Empress Fu the Younger
Empress Fu the Younger may refer to:
Empress Fu (Ai)
Empress Fu (傅皇后) (died 1 BC), formally Empress Xiaoai (孝哀皇后), was an Empress during Han Dynasty.
Her personal name is unknown.
Her husband was Emperor Ai of Han, but they had no children, and their marriage was possibly not even consummated because he was homosexual.
Fu Xunying
Fu Xunying( 苻訓英)( died 407) was an empress of the Chinese/ Xianbei state Later Yan.
Her husband was Murong Xi( Emperor Zhaowen).
Fu Xunying was a daughter of Fu Mo( 苻謨), a member of Former Qin's imperial house before he surrendered to Later Yan under military pressure.
As of 397, he was the mayor of Later Yan's capital Zhongshan( 中山, in modern Baoding, Hebei) when the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao( Emperor Huimin) abandoned Zhongshan in face of Northern Wei military attacks, and he was subsequently killed by Murong Bao's nephew Murong Xiang( 慕容詳) the Duke of Kaifeng, who wanted to be emperor himself.
His family was slaughtered.
Somehow, however, Fu Xunying and her older sister Fu Song'e were not killed — perhaps they escaped the slaughter, or perhaps they were no longer in Zhongshan at that point.
After Murong
Xi became emperor in 401 after succeeding his nephew Murong Sheng( Emperor Zhaowu), he took Fu Song'e and Fu Xunying as imperial consorts in 402 and greatly favored them.
This caused him to neglect Murong Sheng's mother Empress Dowager Ding, with whom he had an affair and whose support was instrumental in his becoming emperor.
Empress Dowager Ding, in anger, plotted to overthrow him and replace him with Murong Bao's son Murong Yuan( 慕容淵), but her plot was discovered, and she was forced to commit suicide.
Around the new year 404, Murong Xi created Fu Xunying empress.
He was described to be so inclined to grant every wish that she and her sister Consort Fu had, and providing them with every luxury, that his small empire's resources were highly drained.
In fall 404, Consort Fu grew ill, and after she died despite a doctor's promise that he could cure her, Murong Xi had the doctor executed by drawing and quartering, and then burned his body.
After Consort
Fu's death, he grew even more doting of Empress Fu, who favored huntings and journeys.
In winter 404, they went on a long hunt and tour that took them as north as Bailu Mountain( 白鹿山, in modern Tongliao, Inner Mongolia), as east as Qingling( 青嶺, described as about 100 kilometers east of the capital Longcheng( 龍城, in modern Jinzhou, Liaoning)), and as south as Haiyang( 海陽, in modern Qinhuangdao, Hebei) before returning to Longcheng.
On this winter journey, it was described that more than 5,000 escorting soldiers died from attacks by tigers or wolves or exposure to the cold.
In other known events, she was described to be demanding to have jellied fish in the summer and fresh Rehmannia roots in the winter—neither of which could be obtainable —and Murong Xi executed officials in charge of supplying the palace for their failures.
In spring 405, Murong Xi, with Empress Fu with him, attacked Goguryeo's major city Liaodong( 遼東, in modern Liaoyang, Liaoning), and had almost captured it.
However, he ordered his soldiers to flatten the wall so that he could enter with Empress Fu on an imperial wagon.
The delay allowed the Goguryeo forces to refortify the city, and he was unable to capture it.
Around the new year 406, Murong Xi, with Empress Fu with him, was making a surprise attack on Khitan tribes when he decided that the Khitan were too strong to be attacked and wanted to withdraw.
However, at Empress Fu's insistence that she wanted to observe a battle, he abandoned his heavy guard and took his faster cavalry to attack Goguryeo.
The attack was unsuccessful, and he was forced to withdraw.
In 407, Murong Xi built a new palace for Empress Fu, Chenghua Palace( 承華殿), using so much dirt in the project that dirt was described to become as expensive as grain.
In summer 407, Empress Fu died.
