Empress Zhang (Jiajing)

Empress Zhang (died 1537), personal name Zhang Qijie (張七姐), was a Chinese empress consort of the Ming dynasty, second empress to the Jiajing Emperor.

She was deprived of the title empress in 1534 because of conflicts within the family.

Empress Zhang was the daughter of a member of the Imperial guard.

She was selected to the imperial harem in 1526.

Unofficially, however, the reason was that the emperor disliked her favor with the Empress Xiaochengjing.