Empress Wang (Southern Ming)
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Letter from the Empress Dowager Helena Wang (the "honorary mother" of the Yongli Emperor) to the Pope with a request for help. November 1650. Latin translation by Michał Boym.
Empress Xiaogangkuang (died 1662) was a Chinese Empress consort of the Southern Ming Dynasty, empress to the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism and adopted the name Anne.
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Chinese royalty | ||
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Preceded by Empress Xiaoyixiang |
Empress of Southern Ming 1646–1662 |
Dynasty Ended |
Empress of China (Southern) 1646–1662 |
Succeeded by Empress Xiaochengren |
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