Empress Zhang

Empress Zhang, personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Jing'ai, was an empress of the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period. She was the eldest daughter of the Shu general Zhang Fei and his wife Lady Xiahou, who was a noble lady of the rival state Cao Wei as well as the niece of Wei's general Xiahou Yuan. She married Liu Shan in 223 and became the crown princess of Shu. Later in the same year, after Liu Shan's father Liu Bei died, Liu Shan ascended the throne of Shu, and Zhang became the empress. She died in 237 and was buried in Nanling (南陵).