Empress Ashina

Ashina
"Empress Ashina" (皇后阿史那, Huanghou Ashina) on her epitaph
Empress consort of Northern Zhou
Tenure20 April 568 – 21 June 578
PredecessorEmpress Dugu
SuccessorYang Lihua
Born551
DiedMay 30, 582(582-05-30) (aged 30–31)
Burial5 June, 582
Chenma (陈马), Xianyang
SpouseEmperor Wu of Northern Zhou
Posthumous name
Empress Wucheng (武成皇后)
Empress Wude (武德皇后, per epitaph)
HouseAshina
FatherMuqan Qaghan
Seal

Empress Ashina (阿史那皇后) (551 – 30 May 582) was a Göktürk princess who became an empress of the Xianbei-led Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty. She was the daughter of the Göktürk's third khagan Muqan Qaghan with a non-Turkic wife, and her husband was the Northern Zhou Emperor Wu.