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Leizu

Legendary Chinese empress, consort of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of silk and sericulture
Intangible legendary_figure Q1441379
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Summary

Leizu is a legendary figure[1]. Leizu was born in Suiping County[2]. Leizu has worked as an Empress[3] and inventor[4]. Leizu draws 274 Wikipedia views per month (legendary figure category, ranking #59 of 180).[5]

Key Facts

  • Spouse: Yellow Emperor[6]
  • Child: Changyi[7], Shaohao[8]
  • Country of citizenship: China[9]
  • Sex or gender: female[10]
  • Instance of: culture hero[11]
  • Commons category: Leizu[12]
  • Described at URL: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%AB%98%E7%A5%96/558987[13], https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E5%AB%98%E7%A5%96[14], https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/mingqing/search/details-poet.php?poetID=2618&showworks=1&showanth=1&showshihuaon=1&showpoems=&language=ch[15]
  • Described by source: Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World[16], Asian Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary, 2700 BCE to Today[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Chinese Culture and Heritage[18]
  • P14750: F7C4-F688-DC7D-2F14-31F9[19]

Why It Matters

Leizu has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Leizu is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

Where was Leizu born?

Leizu was born in Suiping County[2].

Who was Leizu married to?

Leizu's spouses include Yellow Emperor[6].

What did Leizu do for work?

Leizu worked as an Empress[3] and inventor[4].

Related Entities

China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 大戴礼記. wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Given name: Zu, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791263142743"
  2. 17d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'i
    Given name → —
    Sitelink count → 25
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Given name: Zu, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790507776667"
  3. 27d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geni.com profile id → 6000000002048439278
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Geni.com profile id: 6000000002048439278"
  4. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    Child → Changyi, Shaohao
    Citizenship → —
    Described by source → Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World, Asian Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary, 2700 BCE to Today
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: F7C4-F688-DC7D-2F14-31F9, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
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