Consort Yang, titled ''Yuanfei'' (仰元妃), was the second wife of

Qian Hongzuo Qian Hongzuo (錢弘佐; 14 August 928 – 22 June 947), courtesy name Yuanyou (), formally King Zhongxian of Wuyue (), possibly with the temple name of Chengzong (), was the third king () of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period ...

(King Zhongxian), the third king of the

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state

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— and the only known wife when he was king. Little is known about Consort Yang herself. Her father

Yang Renquan Yang Renquan () (died 940s) was a general and politician of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms state Wuyue, eventually reaching the position of chancellor. His daughter was the second wife of Wuyue's third king Qian Hongzuo. Background a ...

was a prominent general under Qian Hongzuo's father

Qian Yuanguan Qian Yuanguan (錢元瓘) (November 30, 887 – September 17, 941''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 282.), born Qian Chuanguan (錢傳瓘), formally King Wenmu of Wuyue (吳越文穆王), courtesy name Mingbao (明寶), was the second king of the state of W ...

(King Wenmu), reaching the title of military governor (''

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''). In 943, Qian Hongzuo, whose first wife Lady Du had died,''

Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms The ''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', also known by its Chinese title ''Shiguo Chunqiu'' (), is a history of the Ten Kingdoms that existed in southern China after the fall of the Tang Dynasty and before the reunification of China ...

'', vol. 83. married her as his second wife.''

Zizhi Tongjian ''Zizhi Tongjian'' () is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 AD during the Northern Song dynasty in the form of a chronicle recording Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynast ...

'', vol. 283. She died not long after, however.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Consort 10th-century births 940s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain Wuyue people Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms imperial consorts Later Jin (Five Dynasties) people