Empress Zhu Manyue (朱滿月) (547-586), later Buddhist nun name Fajing (法淨), was a concubine of Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou (Yuwen Yun), an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Zhou, and she was the mother of Emperor Jing (Yuwen Chan). Events By Place Europe Ida founds the kingdom of Bernicia at Bamburgh (traditional date Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Concubinage is the state of a woman or youth in an ongoing quasi-matrimonial relationship with a man of higher social status 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. 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. Background Yuwen Chan was born in 573 initially with the name Yuwen Yan
Zhu Manyue was said to be from the Wu region -- modern southern Jiangsu. ( Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country Because someone from her family, probably her father, was accused of crimes, she was confiscated as a servant and was assigned to the palace of Yuwen Yun, who was then crown prince under his father Emperor Wu. Crown Princess redirects here for the ship see Crown Princess (ship. Background Yuwen Yong was born in 543 as the fourth son of the Western Wei paramount general Yuwen Tai. She was in charge of Yuwen Yun's clothes, and despite the fact that she was 12 years older than he was, on one occasion, he summoned her to have sexual relations with him. In summer 573, she gave birth to his first son, Yuwen Yan (宇文衍), whose name was later changed to Yuwen Chan. Events By Place Europe The Battle of Arfderydd is fought between Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio and the sons of Eliffer Gwrgi and
In 578, Emperor Wu died, and Yuwen Yun took the throne as Emperor Xuan. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor. He created Yuwen Chan crown prince, and after Emperor Xuan passed the throne to Yuwen Chan and became retired emperor in spring 579 (with the atypical title of "Emperor Tianyuan" (天元皇帝, Tianyuan Huangdi), he, in another unusual move, decided to create three (later one more) additional empresses in addition to his wife, Empress Yang Lihua, and Consort Zhu, on account of her being the mother of Emperor Jing, received the title of Empress Tianyuan (Tianyuan Di Hou, 天元帝后, a slightly less honored title than Empress Yang's Tianyuan Huanghou (天元皇后)), later changed to Tian Huanghou (天皇后), and then further changed in 580 to Tian Da Huanghou (天大皇后). Taishang-huang ( was a Chinese title sometimes translated in English as Retired Emperor, Grand Emperor or Emperor Emeritus used throughout Deaths February — Khosrau I, king of Persia Pope Benedict I Theodric, king of Bernicia An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of 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 Events By Place Europe Ethelbert becomes king of Kent. The Roman Senate sends an embassy to Constantinople It was said that she was not favored by him on account of her being much older and also of lowly birth.
Emperor Xuan died in 580, and Empress Yang's father Yang Jian became regent. 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 Three of Emperor Xuan's empresses, other than Empresses Yang and Zhu, became Buddhist nuns, but Empress Zhu did not at this point, and was honored as empress dowager (along with Empress Yang) but with the secondary title of Di Taihou (帝太后), lower than Empress Dowager Yang's title of Huang Taihou (皇太后). Empress Dowager ( Chinese: 皇太后 Chinese, Korean Pronunciation: Hwang Tae Hu Japanese Pronunciation: Kōtaigō Vietnamese Pronunciation In 581, Yang Jian seized the throne from Emperor Jing, ending Northern Zhou and establishing Zhou Dynasty. Events By Place Europe Tauric Chersonesus is besieged by the Gokturks. The Zhou Dynasty ( POJ: Chiu Tiau 1122 BC to 256 BC was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. Emperor Jing and other members of the imperial Yuwen clan were soon slaughtered. Empress Dowager Zhu became a Buddhist nun and took the name Fajing. She died in 586 and was buried only with ceremonies due a Buddhist nun, west of the capital Chang'an. Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle Chang'an ( is an ancient Capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history.