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Empress Wang

8 BC - 23

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Empress Wang (王皇后)(8 BC – 5 October 23 AD), formally Empress Xiaoping (孝平皇后), formally during her father Wang Mang's Xin dynasty Duchess Dowager of Ding'an (定安太后) then Princess Huanghuang (黃皇室主), was an empress during the Han dynasty and the last empress of the Western Han dynasty. She was the daughter of the eventual usurper Wang Mang, who established the Xin dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Ping. She is largely viewed by historians as a tragic figure, the victim of circumstances who tried to remain loyal to her husband of only a few years, but whose faithfulness to her husband's dynasty eventually led her to commit suicide at the end of her father's reign. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Empress Wang is the 684th most popular companion (down from 605th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from China (down from 658th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Empress Wang ranks 684 out of 784. Before her are Tranquillina, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily, Maria de Luna, Maria d'Este, and Helvig of Schleswig. After her are Edith Tolkien, Felicia of Roucy, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Meresankh I, and Hedwig of Holstein.

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Among people born in 8 BC, Empress Wang ranks 2. Before her is Plautia Urgulanilla.  Among people deceased in 23, Empress Wang ranks 6. Before her are Strabo, Wang Mang, Juba II, Drusus Julius Caesar, and Liu Xin.

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In China

Among people born in China, Empress Wang ranks 734 out of 1,610. Before her are Lin Huiyin (1904), Li Lisan (1899), Xie Lingyun (385), Li Siyuan (867), Chu Suiliang (597), and Xu Qiliang (1950). After her are Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), Qian Zhongshu (1910), Lien Chan (1936), Longchenpa (1308), Chen Boda (1904), and Wu Zhen (1280).

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Among COMPANIONS In China

Among companions born in China, Empress Wang ranks 3. Before her are Princess Taiping (665), and Lady Zhen (183).

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