Empress Li (; personal name unknown) was an
empress of the
Di-led Chinese
Cheng Han dynasty. Her husband was
Li Shi Li Shi or Lishi may refer to:
* Lishi (理事; "Noumenon and Phenomenon"), a Zen Buddhist concept, see Five Ranks#Interplay of Absolute and Relative
People
* Li Shi (emperor) (died 361), emperor of Cheng Han
* Lishi (Three Kingdoms) (李氏, ...
, the last
emperor
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
of Cheng Han. She was his wife when he was
crown prince
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wi ...
under his father
Li Shou
Li Shou (; 300–343), courtesy name Wukao (武考), formally Emperor Zhaowen of (Cheng) Han ((成)漢昭文帝), was an emperor of the Di-led Chinese Cheng Han dynasty. He was the cousin of Cheng Han's founding emperor Li Xiong, but after he ...
(Emperor Zhaowen), and when he succeeded his father in 343, he created her empress. Nothing further is known about her, including whether she survived to or survived Cheng Han's destruction by
Eastern Jin
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air Li ...
forces in 347. If she did, since her husband was created the Marquess of Guiyi, she would have carried the title of marchioness.
References
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Cheng Han empresses