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Consort Chen Guinü

362 – 390

Chinese Empress

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Lived 362 – 390 (aged 27–28). Consort Chen Guinü was a Chinese.

Consort Chen Guinü (; ), formally Empress Dowager Ande (; literally "the peaceful and virtuous empress dowager") was an imperial consort during the Chinese Jin dynasty (266–420). She was Emperor Xiaowu's concubine.

Life Chen Guinü's father Chen Guang was initially a musician, but he later became a governmental official and reached the rank of commandery governor. Chen Guinü is a courtesan in the Jiaofang; she was regarded as beautiful and skilled in music. Chen Guinü was selected to be a concubine (with the rank of shuyuan) for Emperor Xiaowu. They had two sons—Sima Dezong the Crown Prince and Sima Dewen the Prince of Langye. She died in 390, still during Emperor Xiaowu's reign. After her developmentally disabled son Sima Dezong became emperor in 396 (as Emperor An), she was posthumously honored as an empress dowager, and she was worshiped in the same temple as Emperor Xiaowu's grandmother Consort Zheng Achun .

Media She is portrayed by Lu Qing in the 2017 television series General and I

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Born
362
Birth century
Died
390
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Who was Consort Chen Guinü?

Chinese Empress

When was Consort Chen Guinü born?

Consort Chen Guinü was born in 362.

When did Consort Chen Guinü die?

Consort Chen Guinü died in 390.

What nationality was Consort Chen Guinü?

Consort Chen Guinü was Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Consort Chen Guinü

· Wikidata: Q1054232

· DBpedia: Chen Guinü

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