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Empress Wang

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About Empress Wang

Empress Wang (, died December 1167 or January 1168 ) was the first empress of Emperor Renzong of Western Xia. She was from an aristocratic Tangut family.

She was made the empress in December 1139 or 1140. (The month is given as December 1139 or January 1140 in History of Song and February or March 1140 in Xixia Shushi

Empress Wang died in the winter of 1167–1168. On her deathbed, she told the emperor to respect and honor his ministers and pay more attention to state affairs.

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Also known as
Wǎng​ huáng​hòu​

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Who was Empress Wang?

spouse of Renzong

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Empress Wang

· Wikidata: Q8258508

· DBpedia: Empress Wang (Western Xia)

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