Кой се ожени Song Ningzong?

Song Ningzong (宋宁宗), född 1168, död 1224, var den trettonde kejsaren under den kinesiska Songdynastin (960-1279) och regerade 1194–1224. Hans personliga namn var Zhao Kuo (赵扩).

Kejsar Ningzong tillträdde kejsartronen år 1194 efter att hans far kejsare Guangzong abdikerat. Kejsare Ningzong, liksom hans företrädare och efterträdare har betraktats som tre enfaldiga och inkompetenta ledare.

Efter att Ningzong avlidit 1224 efterträddes han av sin adoptivson kejsare Lizong. Kejsare Ningzong begravdes liksom sex av Södra Songs kejsare i Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

Empress Yang (30 June 1162 – 18 January 1233), formally titled Empress Gongsheng and also known by the name Yang Meizi, was a Chinese empress consort whose political acumen allowed her to become de facto empress regnant for a period of 30 years. She is considered "one of the most powerful empresses of the Song dynasty and...[possibly] the Southern Song dynasty's most powerful Empress."

Yang is generally asserted to have been intelligent, ruthless and, at times, malicious, while outwardly maintaining a saintly and liberal image. She was the second Song empress after Empress Dowager Liu to come from a humble background, and, like Liu, was an astute wielder of power both at court and in the palace. Her later claim to be from a distinguished military family is believed by modern historians to be a fabrication for political reasons.

Recent historiography uncovered a connection between Empress Yang and an artist named Yang Meizi, who were believed for centuries to have been two different people. This discovery has led to the reappraisal of previous narratives involving both names. Yang Meizi, hitherto dismissed as concerned chiefly with romance and beauty, was granted a dimension of leadership and political acumen. Empress Yang, already respected, gained an aspect of humanity which was formerly foreign to her image.

Gongshu Han, född 1165, död 1200, var en kinesisk kejsarinna, gift med kejsar Song Ningzong.

Tillsammans med sin familjeklan lyckades hon skaffa sig inflytande över politiken i allians med hovets krigsparti och avsätta minister Zhao Ruyu till förmån för minister Han Tuozhou.