She was the wife of Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang, a great-grandson of the founder of the dynasty Emperor Wu, and she therefore was known as the Princess of Yuzhang. In 551, the general Hou Jing, who controlled the imperial government at Jiankang, in order to show off his power, deposed Xiao Dong's granduncle Emperor Jianwen and made Xiao Dong emperor. By that time, Xiao Dong and Princess Zhang had long been under house arrest after Hou's capturing of Jiankang in 549, and when the imperial procession arrived to escort Xiao Dong, he and Princess Zhang were tending their garden to grow vegetables to supplement their diet (as the region had been suffering from a war-induced famine ever since Hou's rebellion and takeover of Jiankang). After Xiao Dong was made emperor, he created her empress. Two and a half months later, however, Hou forced him to yield the throne to Hou, who took the throne as Emperor of Han. Nothing further is known about Empress Zhang, including whether she survived her husband's killing by the general Zhu Maichen (朱買臣) in 552.
empress, zhang, liang, dynasty, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, october, 202. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Empress Zhang 張皇后 personal name unknown was briefly an empress of the Chinese Liang Dynasty She was the wife of Xiao Dong the Prince of Yuzhang a great grandson of the founder of the dynasty Emperor Wu and she therefore was known as the Princess of Yuzhang In 551 the general Hou Jing who controlled the imperial government at Jiankang in order to show off his power deposed Xiao Dong s granduncle Emperor Jianwen and made Xiao Dong emperor By that time Xiao Dong and Princess Zhang had long been under house arrest after Hou s capturing of Jiankang in 549 and when the imperial procession arrived to escort Xiao Dong he and Princess Zhang were tending their garden to grow vegetables to supplement their diet as the region had been suffering from a war induced famine ever since Hou s rebellion and takeover of Jiankang After Xiao Dong was made emperor he created her empress Two and a half months later however Hou forced him to yield the throne to Hou who took the throne as Emperor of Han Nothing further is known about Empress Zhang including whether she survived her husband s killing by the general Zhu Maichen 朱買臣 in 552 References editZizhi Tongjian vol 164 Chinese royaltyPreceded byNone dynasty founded Empress of Liang Dynasty Eastern Southern 551 Succeeded byEmpress Wang Jing Preceded byEmpress Wang of Southern Qi Empress of China Southeastern 551Empress of China Southwestern 551 Succeeded byEmpress Yuwen of Western WeiEmpress of China Hubei Hunan 551 Succeeded byEmpress Wang Xuan Preceded byNone dynasty founded Empress of Liang Dynasty Western 551 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Empress Zhang Liang dynasty amp oldid 1182358300, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
