Empress Hu (Xuande)

Empress Hu (Chinese: 胡皇后; pinyin: Hú húanghòu; 20 May 1402 – 5 December 1443), personal name Hu Shanxiang, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the Xuande Emperor. She was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Gongrangzhang.

Empress Gongrangzhang
恭讓章皇后
Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
Tenure27 June 1425 – 1428
PredecessorEmpress Chengxiaozhao
SuccessorEmpress Xiaogongzhang
Born20 May 1402
Jining, Shandong
Died5 December 1443(1443-12-05) (aged 41)
Burial
Spouse
Xuande Emperor
(m. 1417; died 1435)
Issue
  • Princess Shunde
  • Princess Yongqing
Names
Hu Shanxiang (胡善祥)
Posthumous name
Empress Gōngràng Chéngshùn Kāngmù Jìngcí Zhāng (恭讓誠順康穆静慈章皇后)
ClanHu (胡)
FatherHu Rong (胡榮)
MotherLady Liu (劉氏)
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