Empress Dowager Guo (Tang dynasty)

Posthumous name
	Empress Yian 懿安皇后

Empress Dowager Guo
Empress Dowager Guo
Born	unknown
Died	848 / 851
Spouse	Emperor Xianzong
Issue	Emperor Muzong; Li Wu; Princess Taihe
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Empress Yian 懿安皇后
Father	Guo Ai (郭曖)
Mother	Princess Zhaoyi of Qi (齊國昭懿公主; eldest daughter of Emperor Daizong)

Empress Dowager Guo (郭太后, personal name unknown) (died June 25, 848^[2]), formally Empress Yi'an (懿安皇后, "the benevolent and peaceful empress"), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Tang dynasty. During the reign of her husband Emperor Xianzong, she was commonly regarded as his wife and the proper empress even though she never received the title from him, and she subsequently served as empress dowager during the reign of their son Emperor Muzong, their grandsons Emperor Jingzong, Emperor Wenzong, Emperor Wuzong, and his son (by a concubine) Emperor Xuānzong.

^ Although Lady Guo's birth year was not recorded, her son Emperor Muzong was born in July 795. Thus, her birth year should be in or before 783.
^ Volume 248 of the Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Lady Guo died on the jimao day of the 5th month of the 2nd year of the Dazhong era of Tang Xuānzong's reign. This corresponds to 25 Jun 848 on the Julian calendar. [(大中二年五月)己卯，太皇太后郭氏崩于兴庆宫。] Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 248.

[1] Although Lady Guo's birth year was not recorded, her son Emperor Muzong was born in July 795. Thus, her birth year should be in or before 783.

[death-2] Volume 248 of the Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Lady Guo died on the jimao day of the 5th month of the 2nd year of the Dazhong era of Tang Xuānzong's reign. This corresponds to 25 Jun 848 on the Julian calendar. [(大中二年五月)己卯，太皇太后郭氏崩于兴庆宫。] Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 248.

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