Wang Baoming

Wang Baoming
Born455
Died512 (aged 56–57)
SpouseXiao Zhangmao
IssueXiao Zhaoye
FatherWang Yezhi

Wang Baoming (王寶明) (455 – 20 December 512[1]), formally Empress An (安皇后, literally "the peaceful empress"), semi-formally Empress Dowager Xuande (宣德太后), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Southern Qi dynasty. She was never empress regnant or empress consort, being the wife of Xiao Zhangmao, the oldest son and crown prince of Emperor Wu, who was posthumously honored as an emperor, and the mother of his son Xiao Zhaoye, who later became emperor.

  1. ^ gui'chou day of the 11th year of the Tian'jian era, per vol.2 of Book of Liang. Lady Wang's biography in Book of Southern Qi indicate that she was 58 (by East Asian reckoning) when she died.