Empress Dowager Wang (Taichang)

Empress Dowager Xiaojing
孝靖太后
Born27 February 1565
Jiajing 44, 17th day of the 1st month
(嘉靖四十四年正月十七日)
Died18 October 1611(1611-10-18) (aged 46)
Wanli 10, 16th day of the 6th month
(萬曆十年六月十六日)
Jingyang Palace, Forbidden City, Beijing
Burial
SpouseWanli Emperor
Issue
Posthumous name
Empress Dowager Xiàojìng Wēnyì Jìngràng Zhēncí Cāntiān Yìnshèng (孝靖溫懿敬讓貞慈參天胤聖皇太后)
ClanWang (王)
FatherWang Chaocai (王朝寀)
MotherLady Ge (葛氏)

Empress Dowager Xiaojing (Chinese: 孝靖太后; 27 February 1565 – 18 October 1611), of the Wang clan, was a Ming dynasty concubine of the Wanli Emperor and the biological mother of the Taichang Emperor. She was primarily known during her lifetime as Consort Gong (Chinese: 恭妃), but is most commonly referred to by her posthumous name.[1]

  1. ^ Cai (2009), p. 56.