Consort Ningque Explained

Consort Ningque[1] (寧愨妃 董鄂氏; ? – 11 August 1694) of the Manchu Plain White Banner Donggo clan, was an imperial consort of the Qing dynasty second ruler, Shunzhi Emperor.

Consort Ningque
寧愨妃
Birth Date:Unknown
Death Date:11 August 1694
Death Place:Residence of Prince Yu, Beijing, Qing dynasty
Burial Place:Xiao Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs
Spouse:Shunzhi Emperor
Consort:yes
Issue:Fuquan, Prince Yuxian
House:Donggo (董鄂; by birth)
Aisin-Gioro (by marriage)
Father:Kajihai

Life

Family Background

Lady Donggo's personal name was not recorded in history.Her family belonged to the Plain White Banner, Donggo clan, same as Empress Xiaoxian. Conform records, borth Consort Ningque and Empress Xiaoxian had their ancestral home in Liaoning.[2]

Shunzi Era

It is unknown when lady Donggo entered the Imperial City and became one of Emperor Shunzi concubines. She was one of his ranked concubines, enjoying a higher treatmeant and salary than the others.[3] On 8 September 1653, Concubine Donggo gave birth to her only child, Fuquan, who would later be entitled as Prince Yu of the First Rank (和碩裕親王).[4] .

In 1674, together with other concubines, Lady Donggo was promoted to a Consort. After her husband death, Lady Donggo was allowed to live with her son outside the Imperial city. She moved there together with her servants. On 11 August 1694, she died at her son's manor, the Residence of Prince Yu. She was posthumously name Consort Ningque (寧愨妃) and buried in Xiao Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs.[5]

Titles

Issues

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Notes and References

  1. Aisin-Gioro Genealogy (1938), pag 37: "...Donggo clan, daughter of Kajihai, ....12th year of Kangxi she was named Consort Ningque..."
  2. 董鄂氏族史料集
  3. Qingshi gao, ch. 6, p. 174, Kangxi 6.1.己丑 (14th).
  4. 《清實錄·清聖祖實錄》:諭內閣,朕奉太皇太后慈上旨曰,世祖章皇帝博爾濟金氏三妃及董鄂氏妃,久在宮闈,敬謹夙著,宜加封號,以表令儀。朕恪遵慈諭,今尊皇考妃博爾濟金氏曰皇考恭靖妃,皇考妃博爾濟金氏曰皇考淑惠妃,皇考妃博爾濟金氏曰皇考端順妃,皇考妃董鄂氏曰皇考寧謐妃。著會同禮部,詳議典禮以聞