Empress Qian

Empress Xiaozhuangrui
孝莊睿皇后
Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
First tenure8 June 1442 – 22 September 1449
PredecessorEmpress Xiaogongzhang
SuccessorEmpress Wang
Second tenure11 February 1457 – 23 February 1464
PredecessorEmpress Suxiao
SuccessorEmpress Wu
Born1426
Xuande 1
(宣德元年)
Haizhou (present-day Lianyungang)
Died15 July 1468(1468-07-15) (aged 41–42)
Chenghua 4, 26th day of the 6th month
(成化四年六月二十六日)
Burial
4 September 1468
Yuling Mausoleum
Spouse
(m. 1442; died 1464)
Regnal name
Empress Dowager Ciyi (慈懿皇太后)
Posthumous name
Empress Xiàozhuāng Xiànmù Hónghuì Xiǎnrén Gōngtiān Qīnshèng Ruì (孝莊獻穆弘惠顯仁恭天欽聖睿皇后)
ClanQian (錢)
FatherQian Gui (錢貴)
MotherLady Chen (陳氏)

Empress Qian (simplified Chinese: 钱皇后; traditional Chinese: 錢皇后; pinyin: Qián huánghòu; 1426 – 15 July 1468) was a Chinese empress consort during the Ming dynasty, married to the Zhengtong Emperor. She was addressed posthumously as Empress Xiaozhuangrui (simplified Chinese: 孝庄睿皇后; traditional Chinese: 孝莊睿皇后; pinyin: Xiàozhuāngruì huánghòu)