Empress Xiaosu

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Empress Xiaosu 孝肅皇后
Grand empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure	22 September 1487 – 17 March 1504
Predecessor	Grand Empress Dowager Zhang
Successor	Grand Empress Dowager Cisheng
Empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure	9 December 1447 – 22 September 1487
Predecessor	Empress Dowager Xiaoyi
Successor	Empress Dowager Wang
Born	1430 Changping County
Died	17 March 1504(1504-03-17) (aged 73–74)
Burial	1504 Yuling
Spouse	Emperor Yingzong ​ ​ (m. 1446; died 1464)​
Issue	Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianze, Prince Jian of Chong Princess Chongqing
Posthumous name Empress Xiaosu Zhēnshùn Kāngyì Guāngliè Fǔtiān Chéngshèng (孝肅貞順康懿光烈輔天承聖皇后)
Clan	Zhou (周)
Father	Zhou Neng, Duke of Ning (寧國公 周能)
Mother	Lady Zhen (甄氏)

Empress Xiaosu (1430 – 17 March 1504), of the Zhou clan, was the concubine of Emperor Yingzong of Ming and the mother of the Chenghua Emperor.