Empress Wang (Xuan)

Empress Wang
Empress of the Western Han dynasty
Reign26 Mar 64 BC – Jan 48 BC
PredecessorEmpress Huo Chengjun
SuccessorEmpress Wang Zhengjun
Died22 September 16 BC
SpouseEmperor Xuan
DynastyHan dynasty
FatherWang Fengguang

Empress Wang (王皇后, personal name unknown) (died 22 September 16 BC[1]), formally Empress Xiaoxuan (孝宣皇后), semi-formally Empress Dowager Qiongcheng (邛成太后), to distinguish her from her daughter-in-law Wang Zhengjun, with the same family name, but otherwise unrelated to her) was an empress during the Western Han dynasty. She was the third wife of Emperor Xuan.

  1. ^ dingchou day of the 8th month of the 1st year of the Yong'shi era, per vol.31 of Zizhi Tongjian