What is Guo Shengtong?
{{Infobox royalty |consort=yes |name=Guo Shengtong |father=Guo Chang, Marquess Si of Yin'an |spouse=[[Emperor Guangwu of Han]] (m. 24) |reign=10 July 26<ref>6th month of the 2nd year of the ''Jian'wu'' era, per Emperor Guangwu's biography in ''Book of the Later Han''. Her son Liu Qiang was made Crown Prince on the same day.</ref> – 1 December 41<ref>''xinsi'' day of the 10th month of the 17th year of the ''Jian'wu'' era, per Emperor Guangwu's biography in ''Book of the Later Han''. Yin Lihua was made empress on the same day.</ref> |succession=[[Empress consort]] of the [[Han dynasty|Eastern Han Dynasty]] |issue=[[:zh:劉彊|Liu Qiang, Prince Gong of Donghai]]<br>[[:zh:刘辅 (沛王)|Liu Fu, Prince Pei]]<br>[[:zh:劉康 (濟南王)|Liu Kang, Prince An of Jinan]]<br>[[:zh:刘延 (阜陵王)|Liu Yan, Prince Ji of Fuling]]<br>[[:zh:劉焉 (中山王)|Liu Yan, Prince Jian of Zhongshan]] }} '''Guo Shengtong''' (6<ref>Lady Guo's age when she died was not recorded in her biography in ''Book of the Later Han''. However, her biography did indicate that her brother Guo Kuang was younger than her, and was 16 (by East Asian reckoning) in 25 (1st year of the ''Jian'wu'' era).</ref> – 22 July 52 CE<ref>''dingmao'' day of the 6th month of the 28th year of the ''Jian'wu'' era, per Emperor Guangwu's biography in ''Book of the Later Han''</ref>) was a Chinese empress. Guo was the first empress of the founder of Eastern Han, Liu Xiu, but she was overthrown in 41, while maintaining respect and honor among the people. == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guo Shengtong, Empress}} [[Category:6 births]] [[Category:52 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}