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About Empress Dou
Empress Dou, formally Empress Zhangde, was an empress of the Chinese Han dynasty. Her husband was Emperor Zhang. She was already influential and powerful during her husband's reign, but became particularly highly powerful and influential as empress dowager and regent between 88 and 92 for her adoptive son Emperor He after Emperor Zhang's death. Her family members, particularly her brother Dou Xian, became extremely powerful, until they were toppled in a coup d'etat by Emperor He, in 92. Empress Dou lost her power, but remained honored until her death.
Everything about Empress Dou →- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- Eastern Han
- Born
- 100
- Died
- October 8, 1997