Murong
Xi mourned her so much that he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built for her, and also forced his sister- in- law, Princess Zhang of Gaoyang( Murong Long's wife) to commit suicide so that she could be buried with Empress Fu.
The officials were all forced to weep for Empress Fu, with those who could not shed tears punished severely, so they put chili peppers in their mouths to stimulate tear production.
Eventually, Murong Xi accompanied Empress Fu's funeral procession out of Longcheng, and after he left, the soldiers in the city mutinied under the command of the general Feng Ba, and they made Murong Bao's adoptive son Murong Yun emperor( as Emperor Huiyi).
Murong Xi was defeated, captured, and executed.
Murong Yun( who then changed his name back to the original Gao Yun), however, buried Murong Xi and Empress Fu together with imperial honors.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:
2010 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2010 season.
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Where Was I
" Where Was I?" may refer to:
Emperor Ai of Han
Emperor Ai of Han (27 BC – 15 August 1 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty.
He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his childless uncle Emperor Cheng, and he reigned from 7 to 1 BC.
The people and the officials were initially excited about his ascension, as he was viewed by them (as well as Emperor Cheng) to be intelligent, articulate, and capable.
However, under Emperor Ai, corruption became even more prevalent and heavy taxes were levied on the people.
Furthermore, Emperor Ai was highly controlled by his grandmother Consort Fu (consort of his grandfather and his predecessor's father Emperor Yuan), who demanded the title of Grand Empress Dowager—even though she had never been an empress previously and therefore did not properly hold that title, and this led to the unprecedented and unrepeated situation of four women possessing empress dowager titles at the same time—
Empress Wang (
Emperor Cheng's mother and Emperor Yuan's wife), Empress Zhao Feiyan
(Emperor Cheng's wife), Consort Fu, and Consort Ding
(Emperor Ai's mother).
Consort Fu's control of the political scene extended until her death in 2 BC, including an episode where her jealousy of Consort Feng Yuan—another consort of Emperor Yuan's
(and therefore her romantic rival) and the grandmother of the future Emperor Ping—resulted in Consort Feng being falsely accused of witchcraft and subsequently being forced to commit suicide.
During Emperor Ai's reign, he also stripped the Wang clan
(Empress Wang's clan), which had been powerful during Emperor Cheng's reign, of much of their power, and substituted members of the Fu and Ding clans in their stead (which, ironically, caused the people, who were not enamored with the Wangs initially, to long for their return to power as they associated the departure of the Wangs from power with Emperor Ai's incompetence in administration).
In an unpopular act, Emperor Ai had his prime minister Wang Jia (王嘉, unrelated to the Wang clan mentioned above) put to death for criticizing him, an act that made him appear tyrannical.
Emperor Ai's shortcomings quickly led to the demoralization of the people towards the government and the acquisition of power by Wang Mang, in a backlash, after Ai died in 1 BC.
Emperor Ai was also famous for being the most effusive homosexual emperor of the Han dynasty.
Traditional historians characterized the relationship between Emperor Ai and Dong Xian as one between homosexual lovers and referred to their relationship as "the passion of the cut sleeve" (斷袖之癖) after a story that one afternoon after falling asleep for a nap on the same bed, Emperor Ai cut off his sleeve rather than disturb the sleeping Dong Xian when he had to get out of bed.
Dong was noted for his relative simplicity contrasted with the highly ornamented court, and was given progressively higher and higher posts as part of the relationship, eventually becoming the supreme commander of the armed forces by the time of Emperor Ai's death.
Dong was afterward forced to commit suicide.
Empress Fu
Empress Fu may refer to:
Fu Xunying
Fu Xunying( 苻訓英)( died 407) was an empress of the Chinese/ Xianbei state Later Yan.
Her husband was Murong Xi( Emperor Zhaowen).
Fu Xunying was a daughter of Fu Mo( 苻謨), a member of Former Qin's imperial house before he surrendered to Later Yan under military pressure.
