Empress Dowager Wang (Southern Ming)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).

Empress Dowager Wang (born Wang Huiling, Chinese: 王徽灵; c. 1594? – 1651), formally known as Empress Dowager Xiaozheng (Chinese: 孝正太后), was an empress dowager of the Southern Ming dynasty of China. She was the main consort of Zhu Changying, Prince of Gui, the father of the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Catholicism and adopted the name Helena.

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