Empress Xie (Xiaozong)

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Empress Chengsu 成肅皇后
Empress of the Southern Song Dynasty
Reign	12 September 1176 – 18 February 1189
Predecessor	Empress Chenggong
Successor	Empress Cixian
Empress Dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty
Reign	18 February 1189 – 21 October 1202
Grand Empress Dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty
Reign	21 October 1202 – 13 June 1207
Born	1135 Danyang, Jiangsu, China
Died	13 June 1207 (aged c. 72) Lin'an, Zhejiang, China
Burial	Yongfuling (永阜陵) Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Spouse	Emperor Xiaozong
Posthumous name Empress Chengsu 成肅皇后
Father	Xia Ning

Empress Xie (1135 – 13 June 1207) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Song Dynasty, married to Emperor Xiaozong of Song.

Xie was selected as a concubine for Xiaozong by empress dowager Wu, who lamented his disinterest in women after the death of his second empress, Empress Xia.^[1] She had no surviving children with the emperor.

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