Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei

Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei

6th-century Empress in China

Empress Yuan, personal name unknown, was briefly an emperor of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Wei dynasty. She bore the surname Yuan, originally Tuoba. Yuan was the only child of Emperor Xiaoming, born to his concubine Consort Pan. Soon after her birth, her grandmother the…