Empress Dowager Ma (Southern Ming)
Empress Dowager Ma (1578–1669), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng (昭聖太后), was an empress dowager of the Southern Ming Dynasty.[1] She was the birth mother of the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism and adopted the name Maria.
References
- Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911
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