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After Consort Xiao's death, Li Sujie drew Empress Wu's suspicions because he was born of Consort Xiao. In 657, with the beginning of the elimination of the main political rivals by Empress Wu, Li Sujie's title was changed to the lesser title of Prince of Xun, and around the same time, he was demoted from Qian Prefecture to the less important Shen Prefecture (申州, roughly modern Xinyang, Henan).
Consort Xiao, Pure Consort Xiao or Xiao Shufei (蕭淑妃, personal name unknown) (died c.November 655), [1] was a concubine of Emperor Gaozong of Tang (Li Zhi). She was initially favored by him and bore him a son and two daughters—Li Sujie and the Princesses Yiyang and Gao'an—but later, after her romantic rival Empress Wang introduced another concubine, Consort Wu (later known as Wu ...
It is not known when the future Empress Wang was born, although it is known that she was from Bing Prefecture (并州, roughly modern Taiyuan, Shanxi).Her father Wang Renyou (王仁佑) was a son of Wang Sizheng (王思政), a major general for Western Wei, [5] and during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Wang Renyou served as magistrate of Luoshan County (羅山, in modern Xinyang, Henan).
Empress Wu (11 September 1115 – 12 December 1197) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Gaozong of Song.She played an influential part in politics of the Southern Song dynasty for 35 years having caused the abdication of three subsequent monarchs: Emperor Gaozong in 1162, Emperor Xiaozong in 1189, and Emperor Guangzong in 1194.
Consort Dowager, of the Chen clan (陈太妃) [7] Xiao Hong, Prince Jinghui of Linchuan (临川靖惠王 蕭宏; 473 – 13 May 526), 6th son; Xiao Wei, Prince Yuan of Nanping (萧伟; d. 7 May 533), 8th son; Consort Dowager, of the Wu clan (吴太妃) [7] Xiao Xiu, Prince Kang of Ancheng (安成康王 蕭秀; 475 – 4 May 518), 7th son
Empress Wang (王皇后, name unknown) (died c.November 724 [1]) was an empress of the Chinese Tang dynasty.Her husband was Emperor Xuanzong.She was initially made empress after he became emperor in 712, but eventually lost favor to Consort Wu, partly because she never had a son.
The future Consort Wu was a daughter of Wu Youzhi, [2] who was a grandson of Wu Zetian's uncle Wu Shirang (武士讓). [3] After Wu Zetian became "emperor" in 690 after having been empress dowager over her sons Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, Wu Youzhi was created the Prince of Heng'an. The future Consort Wu was born sometime between 688 ...
By 654, both Empress Wang and Consort Xiao had lost favor with Emperor Gaozong, and the former romantic rivals joined forces against Consort Wu, but to no avail, and as a sign of his love to Consort Wu, in 654 he conferred posthumous honors on her father Wu Shihuo (武士彠). Later that year, Consort Wu gave birth to a daughter that died ...