Empress Xiaoshengxian

Empress Xiaoshengxian
Empress dowager of Qing
Tenure October 1735 – 2 March 1777
Predecessor Empress Xiaogongren
Successor Empress Xiaoherui
Born (1692-01-12)12 January 1692
(康熙三十年 十一月 二十五日)
Died 2 March 1777(1777-03-02) (aged 85)
(乾隆四十二年 正月 二十三日)
Changchunxian Guan, Old Summer Palace
Burial Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse
Yongzheng Emperor
(m. 1704; d. 1735)
Issue Hongli
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaosheng Cixuan Kanghui Dunhe Chenghui Renmu Jingtian Guangsheng Xian
(孝聖慈宣康惠敦和誠徽仁穆敬天光聖憲皇后)
House Niohuru (鈕祜祿; by birth)
Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
Father Lingzhu (凌柱)
Empress Xiaoshengxian
Traditional Chinese 孝聖憲皇后
Simplified Chinese 孝圣宪皇后

Empress Xiaoshengxian (12 January 1692 – 2 March 1777), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a consort of the Yongzheng Emperor.

Life

The Qianlong Emperor serving his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing, during a banquet.

Empress Xiaoshengxian's personal name was not recorded in history.

Titles

  • From 12 January 1692: Lady Niohuru
  • From 1704: Ordinary consort (格格)
  • From 28 March 1723[1]: Consort Xi (熹妃)
  • From 1730: Noble Consort Xi (熹貴妃)
  • From October 1735[2]: Empress Dowager Chongqing (崇慶皇太后)
  • From 1777: Empress Xiaoshengxian (孝聖憲皇后)

Issue

  • Hongli (弘曆; 25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799), the Yongzheng Emperor's fifth (fourth) son, enthroned on 18 October 1735 as the Qianlong Emperor

See also

Notes

  1. 雍正元年 二月 二十二日
  2. 雍正十三年 八月

References

  • Ho, Chuimei; Bronson, Bennet (2004). Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong (Illustrated ed.). Merrell. ISBN 1858942039.
  • Rawski, Evelyn S. (1998). The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions (Reprint ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 052092679X.
  • Rawski, Evelyn S.; Rawson, Jessica (2006). China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 1903973694.
  • Wan, Yi; Shuqing, Wang; Yanzhen, Lu; Scott, Rosemary E. (1988). Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 (Illustrated ed.). Viking. ISBN 0670811645.
  • Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Empress Xiaojingxian
Empress of China
Posthumous
Succeeded by
Empress Xiaoxianchun
Preceded by
Empress Xiaogongren
Empress Dowager of China
1735–1777
Succeeded by
Empress Xiaoherui
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