Xiao Noujin

Xiao Noujin
Grand Empress Dowager
Regent of Liao dynasty
MonarchEmperor Xingzong of Liao
Died24 January 1058
SpouseYelü Longxu
Issue
Names
Family name: Xiāo ()
Khitan name: Noujin ()
Regnal name
Grand Empress Dowager Fatian
Posthumous name
Empress Qinai

Xiao Noujin (蕭耨斤; 980? – 24 January 1058[1]) was a Khitan empress dowager of China's Liao dynasty. She was a concubine of Emperor Shengzong, the mother of Emperor Xingzong, and one of the three Liao grand empresses dowager. She had great influence after the accession of her son the throne in 1031.

  1. ^ ([清宁三年十二月]己巳,太皇太后崩。) Liao Shi, vol.21