Empress Xia (Song dynasty)

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Empress Chenggong
成恭皇后

Empress consort of the Southern Song dynasty

Tenure

16 November 1163 – 13 July 1167

Predecessor

Empress Xiansheng

Successor

Empress Chengsu

Born

1136

Died

14 December 1167 (aged c. 31)
Lin'an, Zhejiang, China

Spouse

Emperor Xiaozong

Posthumous name
Empress Chenggong (成恭皇后)

Empress Xia Shenfu (1136 – 13 July 1167) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Xiaozong of Song.

Xia originally served as a maid to the first spouse of Xiaozong, who died in 1156 when he was still prince. In 1162, he married Xia as his second main spouse, and in 1163, he gave her the title of empress.^[1] She had one son and one daughter, both of whom died very young.

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Chinese royalty
Preceded by Empress Xiansheng	Empress of China 1163–1167	Succeeded by Empress Chengsu

v t e Empresses of the Song dynasty
Empresses consort
Northern Song	Empress Wang Empress Song Empress Li Empress Guo Empress Liu Empress Guo Empress Cao Empress Gao Empress Xiang Empress Meng Empress Liu Empress Wang Empress Zheng Empress Zhu
Southern Song	Empress Xing Empress Wu Empress Xia Empress Xie Li Fengniang Empress Han Empress Yang Xie Daoqing Empress Quan
Empresses dowager
Northern Song	Empress Dowager Du Empress Dowager Li Empress Dowager Liu Empress Dowager Cao Empress Dowager Gao Empress Dowager Xiang Empress Dowager Liu
Southern Song	Empress Dowager Meng Empress Dowager Wu Empress Dowager Xie Li Fengniang Empress Dowager Yang Xie Daoqing Empress Dowager Quan
Grand empresses dowager
Northern Song	Grand Empress Dowager Cao Grand Empress Dowager Gao
Southern Song	Grand Empress Dowager Wu Grand Empress Dowager Xie Xie Daoqing
Posthumous empresses
Northern Song	Lady He Princess Fu Princess Pan Consort Li Consort Zhang
Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms → Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing

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