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Liu Fang (Chinese: 劉芳) (fl. c. early 4th century CE) was an empress of the Xiongnu-led Han-Zhao dynasty of China. She was Liu Yao's third empress. It was likely that she was ethnically Han, because if she were Xiongnu, Liu Yao would not likely have married her due to the prohibition against endogamy given that they had the same family name.
Liu Fang was the cousin of Liu Yao's second empress, also named Liu. When the older Empress Liu neared her death in 326, she recommended Liu Fang to Liu Yao as his next empress, praising her as beautiful and virtuous. After her death, Liu Yao married Liu Fang and created her empress. Nothing further is said about her in historical records, and it is not known whether she survived to, or survived, Han-Zhao's destruction by the Later Zhao in 329.
References
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-6053-7.
- museet, Östasiatiska (1996). Bulletin.
| Chinese royalty | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byEmpress Liu | Empress of Han-Zhao 326–329 ? |
Dynasty ended |
| Empress of China (Western) 326–329 ? |
Succeeded byEmpress Liu of Later Zhao | |
| Empresses, queens, and princesses of the Sixteen Kingdoms | |
|---|---|
| Empresses, queens, and princesses consort | |
| Cheng-Han (304–347) | |
| Han-Zhao (304–329) | |
| Later Zhao (319–351) | |
| Former Liang (320–376) | |
| Former Yan (337–370) | |
| Former Qin (351–394) | |
| Later Yan (384–409) | |
| Later Qin (384–417) | |
| Western Qin (385–431) | |
| Later Liang (386–403) | |
| Southern Liang (397–414) | |
| Northern Liang (397–460) | |
| Southern Yan (398–410) | |
| Xia (407–431) | |
| Northern Yan (407–436) | |
| Ran Wei (350–352) | |
| Empresses and princesses dowager | |
| Han-Zhao (304–329) | |
| Later Zhao (319–351) | |
| Former Yan (337–370) | |
| Former Qin (351–394) | |
| Later Yan (384–409) | |
| Later Liang (386–403) | |
| Southern Yan (398–410) | |
| Western Liang (400–421) | |
| Posthumous empresses | |
| Later Yan (384–409) | |
| Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms → Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing | |