Empress Yuan (元皇后, personal name unknown) was an empress of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi. 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 Northern Qi Dynasty (Chinese 北齊 Běiqí was one of the Northern dynasties of Chinese history and ruled northern China from 550 to 577. Her husband was Emperor Xiaozhao (Gao Yan). Early life Gao Yan was born in 535 as the third of six sons that Gao Huan, then the paramount general of Eastern Wei and the Prince of Bohai had with his wife
Her father Yuan Man (元蠻) was an official during the preceeeding Eastern Wei as a member of its imperial clan, and continued to serve in the Northern Qi government as a midlevel official. The Eastern Wei Dynasty (Chinese 東魏 followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 534 to 550. One of her uncles, Yuan Cha, was a regent of Northern Wei prior to its division into Eastern Wei and Western Wei. Yuan Cha (元叉 (d 525 Courtesy name Bojun (伯雋 nickname Yecha (夜叉 was an official of the Chinese / Xianbei 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 Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 Pinyin: běi wèi 386 - 534) also known as the Tuoba Wei (拓拔魏 Later Wei (後魏 or She married Gao Yan while or before he was the Prince of Changshan under the reign of his brother Emperor Wenxuan, the first emperor of Northern Qi, and she carried the title of Princess of Changshan. Early life Gao Yang was born in 529 while his father Gao Huan was a general under Northern Wei 's paramount general Erzhu Rong. She bore him one son, Gao Bainian. Gao Bainian (高百年 (556-564 was a Crown prince of the Chinese dynasty Northern Qi. In 559, when Emperor Wenxuan ordered a general execution of members of the Northern Wei imperial Yuan clan, Yuan Man and his household were one of the few households spared, on account of Gao Yan's intercession. For the North American area code see Area code 559. Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Bulgars and Huns Emperor Wenxuan granted Yuan Man's household a new surname, Buliugu (步六孤), but Yuan Man and Empress Yuan appeared to abandon the name once Emperor Wenxuan died later in the year.
Emperor Wenxuan was succeeded by his son Emperor Wenxuan. Background Gao Yin was born in 545 when his father Gao Yang then the Duke of Taiyuan was not viewed as an important figure in Eastern Wei 's governmental structure as In 560, the prime minister Yang Yin, suspicious of the authority that Gao Yan and his brother Gao Dan the Prince of Changguang wielded as the emperor's uncles, tried to strip them of power. Events By Place Europe Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date Yang Yin (楊愔 (511-560 Courtesy name Zhunyan (遵彦 nickname Qinwang (秦王 was a high level official of the Chinese dynasty Background Gao Dan was born in 537 as the fourth of six sons of Eastern Wei 's paramount general Gao Huan and his wife Lou Zhaojun (and Gao Huan's Instead, Gao Yan and Gao Dan set an ambush for Yang and his associates, capturing and then executing them. Gao Yan took over control of the imperial government and, later in the year, his mother Grand Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun issued an edit deposing Emperor Fei and making Gao Yan emperor (as Emperor Xiaozhao). Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun (婁昭君 (501-562 formally Empress Ming (明皇后 literally "the understanding empress" was an Empress dowager of the
Emperor Xiaozhao created Princess Yuan empress and created her son Gao Bainian crown prince. Crown Princess redirects here for the ship see Crown Princess (ship. In fall 561, while, on a hunt near the secondary capital Jinyang (晉陽, in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi), Emperor Xiaozhao fell off his horse and suffered severe injuries. Events By Place Europe Clotaire I dies and the Frankish kingdom is divided Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia Taiyuan ( lit "Great Plains" is a Prefecture-level city and the capital of Shanxi province China. ( Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Believing that he was near death but believing that Gao Bainian to be too young to take the throne, at age five, issued an edict giving the throne to Gao Dan. He died the same day, and Gao Dan took the throne as Emperor Wucheng.
Empress Yu accompanied Emperor Xiaozhao's funeral train to the capital Yecheng (鄴城, in modern Handan, Hebei). Handan ( is a Prefecture-level city located in the southwestern part of Hebei Province of China. ( Postal map spelling: Hopeh) is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Emperor Wucheng heard rumors that the empress possessed medicines of great value, and he sent eunuchs to demand those medicines from her. A eunuch (ˈjuːnək is a Castrated man in particular one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences the term usually refers to those castrated in order to She either could not or did not turn them over, and Emperor Wucheng had the eunuchs humiliate her. As she was his sister-in-law, not mother, he did not honor her as empress dowager, but only referred to her as Empress Xiaozhao and had her housed at a subsidiary palace, Shuncheng Palace (順成宮). Empress Dowager ( Chinese: 皇太后 Chinese, Korean Pronunciation: Hwang Tae Hu Japanese Pronunciation: Kōtaigō Vietnamese Pronunciation He created her son Gao Bainian, the former crown prince, the Prince of Leling.
In 564, with astrological signs showing ill fortune to the emperor, Emperor Wucheng wanted to deflect the ill fortune onto Gao Bainian, and he had Gao Bainian battered and then beheaded. Events Births Hermenegild, Spanish Visigoth prince Li Baiyao, Chinese government official and historian who completed After Gao Bainian's death, Emperor Wucheng kept Empress Yuan under close guard, and she was not even able to communicate with her father. After one incident, when she was found to possess letters from her father and brother somehow despite her guarded status, her father Yuan Man was removed from his office but was not killed.
In 577, Northern Qi fell to rival Northern Zhou. Events By Place Europe Battle of Deorham: The Anglo-Saxons under Ceawlin of Wessex defeat the British Celts The Northern Zhou Dynasty (Chinese北周 followed the Western Wei, and ruled northern China from 557 to 581. She, along with other members of the Gao clan, were moved to the Northern Zhou capital Chang'an, and she took up residence in the Northern Zhou palace following the subsequent slaughter of members of the Gao clan by Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. Chang'an ( is an ancient Capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Background Yuwen Yong was born in 543 as the fourth son of the Western Wei paramount general Yuwen Tai. After Yang Jian became the regent of Northern Zhou in 580, he allowed her to return to Northern Qi's former territory. Background Yang Jian's clan was from Hongnong Commandery (弘農 roughly modern Sanmenxia, Henan) 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 Events By Place Europe Ethelbert becomes king of Kent. The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople Nothing further is known about her activities or the date of her death.
| Preceded by Empress Li Zu'e |
Empress of Northern Qi 560-561 |
Succeeded by Empress Hu |
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