Wang Zhenfeng

Wang Zhenfeng
王貞風
Empress consort of Liu Song
Tenure22 January 466 – 15 July 472
PredecessorEmpress Lu
SuccessorEmpress Jiang
Born436
Died12 November 479(479-11-12) (aged 42–43)
Jiankang, Southern Qi
SpouseEmperor Ming of Song
IssueLiu Bosi (劉伯姒)
Liu Boyuan (劉伯媛)
Posthumous name
Empress Gong (恭皇后)
FatherWang Senglang
Liu Song dynasty coloured in gray, covering majority of Southern China.

Wang Zhenfeng (Chinese: 王貞風; 436[1] – 12 November 479[2]), formally Empress Gong (恭皇后, literally "the respectful empress"), was an empress of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty.[3] Her husband was Emperor Ming of Song (Liu Yu).[4] She served as regent during the minority of Latter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song from 472 to 477.

  1. ^ Lady Wang's biography in Book of Song indicated that she was 44 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died. Thus by calculation, her birth year should be 436.
  2. ^ xinsi day of the 10th month of the 1st year of the Jianyuan era, per volume 02 of Nan Qi Shu
  3. ^ History of Southern Dynasties
  4. ^ Chi Kin Au; Elizabeth Childs-Johnson; Constance A. Cook; Lily Xiao Hong Lee; Agnes D. Stefanowska: Antiquity through Sui: 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E.