Empress Fu (Ai)

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Empress Xiaoai
孝哀皇后
SpouseEmperor Ai of Han
Posthumous name
Empress Xiao'ai (孝哀皇后)
FatherFu Yan, Marquess of Kongxiang

Empress Fu (傅皇后)

Han Dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Ai of Han, but they had no children, and their marriage was possibly not even consummated because he was homosexual.[2]

Life

The tomb of Empress Fu, east of Emperor Ai's tomb in Yiling (義陵), Xianyang, Shaanxi

Empress Fu was the daughter of her husband's grandmother

his empress that same year on 16 June.[4] Her father created the Marquess of Kongxiang.[5]

By the time Emperor Ai died in August 1 BC, Empress Fu's main support, Consort Fu, had already been dead for many months, and she suddenly was all alone as her father and her other relatives were purged from the government by Wang Mang.[6] Wang, who bore grudges against Fu and Ai, did not permit her to become empress dowager, and a brief time after Ai's death, he had her demoted to commoner status and ordered her to guard her husband's tomb—even though she was not personally involved in any of the political intrigues. She committed suicide that day.

References

  1. ^ 8th month of the 2nd year of the Yuan'shou era, per vol.35 of Zizhi Tongjian. The month corresponds to 18 Sep to 16 Oct 1 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar.
  2. ^ Book of Han, vol. 97, part 2.
  3. ^ bingxu day of the 5th month of the 2nd year of the Sui'he era
  4. ^ Zizhi Tongjian, 33, 34, 35.
  5. .
  1. ^ The name Fu Daijun (傅黛君) does not appear on historical records


Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Empress Zhao Feiyan
Empress of Western Han Dynasty

16 Jun 6 – Aug 1 BC
Succeeded by