Empress Hang (肅孝皇后; d. 1456) was a Chinese empress consort of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

, married to the

Jingtai Emperor The Jingtai Emperor (21 September 1428 – 14 March 1457), born Zhu Qiyu, was the seventh Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1449 to 1457. The second son of the Xuande Emperor, he was selected in 1449 to succeed his elder brother Emper ...

. Hang was originally a concubine of Jingtai. When the elder brother of Jingtai was taken prisoner by the Mongols in 1449, Hang was promoted to consort. Jingtai had no son with his primary spouse and empress. In May 1452, the emperor's son with Hang was declared heir to the throne, and Hang, now being the mother of the crown prince, was promoted to the position of empress.Twitchett, Denis C; Grimm, Tilemann. Den T'ung-Cheng, Ching-t'ai och T'ien-avstånd råder, 1436-1464. I MOTE, Frederick W. Twitchett, Denis C. The Cambridge History of China Volym 7: Mingdynastin, 1368-1644, del 1 Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1988. edan Twitchett She died in 1456, the year before the deposition of her spouse.

Titles

*During the reign of the

Xuande Emperor The Xuande Emperor (16 March 1399 31 January 1435), personal name Zhu Zhanji (朱瞻基), was the fifth Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1425 to 1435. His era name "Xuande" means "proclamation of virtue". Ruling over a relatively p ...

(r. 1425–1435): **Lady Hang (杭氏) *During the reign of the

(r. 1449–1457): **Consort Hang (杭妃; from 1449) **Empress (皇后; from 22 September 1452) **''Empress Suxiao'' (肅孝皇后; from 1456)

Issue

*As Lady Hang: **Zhu Jianji, Crown Prince Huaixian (懷獻皇太子朱見濟; 28 March 1445 – 21 March 1453), the Jingtai Emperor's first son

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