Empress Liu (Tang dynasty)

Empress Liu
Died8 January 693
IssueLi Chengqi
Princess Shouchang
Li Hua, Princess Dai
Posthumous name
Empress Suming 肅明皇后
FatherLiu Yanjing

Empress Liu (劉皇后, personal name unknown) (died 8 January 693[1]), formally Empress Sumingshunsheng (肅明順聖皇后, literally "the solemn, understanding, serene, and holy empress") or Empress Suming (肅明皇后) in short, was an empress of the Chinese Tang dynasty. She was the wife of Emperor Ruizong.

  1. ^ (户婢团儿为太后所宠信,有憾于皇嗣,乃谮皇嗣妃刘氏、德妃窦氏为厌咒。[长寿二年正月]癸巳,妃与德妃朝太后于嘉豫殿,既退,同时杀之,瘗于宫中,莫知所在。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol.205.