Empress Dowager Xiaoding

Empress Dowager Xiaoding
孝定皇太后
Empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure 5 July 1572 – 1614
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Zhaosheng
Born1545
Huo County, Zhili (present-day Tongzhou District, Beijing, China)
Died18 March 1614(1614-03-18) (aged 68–69)
Burial
SpouseLongqing Emperor
Issue
  • Wanli Emperor
  • Zhu Yiliu, Prince Jian of Lu
  • Princess Shouyang
  • Princess Yongning
  • Princess Rui'an
Posthumous name
Empress Dowager Xiaoding Zhenchun Qinren Duansu Bitian Zuosheng
(孝定貞純欽仁端肅弼天祚聖皇太后)
ClanLi (李)
FatherLi Wei, Marquis of Wuqing (武清侯 李偉)
MotherLady Wang (王氏)

Empress Dowager Xiaoding (1545 – 18 March 1614), of the Li clan, was the mother of the Wanli Emperor. She was the nominal Regent of China during the minority of her son from 1572 to 1582. She became known in history under her posthumous name, Xiaoding.