Queen Dowager Xuan

Queen Dowager Xuan (Chinese: 宣太后; 338–265 BC), also called Mi Bazi (羋八子; Wade–Giles: Mi Pa-tzu), was a princess of Chu who became a secondary wife of King Huiwen of Qin. She gave birth to King Zhaoxiang of Qin (r. 306–251 BC) and acted as his regent when he was young. During the reign of King Zhaoxiang, the queen dowager apparently entered illicit relations with the nomadic Yiqu king and had two sons with him, but later tricked and killed the Yiqu king. Following that coup, the Qin army marched into Yiqu territory at the queen dowager's orders; the Qin annihilated the Yiqu remnants and thus came to possess the Ordos region.