Empress Bian (Cao Mao's wife)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bian.

Empress Bian
Chinese	卞皇后
Transcriptions

Empress Bian, personal name unknown, was an empress of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. She was married to Cao Mao, the fourth emperor of Cao Wei. Her father Bian Long (卞隆) was the grandson of Bian Bing (卞秉), a brother-in-law of Cao Mao's great-grandfather, Cao Cao and a brother of Empress Dowager Bian.

Cao Mao married Empress Bian in 255, when he was 14. Her age was not known. There was no further records of her activities, as her husband was himself under the tight control of Sima Shi and then Sima Zhao. It is also not known what happened to her after Cao Mao made a failed coup attempt against Sima Zhao and was killed in the attempt.

See also

• Cao Wei family trees#Ladies Pan, Zhu, and Qiu
• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen Shou. Records of the Three Kingdoms, volumes 4, 5.
• Sima Guang. Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 76.

Chinese royalty
Preceded by Empress Wang	Empress of Cao Wei 255–260	Succeeded by Empress Bian (Cao Huan's wife)