Queen Zhou the Elder
| Zhou Ehuang | |||||||||
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| Queen Zhaohui of (Southern) Tang | |||||||||
| Queen consort of Southern Tang | |||||||||
| Tenure | 961–964 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Empress Zhong | ||||||||
| Successor | Queen Zhou the Younger | ||||||||
| Born | 936 or early 937 likely modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu | ||||||||
| Died | 8 December 964 modern Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||||||
| Burial | 14 February 965 Yi Mausoleum (懿陵), suspected to be the site discovered in 2010 in modern Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||||||
| Spouse | Li Yu | ||||||||
| Issue Detail | Sons Li Zhongyu 李仲寓, 958-994, Li Zhongxuan 李仲宣, 961-964 | ||||||||
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| Father | Zhou Zong | ||||||||
Zhou Ehuang (周娥皇) (c. 936 – 8 December 964), posthumously named Queen Zhaohui (昭惠國后), was a queen consort of imperial China's short-lived Southern Tang state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Her husband was Li Yu, Southern Tang's third and last ruler.
She is best known as Queen Zhou the Elder (大周后) to distinguish from her younger sister Queen Zhou the Younger whom Li Yu married after her death. A musical genius and pipa virtuoso, she is suspected to be the subject of many of Li Yu's enduring love poems.