Empress Ma
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Empress Ma was a prominent imperial consort of early Ming China, best known as the wife of the Hongwu Emperor and a key matriarchal figure in the dynasty’s founding generation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Empress Ma canonical | 8 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese empress
ⓘ
Ming dynasty person ⓘ empress consort ⓘ imperial consort ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nanjing ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmperorTitle |
Hongwu Emperor
ⓘ
surface form:
Taizu of Ming
|
| burialCity | Nanjing ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| court |
Chinese imperial court
ⓘ
surface form:
Ming imperial court
|
| dynasty | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| empressConsortOf | Hongwu Emperor ⓘ |
| era | early Ming period ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Zhu Wusi ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Ma ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | model empress of the early Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| house |
House of Zhu
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Zhu (by marriage)
|
| husband | Hongwu Emperor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advising the Hongwu Emperor on governance and clemency
ⓘ
benevolent and frugal conduct as empress ⓘ |
| motherInLawOf | Empress Xiaoci ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Zhu Biao
ⓘ
Yongle Emperor ⓘ
surface form:
Zhu Di
Zhu Gang ⓘ Zhu Shuang ⓘ |
| name | Empress Ma ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on early Ming court politics
ⓘ
supporting the Hongwu Emperor in founding the Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| notableRole | key matriarchal figure in the founding generation of the Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Empress Xiaocigao ⓘ |
| predecessorAsEmpressConsort | none (first empress of the Ming dynasty) ⓘ |
| reignAsEmpressConsortEnd | 1382 ⓘ |
| reignAsEmpressConsortStart | 1368 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roleInDynastyFounding | helped consolidate support for the Hongwu Emperor among officials and populace ⓘ |
| spouse | Hongwu Emperor ⓘ |
| spousePersonalName |
Hongwu Emperor
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhu Yuanzhang
|
| spouseTitle | Hongwu Emperor ⓘ |
| successorAsEmpressConsort | Empress Xiaoci ⓘ |
| title |
Empress consort of the Hongwu Emperor
ⓘ
Empress of the Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| virtuePraisedInSources |
frugality
ⓘ
kindness ⓘ political wisdom ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.