Empress Shi (史皇后, personal name unknown) was an
empress
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), ...
during
Xin Dynasty. She married emperor
Wang Mang, in spring 23 CE, as his Xin Dynasty was crumbling. Despite that, he married her as a public show of confidence. She was the daughter of one of his officials, Shi Chen (史諶).
In autumn 23, the Xin Dynasty's capital
Chang'an fell to agrarian rebels, who were seeking to re-establish the
Han Dynasty. Emperor Wang Mang died in the battle for the main palace,
Weiyang Palace. It is not known what happened to Empress Shi, although it is known that her father, Shi Chen, surrendered to the Han forces and was executed.
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Shi, Empress
1st-century Chinese women
1st-century Chinese people