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Empress (Dowager) Liang the Junior (小梁太后, died 1099), posthumously titled Empress Zhaojian Wenmu (昭簡文穆皇后), was an empress consort of the
Western Xia The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...
. She was a member of the Liang clan, but her personal name is not known. She was married to
Emperor Huizong of Western Xia Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (1060–1086), born Li Bingchang (), was the third emperor of the Tangut-led Chinese Western Xia dynasty, ruling from 1067 to 1086. After his father's sudden death, Huizong assumed the throne at the young age of ...
, and was regent from 1086 to 1099 during the minority of her son,
Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia (1084–1139), born Li Qianshun (), was the fourth emperor of the Western Xia dynasty of China, ruling from 1086 to 1139. His reign began at the age of three, when his father Li Bingchang died. He remained under ...
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