Empress Xia (Song dynasty)
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| name = Empress Chenggong
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| spouse = Emperor Xiaozong
| birth_date = 1136
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| death_date = 14 December 1167 (aged {{circa|31}})
| death_place = Lin'an, Zhejiang, China
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| succession = Empress consort of the Southern Song dynasty
| reign = 16 November 1163 – 13 July 1167
| predecessor = Empress Xiansheng
| successor = Empress Chengsu
| posthumous name = Empress Chenggong (成恭皇后)
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Empress Xia Shenfu (1136 – 13 July 1167) was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Xiaozong of Song.
Xia originally served as a maid to the first spouse of Xiaozong, who died in 1156 when he was still prince. In 1162, he married Xia as his second main spouse, and in 1163, he gave her the title of empress.{{Cite web |url=http://www.npm.gov.tw/hotnews/9910seminar/download/all/B01.pdf |title=Richard L. Davies: Troubles in paradise |access-date=2016-05-27 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916204842/http://www.npm.gov.tw/hotnews/9910seminar/download/all/B01.pdf |url-status=dead }} She had one son and one daughter, both of whom died very young.
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Category:Song dynasty empresses
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:12th-century Chinese women
Category:12th-century Chinese people
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