Empress Dowager Yan Ming

Empress Dowager Yan Ming († 152), formally Empress Xiaochong, was an empress dowager of the Han Dynasty, although she was never empress. It was 146 Empress mother because her son Liu Zhi ( as Emperor Huan ) ascended the throne.

Yan Ming was a concubine of Liu Yi, the Marquis of Liwu. After her husband died, inherited by his son Liu Zhi as firstborn of the title. After the poisoning of the young Emperor Zhi by the powerful officials Liang Ji in 146 of the 13 -year-old Marquis Zhi was at the instigation of Liang Ji's younger sister, Liang Nüying, chosen heir to the throne. After he became emperor, he honored his mother first with the title of Princess Consort ( posthumously raised by his father to the Emperor ). After the regent, Empress Dowager Liang Na, 150 had died, honored Emperor Huan his mother with a empresses stocks, so he stood practically empress mother. He gave her nine countries as a fief. Yan Ming died 152

• Empress Dowager
• Han Dynasty
• Chinese
• Born on the 1st or 2nd century
• Died 152
• Woman