Empress_Wang_(Taizu) Knowpia

Names
	Surname: Wáng (王); Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
	Empress Xiàomíng (孝明皇后)

Empress Xiaoming
孝明皇后
Empress Xiaoming ; 孝明皇后
Empress consort of the Song dynasty
Tenure	960–963
Successor	Empress Xiaozhang
Born	942; Bin County, Shaanxi, China
Died	963 (aged 20–21); Kaifeng, Henan, China
Burial	Gongyi, Henan, China
Spouse	Emperor Taizu
Names
Names
	Surname: Wáng (王); Given name: unknown
Posthumous name
	Empress Xiàomíng (孝明皇后)
Father	Wang Rao (王饒)

Empress Wang (王皇后, given name unknown) (942–963) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Taizu of Song.^[1]

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During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (28 November 936 – 28 July 942):
- Lady Wang (王氏; from 942)
During the reign of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou (26 February 954 – 27 July 959):
- Second Wife (為繼室; from 958)
- Lady of Langxie State (琅邪郡夫人; form unknown dare)
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song (4 February 960– 14 November 976):
- Empress (賀氏; 4 February 960)
- Empress Xiàomíng (孝明皇后; from 964)

As Second Wife:

Chinese royalty
Preceded by Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Preceding Empress of united China: Empress He (Tang dynasty)	Empress of China 960–963	Succeeded by Empress Song