As of 397, he was the mayor of Later Yan's capital Zhongshan( 中山, in modern Baoding, Hebei) when the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao( Emperor Huimin) abandoned Zhongshan in face of Northern Wei military attacks, and he was subsequently killed by Murong Bao's nephew Murong Xiang( 慕容詳) the Duke of Kaifeng, who wanted to be emperor himself.
His family was slaughtered.
Somehow, however, Fu Xunying and her older sister Fu Song'e were not killed — perhaps they escaped the slaughter, or perhaps they were no longer in Zhongshan at that point.
After Murong
Xi became emperor in 401 after succeeding his nephew Murong Sheng( Emperor Zhaowu), he took Fu Song'e and Fu Xunying as imperial consorts in 402 and greatly favored them.
This caused him to neglect Murong Sheng's mother Empress Dowager Ding, with whom he had an affair and whose support was instrumental in his becoming emperor.
Empress Dowager Ding, in anger, plotted to overthrow him and replace him with Murong Bao's son Murong Yuan( 慕容淵), but her plot was discovered, and she was forced to commit suicide.
Around the new year 404, Murong Xi created Fu Xunying empress.
He was described to be so inclined to grant every wish that she and her sister Consort Fu had, and providing them with every luxury, that his small empire's resources were highly drained.
In fall 404, Consort Fu grew ill, and after she died despite a doctor's promise that he could cure her, Murong Xi had the doctor executed by drawing and quartering, and then burned his body.
After Consort
Fu's death, he grew even more doting of Empress Fu, who favored huntings and journeys.
In winter 404, they went on a long hunt and tour that took them as north as Bailu Mountain( 白鹿山, in modern Tongliao, Inner Mongolia), as east as Qingling( 青嶺, described as about 100 kilometers east of the capital Longcheng( 龍城, in modern Jinzhou, Liaoning)), and as south as Haiyang( 海陽, in modern Qinhuangdao, Hebei) before returning to Longcheng.
On this winter journey, it was described that more than 5,000 escorting soldiers died from attacks by tigers or wolves or exposure to the cold.
In other known events, she was described to be demanding to have jellied fish in the summer and fresh Rehmannia roots in the winter—neither of which could be obtainable —and Murong Xi executed officials in charge of supplying the palace for their failures.
In spring 405, Murong Xi, with Empress Fu with him, attacked Goguryeo's major city Liaodong( 遼東, in modern Liaoyang, Liaoning), and had almost captured it.
However, he ordered his soldiers to flatten the wall so that he could enter with Empress Fu on an imperial wagon.
The delay allowed the Goguryeo forces to refortify the city, and he was unable to capture it.
Around the new year 406, Murong Xi, with Empress Fu with him, was making a surprise attack on Khitan tribes when he decided that the Khitan were too strong to be attacked and wanted to withdraw.
However, at Empress Fu's insistence that she wanted to observe a battle, he abandoned his heavy guard and took his faster cavalry to attack Goguryeo.
The attack was unsuccessful, and he was forced to withdraw.
In 407, Murong Xi built a new palace for Empress Fu, Chenghua Palace( 承華殿), using so much dirt in the project that dirt was described to become as expensive as grain.
In summer 407, Empress Fu died.
Murong
Xi mourned her so much that he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built for her, and also forced his sister- in- law, Princess Zhang of Gaoyang( Murong Long's wife) to commit suicide so that she could be buried with Empress Fu.
The officials were all forced to weep for Empress Fu, with those who could not shed tears punished severely, so they put chili peppers in their mouths to stimulate tear production.
Eventually, Murong Xi accompanied Empress Fu's funeral procession out of Longcheng, and after he left, the soldiers in the city mutinied under the command of the general Feng Ba, and they made Murong Bao's adoptive son Murong Yun emperor( as Emperor Huiyi).
Murong Xi was defeated, captured, and executed.
Murong Yun( who then changed his name back to the original Gao Yun), however, buried Murong Xi and Empress Fu together with imperial honors.

Question: Where was the place of death of Empress Fu (Ai)'s husband?