Queen Bian

Queen Bian (邊王后, personal name unknown) was a queen of the Chinese/Xianbei state Western Qin. Her husband was Qifu Gangui (King Wuyuan).

Shortly after Qifu Gangui became king in 388, after the death of his brother, the founding king Qifu Guoren (King Xuanlie), he created her queen. Qifu Guoren was not mentioned as having created a queen, but could have. At that point, she was already described of as his wife. However, nothing more is known about her, including whether she was the mother of his eventual successor, his son Qifu Chipan (King Wenzhao). In 394, Qifu Gangui, in a political marriage, married the sister of the Former Qin emperor Fu Deng, the Queen Dongping, as queen, although presumably Queen Fu was deposed and Queen Bian restored after Former Qin's destruction by Later Qin later in 394, for after Qifu Gangui lost his state but restored it in 409, he again created Queen Bian queen. (The succession table below assumes as such.)