Empress Sima Lingji (司馬令姬) was, briefly, an empress of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou. An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era The Xianbei ( were a significant nomadic people residing in Manchuria and eastern Mongolia, or Xianbei Shan. The Northern Zhou Dynasty (Chinese北周 followed the Western Wei, and ruled northern China from 557 to 581. Her husband was Emperor Jing, the final emperor of the dynasty. Background Yuwen Chan was born in 573 initially with the name Yuwen Yan
Sima Lingji was the daughter of the Northern Zhou general Sima Xiaonan (司馬消難) the Duke of Yingyang. In 579, Emperor Jing's father, the retired emperor Emperor Xuan, took Sima Lingji to be his son Emperor Jing's wife. Deaths February — Khosrau I, king of Persia Pope Benedict I Theodric, king of Bernicia Taishang-huang ( was a Chinese title sometimes translated in English as Retired Emperor, Grand Emperor or Emperor Emeritus used throughout Background Yuwen Yun was born in 559 as the oldest son of Yuwen Yong, then the Duke of Lu and younger brother of Emperor Ming. Sima Lingji's age at that time was not recorded in history, but Emperor Jing was six-years-old at the time.
Emperor Xuan died in summer 580, and the official Yang Jian, the father of Emperor Xuan's wife Empress Yang Lihua, seized power as regent. Events By Place Europe Ethelbert becomes king of Kent. The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople Background Yang Jian's clan was from Hongnong Commandery (弘農 roughly modern Sanmenxia, Henan) Empress Yang Lihua (楊麗華 (561-609 was an Empress of the Chinese / Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou, and later a princess of Sui Dynasty A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor The general Weichi Jiong, suspicious of Yang's intentions, rose against Yang, and Empress Sima's father Sima Xiaonan and another general, Wang Qian (王謙), rose in support. Yuchi Jiong (尉遲迥 (d 580 Courtesy name Bojuluo (薄居羅 was a general of the Chinese / Xianbei states Western Wei and Sima Xiaonan, then the governor of Xun Province (勛州, roughly modern Xiaogan, Hubei), also offered to submit to Chen Dynasty, along with the nine provinces he controlled. Xiaogan (孝感 Pinyin: Xiàogǎn is a Prefecture-level city in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. ( Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People's Republic of China. Chen Dynasty (陳朝 ( Pinyin: Chén cháo (557-589 was the fourth and the last of the Southern dynasties in China, eventually destroyed by the Sui Weichi was soon defeated, however, as was Sima, and Sima fled to Chen. Yang then had Empress Sima deposed and reduced to commoner in rank.
In 581, Yang Jian had Emperor Jing yield the throne to him, ending Northern Zhou and establishing Sui Dynasty (as its Emperor Wen). Events By Place Europe Tauric Chersonesus is besieged by the Gokturks. The Sui Dynasty ( 581 - 618 AD and in the undertaking of other construction projects including the reconstruction of the Great Wall. He soon had Emperor Jing and the other members of Northern Zhou's imperial Yuwen clan put to death. Sima Lingji was not put to death, and, at a later unknown date, married the provincial governor Li Dan (李丹). Nothing further was recorded in history about her, other than she was still alive during the reign of the second emperor of the succeeding Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang (r. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by Emperor Taizong of Tang ( January 23, 599 &ndash July 10 649) personal name Lǐ Shìmín ( was the second emperor of the 626-649). Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Byzantines defeat the Avars and Slavs, who were besieging Constantinople Events By Place Europe Reccaswinth succeeds his father Chindaswinth as king of the Visigoths.
| Preceded by Empress Yang Lihua |
Empress of Northern Zhou 579-580 |
Succeeded by None (dynasty destroyed) |
| Empress of China (Northern/Western) 579-580 |
Succeeded by Empress Dugu Qieluo of Sui Dynasty |
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