Empress Gou

Empress Gou (苟皇后, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Chinese/Di state Former Qin. Her husband was Fu Jiān, who created her empress in 355 after seizing the throne from his violent and cruel cousin Fu Sheng even though he claimed only the title of "Heavenly Prince" (Tian Wang).

Very little is known about Empress Gou. She might have been a relative of Fu Jiān's mother Empress Dowager Gou, but there is not enough evidence. She was still alive in 359, when she participated in a ceremonial feeding of silkworms, but there was no further record of her in history, including whether she survived to her husband's death in 385. (The succession table below assumes that she did survive to 385, although that is highly speculative, although when Fu Jiān's crown prince Fu Hong fled to Jin in 385, he was recorded to have done so with his mother, who was likely to be Empress Gou.)

Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Empress Liang
Empress of China (Shaanxi)
357–385
Succeeded by
Empress She of Later Qin
Empress of Former Qin
357–385
Succeeded by
Empress Yang
Preceded by
Empress Xin of Former Liang
Empress of China (Gansu)
376–385
Preceded by
Empress Kezuhun of Former Yan
Empress of China (Shanxi)
370–385
Empress of China (Northeastern)
370–384
Succeeded by
Empress Duan Yuanfei of Later Yan
Empress of China (Luoyang region)
370–384
Succeeded by
Empress Wang Shen'ai of Jin
Preceded by
Empress Wang Fahui of Jin
Empress of China (Central)
379–384
Empress of China (Southwestern)
376–385