father death_place death_date mother house birth_date spouse article_title name
wang mang weiyang palace , chang ` an , xin dynasty 23 ad -lrb- aged 29 -- 30 -rrb- lady wang house liu -lrb- by marriage -rrb- of wang -lrb- by birth -rrb- house of 8 bc emperor ping of han empress wang -lrb- ping -rrb-
 empress wang
empress wang -lrb- ping -rrb-

empress wang -lrb- 王皇后 , personal name unknown -rrb- -lrb- 8 bc -- ad 23 -rrb- , formally empress xiaoping -lrb- 孝平皇后 -rrb- , formally during her father wang mang 's xin dynasty duchess dowager of ding ` an -lrb- 定安太后 -rrb- then princess huanghuang -lrb- 黃皇室主 -rrb- was an empress during the han dynasty -- the last of the western han dynasty -- who was the daughter of the eventual usurper wang mang .
her husband was emperor ping .
she is largely viewed by historians as a tragic figure , the victim of circumstances , who tried to remain loyal to her husband of only a few years , but whose faithfulness eventually forced her to let herself die at the end of her father 's reign .
