Empress Zhang (died 1537), personal name Zhang Qijie (張七姐), 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 ...

, second empress to the Jiajing Emperor. She was deprived of the title empress in 1534 because of conflicts within the family. Empress Zhang was the daughter of a member of the Imperial guard. She was selected to the imperial harem in 1526. When the empress died in 1528, Zhang was chosen to replace her as empress on 8 January 1529. In 1534, she was deposed from her position as empress. No official reason was given. Unofficially, however, the reason was that the emperor disliked her favor with the

Empress Xiaochengjing Empress Xiaochengjing (1471– 28 August 1541), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Hongzhi Emperor and mother of the Zhengde Emperor. Empress Empress Zhang was the daughter of Zhang Luan (張 ...

.GOODRICH, L. Carington; FANG, Chaoying, a kol. Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644. New York : Columbia University Press, 1976. xxi + 1751 s. (sv. 1), 023103833X (sv. 2). p. 319. She died three years after her demotion.

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*During the reign of the

Zhengde Emperor The Zhengde Emperor (; 26 October 149120 April 1521) was the 11th Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1505 to 1521. Born Zhu Houzhao, he was the Hongzhi Emperor's eldest son. Zhu Houzhao took the throne at only 14 with the era name Zhen ...

(r. 1505–1521) **Lady Zhang (張氏) *During the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521–1567) **Consort Shun (順妃; from 1522) **Empress (皇后; from 1528)

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