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Yang(2) Huanghou [4221] A Shaoxing resident, who adopted Yang(2) Cishan as her elder brother using his surname as hers. Her investiture as empress in 1195 was opposed by Han(1) Tuozhou [3326], but Zhao(1) Ningzong [9013] ignored his advice. Subsequently, she opposed Tuozhou's plans to regain the central plain (zhongyuan) and when Ningzong died, she helped Shi(5) Miyuan [3727], with the assistance of her step-nephews, Yang(2) Gu [22601] and Shi(5) [22602], place Zhao(2) Lizong [9014] on the throne in place of Ningzong's son, the rightful heir apparent. CBD, 4, 3177-8.
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