Shiguo Chunqiu, ch. 18 suggests that he was born of Li Jing's concubine Lady Ling (凌氏).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shiguo Chunqiu, ch. 17.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shiguo Chunqiu, ch. 18.

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