Empress Yang, formally titled Empress Gongsheng and also known as Yang Meizi, was a Chinese empress consort whose political acumen enabled her to serve as de facto empress regnant for years. She is considered "one of the most powerful empresses of the Song dynasty and...[possibly] the Southern Song dynasty's most powerful Empress."
- Occupation
- politician, empress consort, poet
- Citizenship
- Southern Song dynasty, Song dynasty
- Born
- June 30, 1162
- Died
- January 18, 1233
