Empress Zhang (Hongxi)

Posthumous name
	Empress Chéngxiào Gōngsù Míngdé Hóngrén Shùntiān Zhāoshèng Zhāo (誠孝恭肅明德弘仁順天昭聖昭皇后)

Empress Chengxiaozhao
誠孝昭皇后
Empress Chengxiaozhao; 誠孝昭皇后
Grand empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure	7 February 1435 – 20 November 1442
Successor	Grand Empress Dowager Zhou
Empress dowager of the Ming dynasty
Tenure	27 June 1425 – 31 January 1435
Successor	Empress Dowager Sun
Empress consort of the Ming dynasty
Tenure	29 October 1424 – 29 May 1425
Predecessor	Empress Renxiaowen
Successor	Empress Gongrangzhang
Born	1379; Hongwu 12; (洪武十二年); Yongcheng, Henan
Died	20 November 1442 (aged 62–63); Zhengtong 7, 18th day of the 10th month; (正統七年十月十八日)
Burial	Xianling Mausoleum
Spouse	Hongxi Emperor (m. 1395; died 1425)
Issue	Xuande Emperor; Zhu Zhanyong, Prince Jing of Yue; Zhu Zhanshan, Prince Xian of Xiang; Princess Jiaxing;
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Empress Chéngxiào Gōngsù Míngdé Hóngrén Shùntiān Zhāoshèng Zhāo (誠孝恭肅明德弘仁順天昭聖昭皇后)
Clan	Zhang (張)
Father	Zhang Qi, Marquis of Pengcheng (彭城侯張麒)
Mother	Lady Tong (仝氏)

Empress Chengxiaozhao (誠孝昭皇后; 1379 – 20 November 1442), of the Zhang clan, was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, married to the fourth Ming ruler, the Hongxi Emperor (Zhu Gaozhi 1378–1425). He only ruled for one year, so she then served as Empress dowager after the accession of her son the Xuande Emperor. She later served as the Regent of China during the minority of the reign of her grandson, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, from 1435 until 1442.