Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei
Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was born on February 12, 528. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei
Empress Yuan (12 February 528 – after 1 April 528), personal name unknown, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. She bore the surname Yuan (Chinese: 元; pinyin: Yuán), originally Tuoba. Yuan was the only child of Emperor Xiaoming (r. 515–528), born to his concubine Consort Pan. Soon after her birth, her grandmother the Empress Dowager Hu, who was also Xiaoming's regent, falsely declared that she was a boy and ordered a general pardon. Emperor Xiaoming died soon afterwards. On 1 April 528, Empress Dowager Hu installed the infant on the throne for a matter of…