Empress Wenxianzhaosheng

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Empress Wenxianzhaosheng (Chinese: 文獻昭聖皇后; pinyin: Wénxiànzhāoshèng Huánghòu, died before 1329) was mother of Jayaatu Khan (Emperor Wenzong), emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China.[1] She was an ethnic Tangut[2] and a concubine of Külüg Khan. She gave birth to the future Jayaatu Khan in 1304.

A portrait of Empress Wenxianzhaosheng

Her given name is unknown. Her posthumous name "Emperor Wenxian Zhaosheng" was accorded by her son in 1329.[3]

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  1. ^ Zhao, George Qingzhi (2008). Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal Marriages from World Empire to Yuan Dynasty. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4331-0275-2.
  2. ^ Lane, George (2018). A Short History of the Mongols. I.B. Tauris. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-78672-339-0.
  3. ^ Zhao, George Qingzhi (2008). Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal Marriages from World Empire to Yuan Dynasty. Peter Lang. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-4331-0275-2.