Empress Lü (Houshao)
Empress Lü was an empress during Han Dynasty.
Lady Lü was the daughter of Lü Lu, the son of Lü Shizhi — the elder brother of the powerful Grand Empress Dowager Lü Zhi, who was the true power at the time even though her grandson Emperor Houshao was the titular emperor. As Grand Empress Dowager Lü grew sick in 180 BC, she put Lü Lu, son of Lü Ze in charge of Emperor Houshao's regency, and married Lady Lü to Emperor Houshao.
When the Lü clan was later destroyed that year, in the Lü Clan Disturbance, Emperor Houshao was deposed and executed. Historians implied that Empress Lü was also executed, although her fate was not explicitly stated.
