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(Emperor Xuan) founded the Western Liang with the support of the Western Wei dynasty. It is not known when she married Xiao Cha, but it is known that she was his wife, not his

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, and that while he carried the title Prince of Yueyang, she was the Princess of Yueyang. It is not known whether she was the mother of any of Xiao Cha's five known sons, although she was not the mother of his eventual heir

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(Emperor Ming), whose mother was Xiao Cha's concubine Consort Cao. In 549, when the

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was in a state of disarray after the capital Jiankang had fallen to the rebel general

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, Xiao Cha, then with his headquarters at Xiangyang (襄陽, in modern

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), feared an attack from his uncle Xiao Yi (the future Emperor Yuan) the Prince of Xiangdong, and therefore became a Western Wei vassal. In order to show his loyalty, he sent Princess Wang and his

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Xiao Liao (蕭嶚) to Western Wei as hostages. At some point, Western Wei allowed her to return to Xiao Cha. In 555, after Western Wei forces had defeated and killed Xiao Yi, Western Wei made Xiao Cha the emperor. He created Princess Wang empress. In 562, after Emperor Xuan died and was succeeded by Xiao Kui (who had been created

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because Xiao Liao died before Emperor Xuan's ascension), Emperor Ming honored her as empress dowager. She died in 563.

Footnotes

Neither Emperor Xuan's son Emperor Ming nor grandson Emperor Jing was recorded in history as having created an empress, although it was possible that either or both did. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Empress Wang, Empress Xuan 563 deaths Year of birth unknown