Empress Yuwen

Empress Yuwen (宇文皇后, personal name unknown) (died 554?)

Her husband was Emperor Fei (Yuan Qin), and her father was Western Wei's paramount general Yuwen Tai.

[1] The future empress, in her youth, was known for making and displaying the drawings of women, and she was thought to be talented.

In 554, Emperor Fei, angry that Yuwen Tai had put the official Yuan Lie (元烈) to death in 553, secretly plotted to kill Yuwen Tai.

[1] According to the History of Northern Dynasties, Empress Yuwen "also suffered death because she was faithful to Wei's imperial house," but did not give greater elaboration as to how or why she died, nor is it completely clear that she died in the same year her husband did.