| Empress Chengxiaozhao 誠孝昭皇后 | |||||
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| Grand empress dowager of the Ming dynasty | |||||
| Tenure | 7 February 1435 – 20 November 1442 | ||||
| Successor | Grand Empress Dowager Zhou | ||||
| Empress dowager of the Ming dynasty | |||||
| Tenure | 27 June 1425 – 31 January 1435 | ||||
| Successor | Empress Dowager Sun | ||||
| Empress consort of the Ming dynasty | |||||
| Tenure | 29 October 1424 – 29 May 1425 | ||||
| Predecessor | Empress Renxiaowen | ||||
| Successor | Empress Gongrangzhang | ||||
| Born | 1379 Hongwu 12 (洪武十二年) Yongcheng, Henan | ||||
| Died | 20 November 1442 (aged 62–63) Zhengtong 7, 18th day of the 10th month (正統七年十月十八日) | ||||
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| Clan | Zhang (張) | ||||
| Father | Zhang Qi, Marquis of Pengcheng (彭城侯 張麒) | ||||
| Mother | Lady Tong (仝氏) | ||||
Empress Chengxiaozhao (誠孝昭皇后; 1379 – 20 November 1442), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the fourth Ming ruler, the Hongxi Emperor (Zhu Gaozhi 1378–1425). He only ruled for one year, so she then served as Empress dowager after the accession of her son the Xuande Emperor. She later served as the Regent of China during the minority of the reign of her grandson, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, from 1435 until 1442.