Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (Ming dynasty)

Empress Dowager Xiaoyi
孝翼皇太后
Empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure22 September 1449 – 24 February 1457
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Sun
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Shenglie
Born1397
Dantu, Zhenjiang Prefecture (present-day Dantu District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province)
Died16 January 1462 (age 65)
SpouseXuande Emperor
IssueJingtai Emperor
Posthumous name
Empress Dowager Xiàoyì Chénhuì Shūshèn Círén Kuāngtiān Xīshèng
(孝翼溫惠淑慎慈仁匡天錫聖皇太后)
ClanWu (吳)
FatherWu Yanming (吳彥名)
MotherLady Shen (神氏)

Empress Dowager Xiaoyi (Chinese: 孝翼皇太后; 1397 – 16 January 1462), of the Wu clan, was a concubine of the Xuande Emperor.