Empress Guo (Zhenzong)

Empress Zhangmu
章穆皇后
Empress consort of the Song dynasty
Tenure997 –1007
PredecessorEmpress Mingde
SuccessorEmpress Liu
Lady of Lu State
鲁国夫人;
Tenure991 – 996
Lady of Qin State
秦国夫人
Tenure996 – 997
Born975
Bing Province ( present-day Shanxi), China 
Died1007 (aged 31–32)
Kaifeng, Henan
Burial
SpouseEmperor Zhenzong of Song
IssueZhao You, Crown Prince Daoxian

Unnamed son

Unnamed son
Names
Family name: Guo (郭氏)
Posthumous name
Empress Zhangmu (章穆皇后)
FatherGuo Shouwen (郭守文)
MotherLady Liang (梁氏)

Empress Guo (976 – 4 May 1007[1]) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

She became the primary consort of Zhezong in 991, in a marriage arranged by his father the emperor.[2] The marriage produced a son, which died in childhood. She became his empress consort when he succeeded to the throne in 997.

  1. ^ ([景德]四年...夏四月....。辛巳,皇后郭氏崩.) Song Shi, vol.07. (景德四年,从幸西京还,以疾崩,年三十二。) Song Shi, vol.242
  2. ^ Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644