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Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei
| Empress Yuan 女帝元氏 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor of Northern Wei (disputed) | |||||||||
| Reign | 1 April 528 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Xiaoming | ||||||||
| Successor | Yuan Zhao | ||||||||
| Born | 12 February 528 Luoyang, Northern Wei (present-day Luoyang, Henan, China) | ||||||||
| Died | after 1 April 528 | ||||||||
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| House | Yuan | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Northern Wei | ||||||||
| Father | Emperor Xiaoming | ||||||||
| Mother | Pan Wailian[2] | ||||||||
Empress Yuan (12 February 528[3] – after 1 April 528), personal name unknown, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty.[4] She bore the surname Yuan (Chinese: 元; pinyin: Yuán), originally Tuoba.[note 2] Yuan was the only child of Emperor Xiaoming (r. 515–528), born to his concubine Consort Pan. Soon after her birth, her grandmother the Empress Dowager Hu, who was also Xiaoming's regent, falsely declared that she was a boy and ordered a general pardon. Emperor Xiaoming died soon afterwards. On 1 April 528, Empress Dowager Hu installed the infant on the throne for a matter of hours before replacing her with Yuan Zhao the next day. Emperor Xiaoming's daughter was not recognised as a legitimate emperor (huangdi) by later generations. No further information about her or her mother is available.[6]
- ^ Chen (陳), Junqiang (俊強); Gao (高), Mingshi (明士) (2005). 皇恩浩蕩: 皇帝統治的另一面 [Infinite Royal Graciousness: The Other Side of an Emperor's Reign] (in Chinese). Wu-Nan Book Inc. (五南圖書出版股份有限公司). p. 305. ISBN 9571139947. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ Consort Pan's name being "Wailian" is from volume 16 of Bei Shi (嵩以帝嫔潘外怜有幸，说云，元叉欲害之。嫔泣诉于帝云：“叉非直欲杀妾，亦将害陛下。”). Consort Pan was mentioned in Yuan Cha's biography in Bei Shi as having convinced Emperor Xiaoming that Yuan Cha would either harm her or the emperor. Yuan Cha was then stripped of the rest of his posts and demoted to commoner status. Yuan Cha's biography in Wei Shu did not indicate that Consort Pan had any role in Yuan Cha being demoted to commoner status, while Zizhi Tongjian's record of the incident (in volume 150) only indicated Consort Pan's surname.
- ^ According to Emperor Xiaoming's biography in Book of Wei, Lady Yuan was born on the yichou day of the 1st month of the 1st year of the Wutai era of his reign. This corresponds to 12 Feb 528 on the Julian calendar. [(武泰元年春正月)乙丑，...皇女生，秘言皇子] Wei Shu vol. 09
- ^ Steve (2019-01-21). "16 Rulers who Reigned for less than 50 Days". History Collection. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ^ Lei (雷), Haifeng (海锋) (2013). 历代经典文丛——处事绝学 [Ancient Classics – Secrets of doing things] (in Chinese). Green Apple Data Center. p. 302. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ 历史上短命的皇帝有哪些 [Short-lived emperors in history]. Shangdu.com (in Chinese). Henan Culture Web (河南文化网). 2013-07-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
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