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The Northern Zhou dynasty of China had nine empresses consort in its history (although the first two used the alternative title of "Heavenly Princess" (天王后, Tian Wanghou), five of whom were the wives of emperors:

Yuan Humo (r. 557), the wife of Emperor Xiaomin.
Empress Dugu (r. 558), the wife of Emperor Ming.
Empress Ashina (r. 568–578), the wife of Emperor Wu.
Yang Lihua (r. 578–579), the wife of Emperor Xuan.
Sima Lingji (r. 579–580), the wife of Emperor Jing.

Further, Emperor Xuan, after he had become retired emperor, created four of his concubines empresses as well, in contravention to the convention of having only the emperor's wife being empress:

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 # [[Yuan Humo]] (r. 557), the wife of [[Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou|Emperor Xiaomin]].
 # [[Empress Dugu (Northern Zhou)|Empress Dugu]] (r. 558), the wife of [[Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou|Emperor Ming]].
-# [[Empress Ashina]] (r. 568-578), the wife of [[Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou|Emperor Wu]].
+# [[Empress Ashina]] (r. 568–578), the wife of [[Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou|Emperor Wu]].
-# [[Yang Lihua]] (r. 578-579), the wife of [[Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou|Emperor Xuan]].
+# [[Yang Lihua]] (r. 578–579), the wife of [[Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou|Emperor Xuan]].
-# [[Sima Lingji]] (r. 579-580), the wife of [[Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou|Emperor Jing]].
+# [[Sima Lingji]] (r. 579–580), the wife of [[Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou|Emperor Jing]].
 Further, Emperor Xuan, after he had become [[Taishang Huang|retired emperor]], created four of his [[concubine]]s empresses as well, in contravention to the convention of having only the emperor's wife being empress: