Princess Consort Shao of Wei

This article is about the empress of Wanyan Yongji. For the empress of Digunai, Prince of Hailing, see Empress Tudan.

Princess Consort Shao of Wei, also known as Empress Tudan, was the wife of the seventh emperor of the Jurchen-led Chinese Jin dynasty, Wanyan Yongji. After her husband was killed, she was stripped of her title and banished to Zhengzhou.

Princess Consort Shao of Wei 衛紹王后
Empress of the Jin dynasty
Reign	1209 – 1213
Predecessor	Empress Qinhuai
Successor	Empress Rensheng
Born	1168
Husband	Wanyan Yongji, Prince Shao of Wei
Posthumous name Princess Consort Wèi shào 衛紹王后
Clan	Tudan (by birth) Wanyan (by marriage)
Dynasty	Jin

Princess Consort Shao of Wei
Traditional Chinese	衛紹王后
Simplified Chinese	卫绍王后
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wèi shào wánghòu
Empress Tudan
Traditional Chinese	徒單皇后
Simplified Chinese	徒单皇后
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Túdān huánghòu

Biography

Lady Tudan became Empress of Jin in 1209. When Hushahu rebelled in 1213, she moved with her husband to the region of Wei. Later in the year, her husband was killed and Wudubu ascended the throne as Emperor Xuanzong. Xuanzong demoted Wuyan Yongji to Marquis of Donghai and demoted Empress Tudan. In 1214, the Jin capital was moved to Bianjing, and the Emperor decreed that all members of Wanyan Yongji's family be imprisoned in Zhengzhou with no option to leave. It was further decreed that the family's men and women would not be permitted to marry for 19 years. In 1232, Emperor Aizong lifted the restriction on movement. By this time, the Jin could not hold Henan, and it is not known what happened to the former Empress or her descendants.^[1]

Family

• Spouse: Wanyan Yongji, Prince Shao of Wei (d. 11 September 1213)

References

1. "列傳第二 后妃下 (Biographies 2, Imperial wives and concubines [lower volume])". 金史 [History of Jin] (in Classical Chinese). Vol. 64.