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The title, Empress dowager, could be granted a widow of an Emperor even when she had not been the Empress consort during the reign of her spouse. Therefore, a separate list is given of the Empresses dowager, which, in some cases, equals the list of Empresses consort, and in other cases, not.
There were limits placed on how many imperial consorts could hold the ranks of concubine and above. An emperor could have 1 empress, 1 imperial noble consort, 2 noble consorts, 4 consorts and 6 concubines at a time. The ranks of noble lady, first class attendant and second class attendant were unlimited.
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The consort kin or outer kins (Chinese: 外戚; pinyin: wàiqì) were the kin or a group of people related to an empress dowager or a consort of a monarch or a warlord in the Sinosphere. The leading figure of the clan was either a (usually male) sibling , cousin , or parent of the empress dowager or consort.
In December 1796, Lady Wanggiya was given a title "First Class Female Attendant Chun" (春常在; "chun" meaning literally "spring") comparing her beauty to the eternal youth symbolized by spring.
Consort Yang, imperial consort rank Xianfei (楊賢妃, personal name unknown) (died February 12, 840 [1] [2]), was an imperial consort of the Chinese Tang dynasty.She was a concubine of Emperor Wenzong who became involved in the selection process of his heir and who died as a result of her involvement.
The empresses of the Yuan dynasty of China were mainly of Mongol ethnicity, with the exception of Empress Gi who was previously a Kongnyo (Chinese: 貢女; lit. 'tribute women') from Goryeo. Empress Gwon who also came from Goryeo later became the empress consort of Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara of Northern Yuan dynasty .