Empress Xiaozhaoren

Empress Xiaozhaoren
Empress Consort of the Qing Dynasty
Tenure 18 September 1677 – 18 March 1678
Born 1653
Died 18 March 1678
Burial 25 April 1681
Jingling Mausoleum, Eastern Qing Tombs, Zunhua
Spouse Kangxi Emperor
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaozhao Jingshu Minghui Zhenghe Anyu Duanmu Qintian Shunsheng Ren
孝昭靜淑明惠正和安裕端穆欽天順聖仁皇后
House Niuhuru (by birth)
Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
Father Ebilun
Empress Xiaozhaoren
Chinese name
Chinese 孝昭仁皇后
Lady Niuhuru
Traditional Chinese 鈕祜祿氏
Simplified Chinese 钮祜禄氏
Manchu name
Manchu script ᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡤᠣᠰᡳᠨ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanization hiyoošungga genggiyen gosin hūwangheo

Empress Xiaozhaoren (Manchu: Hiyoošungga Genggiyen Gosin Hūwanghu; 1653 – 18 March 1678[1]) was the second empress consort of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Biography

Empress Xiaozhaoren was born in the Manchu Niuhuru clan, under the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners. Her personal name was unknown. She was the daughter of Ebilun, one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor. It is unknown when Lady Niuhuru first entered the Forbidden City, but it is believed that she made her entry around the same time as the Kangxi Emperor's first empress, Empress Xiaochengren, because Kangxi had to choose his empress from among the daughters of the Four Regents. Lady Niuhuru was not given any title or rank. In 1674 Empress Xiaochengren died but the Kangxi Emperor did not promote another consort to empress. In 1677 Lady Niuhuru was mentioned for the first time as she was promoted to the status of Empress. As empress she was put in charge of the emperor's concubines. Lady Niuhuru died six months later and was interred in the Jingling Mausoleum in Hebei together with Empress Xiaochengren.

Lady Niuhuru's younger sister entered the Forbidden City as well and was given the posthumous title of Honored Consort Wenxi in 1694.

Posthumous title

Empress Xiaozhaoren's full posthumous title is:

See also

Notes

  1. Empress Xiaozhaoren's exact date of birth is not recorded

References

Succession

Chinese royalty
Preceded by
Empress Xiaochengren
Empress of China
18 September 1677 – 18 March 1678
Succeeded by
Empress Xiaoyiren
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