Yuan Baoju (元宝 torch) (507 – March 28, 551), of the Xianbei clan, grandson of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, son of YuanYu the Prince of Jingzhao, was the founding emperor of Western Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Yuan Baoju was born in the fourth year of the first year of zheng (507), his father Yuan Yu committed suicide after the defeat of the rebel army, and several of Yuan Baoju's brothers were also imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple until the death of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke before regaining his freedom and re-incorporating into the clan family, initially serving as a general of Zhige, successively being named marquis of ShaoXian and the king of Nanyang, and soon promoted to the position of taiwei and jiashizhong. In the second year of Yongxi (533), he ascended the throne of Taibao, Kaifu, and Shangshuling.
The following year, Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu broke with Quan Xianggao huan, and Yuan Baoju, after being appointed as the governor of the four sides of the Chinese army, defected to Yuwen Tai with Emperor Xiaowu, and in the same year entered the worship of Dazai, and in December of that year, Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu was killed. Qunchen originally planned to establish Emperor Xiaowu's brother Yuanzan the Prince of Guangping, but Yuanshun suggested to Yuwen Tai that Yuan Baoju be made emperor, and Yuwen Tai went to the table to persuade him to advance, and Yuan Baoju took the throne on the first day of the first month of the first year of the reign of Emperor Yuanbao (535), changing the capital of Chang'an to Chang'an, and Yuan Baoju reigned for seventeen years, died at the age of forty-five, and was buried in Yongling, with the title of Emperor Wen.
Who is Yuan Baoju's wife
Empress Wen of the Yifu clan (乙弗皇后) [, for Yuan Baoju, had twelve children, most of whom died prematurely, and only the deposed emperor Yuan Qin and Wudu Wang Yuan peng survived.
Empress Yifu(510–540) Of the Yifu clan, a native of Luoyang, Henan, empress of Emperor Wen of Western Wei, Yuan Baoju. In the first year of the reign (535), she was made empress. He was frugal by nature, benevolent, magnanimous, and without jealousy, and was greatly relied upon by the Yuan Bao torch. In the fourth year of the reign (538), Yuan Baoju adopted a policy of peace and affinity in order to keep Rouran from invading the western Wei borders, marrying Yu Jiulu (i.e., Empress Mo), the daughter of Rouran's chief soldier Khan, and making her empress, deposing YiFushi. In the sixth year of the reign (540), Yuan Baoju was forced by Rouran's military pressure and had no choice but to put Yi Fushi to death, when Chinese New Year's Eve was one year old, and was given the title of Empress Wen. Later, he was buried with Yuan Baoju in Yongling.
Mourning Empress Yujiu Lu, Princess Rouran.