Wang Zhengjun

Empress of China from 48 to 33 BC Wang ZhengjunEmpress Xiao YuanEmpress consort of the Han DynastyTenure29 January 48 – 8 July 33 BCPredecessorEmpress WangSuccessorEmpress XuEmpress Dowager of the Western Han DynastyTenure14 August 33– 17 April 7 BCPredecessor Empress Dowager QiongchengSuccessorEmpress Dowager Zhao (皇太后), Empress Dowager Ding (帝太后)Grand Empress Dowager of the Western Han DynastyTenure17 April 7 BC – 3 February 6 ADPredecessor Grand Empress Dowager QiongchengSuccessorNoneBorn71 BCYuanchengDied3 February 13 AD (aged 83)SpouseEmperor Yuan of HanIssueEmperor Cheng of HanNamesFamily name: Wang 王Given name: Zhengjun 政君 Titles太子妃 Crown Princess (50–48 BC)皇后 Empress (48–33 BC)皇太后 Empress Dowager (33–7 BC)太皇太后 Grand Empress Dowager (7 BC – 8 AD)新室文母太皇太后 Grand Empress Dowager Wenwu of Xin Dynasty (8–13 AD)Posthumous nameEmpress Xiaoyuan 孝元皇后FatherWang Jin, Marquess of YangpingMotherLi Qin Wang Zhengjun (Chinese: 王政君; pinyin: Wáng Zhèngūn; 71 BC – 3 February 13 AD), officially Empress Xiaoyuan (孝元皇后), later and more commonly known as Grand Empress Dowager Wang, born in Yuanche