- Empress Ren
Empress Ren (任皇后, personal name unknown) was an
empress of the Chinese/Di stateCheng Han . Her husband was the founding emperorLi Xiong .She was created empress by Li Xiong in
315 . She was sonless, and although Li Xiong had sons byconcubine s, he chose his nephewLi Ban , whom she raised, to be hiscrown prince . After Li Xiong died in334 , Li Ban became emperor and honored her asempress dowager . Less than a year later, Li Ban was assassinated by Li Xiong's son Li Yue (李越), who subsequently made another son of Li Xiong,Li Qi , whom Empress Dowager Ren had also raised, emperor. Li Yue forged an edict from Empress Dowager Ren to legitimize his actions.During Li Qi's reign, she continued as empress dowager. When Li Qi was overthrown by
Li Shou in338 , Li Shou forged an edict from Empress Dowager Ren as well to legitimize his actions, implying that she was still alive at that point, but there was no more mention of her in history from that point on. It is not known when she died.###@@@KEY@@@###succession box two to one
title1=Empress of Cheng Han |before1=None (dynasty founded)|years1=315 -334
title2=Empress of China (Southwestern)|before2=Empress Yang Xianrong of Jin|years2=315 -334
after=Empress Yan
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