2011 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2011 season.
Empress Fu
Empress Fu may refer to:
Fu Yanqing
Fu Yanqing (符彥卿) (898-July 31, 975),
né Li Yanqing (李彥卿), courtesy name Guanhou (冠侯), formally the Prince of Wei (魏王), nicknamed Fu Disi (符第四, "the fourth Fu"), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
states Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, as well as (briefly) Liao Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
He was one of the most celebrated generals of the period, and he was also the father of three daughters who received empress titles — two as successive empresses of the Later Zhou emperor Guo Rong
(Empress Fu the Elder and Empress Dowager Fu (Later Zhou)), and one (posthumously) as a wife of Zhao Guangyi, who would become the second emperor of Song.
2006 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2006 season.
Empress Fu the Younger
Empress Fu the Younger may refer to:
Empress Dowager Fu (Later Zhou)
Empress Fu (符皇后, given name unknown, 932–993) was an empress consort and empress dowager during the Later Zhou dynasty.
She was a daughter of general Fu Yanqing and a younger sister of Empress Xuanyi (Empress Fu the Elder), who was married to the Later Zhou emperor Guo Rong (Chai Rong) from 951 or so
(before he became the emperor in 954) to 956.
Guo Rong had been without a wife ever since Empress Xuanyi's death in 956, and he married the younger Fu in July 959 when he fell critically ill.
The marriage was clearly political and most likely not consummated:
Guo Rong died 10 days later and was succeeded by his 6-year-old son Guo Zongxun.
Empress Dowager Fu as his guardian became the regent.
During her reign, she relied heavily on the advice of chief ministers Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu.
Half a year later, general Zhao Kuangyin staged a coup and usurped the Later Zhou throne, establishing the Song dynasty.
The empress dowager and the child emperor were exiled to the Western Capital (Luoyang) where they lived out the rest of their lives.
After Guo Zongxun's death in 973, his stepmother became a Taoist nun with the title Master Yuqing (玉清仙師).
She died in 993, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Song, who was married to another sister of hers before 975.
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.
2010 Empress's Cup
Statistics of Empress's Cup in the 2010 season.
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.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.

Question: When did Empress Dowager Fu (Later Zhou)'s father die?
Answer: July 31, 975