Empress Dowager Wang (Xianzong)

Empress Dowager Wang (王太后, personal name unknown) (763 – April 5, 817[1]), formally Empress Zhuangxian (莊憲皇后, "the mighty and knowledgeable empress"), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Tang dynasty. She was the mother of Emperor Xianzong.

  1. ^ Wang, Pu; Su, Mian; Wang, Pu (1991). Tang hui yao (Di 1 ban ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai gu ji chu ban she : Xin hua shu dian Shanghai fa xing suo fa xing. p. 1161. ISBN 753250929X.