Empress Song (Song dynasty)

Empress Song
Born 952
Luoyang, Henan, China
Died 995 (aged 4243)
Kaifeng, Henan, China
Burial Gongyi, Henan, China
Spouse Emperor Taizu of Song
Full name
Family name: Sòng ()
Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàozhāng (皇后)
Father Song Yanwo (宋延偓)
Mother Princess Yongning (永甯公主) of the Later Han, surnamed Liu

Empress Song (952–995) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Taizu of Song.

She came from a royal family. Her maternal grandfather was Later Han's 1st emperor Liu Zhiyuan. Her paternal grandmother was a daughter of Later Tang's 1st emperor Li Cunxu.

Notes

    Chinese royalty
    Preceded by
    Empress Wang
    Empress of China
    968–976
    Succeeded by
    Empress Li (Taizong)
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