Jia Nanfeng

Jia Nanfeng
賈南風
"Power behind the throne" of the Jin dynasty
ReignJuly 291 – May 300
PredecessorSima Liang and Wei Guan
SuccessorSima Lun
Empress consort of the Jin dynasty
Reign16 May 290 – 7 May 300
PredecessorEmpress Yang Zhi
SuccessorEmpress Yang Xianrong
Born257
Xiangfen County, Shanxi
Died13 May 300 (aged 42–43)
Luoyang, Henan
SpouseEmperor Hui of Jin
IssuePrincess Hedong
Princess Shiping
Sima Xuanhua, Princess Hongnong
Sima Nǚyan, Lady Aixian
ClanJia (賈)
FatherJia Chong
MotherGuo Huai

Jia Nanfeng (257 – 13 May 300), nicknamed Shi (峕), was a Chinese empress consort. She was a daughter of Jia Chong and the first wife of Emperor Hui of the Jin dynasty and also a granddaughter of Jia Kui. She is commonly seen as a villainous figure in Chinese history, as the person who provoked the War of the Eight Princes, leading to the Wu Hu rebellions and the Jin Dynasty's loss of northern and central China. Between July 291 to May 300, she ruled the Jin empire from behind the scenes by dominating her developmentally disabled husband.