Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager

Empress Dowager Xiao (Shizong)

Empress Dowager Xiao, formally Empress Rouzhen (柔貞皇后), was an empress dowager of the Khitan-led Chinese Liao dynasty. She was a concubine of Yelü Bei and the mother of Emperor Shizong.

Khitan people

The Khitan people were a historical nomadic people from East Asia and parts of North Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East.

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