# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/empress-dowager-dong
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:34:05.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/empress-dowager-dong"
name: "Empress Dowager Dong"
slug: "empress-dowager-dong"
description: "Empress Dowager Dong, personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Xiaoren, was an empress dowager of the Eastern Han dynasty of China. She was never empress throughout her early life because she was the wife of a marquis; she only became empress dowager because her son, Liu Hong, became the emperor by chance. During her son's reign, she developed a rivalry with her daughter-in-law, Empress He, because she wanted Emperor Ling's younger son, Liu Xie, to be crown prince while Empress He wanted her own son, Liu Bian to succeed his father. Emperor Ling died in May 189 before he managed to designate either of his two sons as crown prince. Liu Bian eventually took the throne as Emperor Shao; Empress Dowager Dong, as the emperor's grandmother, became grand empress dowager, while her daughter-in-law became empress dowager. Empress Dowager He eventually conspired with her brother, General-in-Chief He Jin, to unseat her mother-in-law from power. Grand Empress Dowager Dong died of illness shortly after her downfall; the common people held Empress Dowager He and her family responsible for the grand empress dowager's death."
tagline: "Chinese Han dynasty empress dowager (died 189)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E7%B5%B5%E6%9C%AC%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%97%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E5%BF%97_He21_00221_0002_p0031.jpg/330px-%E7%B5%B5%E6%9C%AC%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%97%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E5%BF%97_He21_00221_0002_p0031.jpg"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "200"
deathDate: "189"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.973185333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9D%E4%BB%81%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E"
    title: "孝仁皇后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserinmutter_Dong"
    title: "Kaiserinmutter Dong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Dong"
    title: "Empress Dowager Dong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imp%C3%A9ratrice_douairi%C3%A8re_Dong"
    title: "Impératrice douairière Dong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janda_Permaisuri_Dong"
    title: "Janda Permaisuri Dong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9D%E4%BB%81%E8%91%A3%E7%9A%87%E5%90%8E"
    title: "孝仁董皇后"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%ED%83%9C%ED%9B%84_(%ED%9B%84%ED%95%9C)"
    title: "동태후 (후한)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_majka_Dong"
    title: "Carica majka Dong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%AD"
    title: "ตังไทฮอ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%E1%BA%BFu_Nh%C3%A2n_ho%C3%A0ng_h%E1%BA%ADu"
    title: "Hiếu Nhân hoàng hậu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump