- Empress Wang (Jing)
Empress Wang (王皇后, personal name unknown) was an
empress of the Chinese dynastyLiang Dynasty . Her husband was Emperor Jing (Xiao Fangzhi).It is not known when she was born. Her father Wang Qian (王僉) came from a long line of officials of
Southern Dynasties , and he served as a mid-level official under Xiao Yi the Prince of Xiangdong, the de facto leader of Liang following the fall of the capitalJiankang to the rebel generalHou Jing in549 . In552 , after Xiao Yi took the throne as Emperor Yuan after defeating Hou, he created his sons princes, and he took Wang Qian's daughter as the wife for his son Xiao Fangzhi, whom he created the Prince of Jin'an. She therefore carried the title the Princess of Jin'an. Emperor Yuan was captured and killed byWestern Wei forces in554 , and in555 , the general Chen Baxian declared Xiao Fangzhi emperor. Emperor Jing created Princess Wang empress. In557 , Chen, who controlled actual power, forced Emperor Jing to yield the throne to him, establishingChen Dynasty . He created Xiao Fangzhi the Prince of Jiangyin, and Empress Wang thus became the Princess of Jiangyin. Chen had Xiao Fangzhi killed in558 , and nothing further was recorded in history about the former empress.
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