Empress Xiaojingxian

Empress Xiaojingxian
Empress Consort of the Qing dynasty
Tenure	1722–1731
Predecessor	Empress Xiaoyiren
Successor	Empress Xiaoshengxian
Born	(1679-05-13)13 May 1679
Died	29 September 1731(1731-09-29) (aged 52)
Spouse	Yongzheng Emperor
Issue	Honghui, Prince Duan
Posthumous name Empress Xiaojing Gonghe Yishun Zhaohui Zhuangsu Ankang Zuotian Yisheng Xian (孝敬恭和懿順昭惠莊肅安康佐天翊聖憲皇后)
House	Ulanara (by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
Mother	Lady Gioro

Empress Xiaojingxian (Manchu: Hiyoošungga Ginggun Temgetulehe Hūwanghu; 13 May 1679 – 29 September 1731) was the Empress Consort of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing dynasty.

Life

Empress Xiaojingxian was born in the Manchu Ula (烏喇) clan, a subgroup of the Nara clan, which was under the Plain Yellow Banner. Her personal name is unknown. Her father, Feiyanggu (費揚古), served as an interior minister in the imperial court of the Kangxi Emperor.

Lady Ulanara married Yinzhen (Prince Yong), the Kangxi Emperor's fourth son, in 1691 and became his primary consort. Six years later, in 1697, she gave birth to Prince Yong's first son, Honghui (1697–1704). In 1722, the Kangxi Emperor died and was succeeded by Prince Yong, who was enthroned as the Yongzheng Emperor. As the Yongzheng Emperor's primary consort, Lady Ulanara was instated as Empress and put in charge of the emperor's harem.

Lady Ulanara died in 1731 and was interred in the Tailing Mausoleum in the Western Qing tombs. The Yongzheng Emperor did not promote any of his other consorts to the position of Empress to replace Lady Ulanara after she died.

See also

• Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing
• Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty

References

• 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.