Queen Fu

Queen Fu (Chinese: 苻王后; personal name unknown) was a queen of the Xianbei-led Chinese Western Qin dynasty. Her husband was Qifu Gangui (King Wuyuan).

She was a younger sister of the Former Qin emperor Fu Deng (Emperor Gao), and he created her Princess Dongping. In 394, with his forces having been nearly wiped out by the rival Later Qin's emperor Yao Xing, Fu Deng sought aid from Western Qin, and as part of the agreement, married her to Qifu Gangui. However, later that year, Fu Deng was captured and killed by Yao Xing. Subsequently, Qifu Gangui, notwithstanding the marital relations, expelled Fu Deng's son and successor Fu Chong, who then tried to attack Qifu Gangui but was defeated and killed in battle, ending Former Qin. No further reference was made to Queen Fu, and since his first wife Queen Bian was the one mentioned as being created queen after he lost his state to Later Qin but reestablished in 409, the table below assumes that she was deposed, and Queen Bian restored, after Former Qin's destruction.

Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Queen Bian
Queen of Western Qin
394
Succeeded by
Queen Bian
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Empresses, queens, and princesses of the Sixteen Kingdoms
Empresses, queens, and princesses consort
Cheng-Han (304–347)
  • Empress Ren
  • Empress Yan
  • Empress Yan
  • Empress Li
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)
  • Empress Dong
Empresses and princesses dowager
Han-Zhao (304–329)
  • Empress Dowager Zhang
Later Zhao (319–351)Former Yan (337–370)Former Qin (351–394)Later Yan (384–409)
Later Liang (386–403)
  • Empress Dowager Wei
Southern Yan (398–410)
  • Empress Dowager Duan
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