Consort Yi 宜妃 | |
Birth Date: | 1660 |
Death Date: | 2 October 1733 (age 73) |
Death Place: | Prince Heng's Mansion, Imperial City, Beijing |
Burial Place: | Jing Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs |
Consort: | yes |
Spouse: | Kangxi Emperor |
Issue: | |
House: | Gorolo (郭络罗氏; by birth) Aisin-Gioro (by marriage) |
Father: | Sanguanbao (三官保) |
Consort Yi (Chinese: 宜妃; 1660 – 2 October 1733) of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Gorolo clan,[1] was a concubine of the Kangxi Emperor. She was 6 years his junior.
Consort Yi's personal name was Nalanzhu (Chinese: 納蘭珠, pinyin: Nà lán zhū)[2] .She was a Booi Aha of the Plain Yellow Banner by birth.Her family was later a part of Bordered Yellow Banner.
Lady Gorolo entered the Forbidden City in 1677 and became a lady-in-waiting.In August of the same year,[5] Lady Gorolo was favoured by Kangxi and became a part of his harem with rank of Concubine Yi. On 5 January 1680 gave birth to the emperor's 5th son Yinqi. In December 1681, Lady Tong was elevated to "Imperial Noble Consort"and Concubine Rong, Concubine Yi, Concubine Hui of the Ulanara and Concubine were elevated to the rank of Consort.[6] On 17 October 1683, Consort Yi gave birth to the emperor's 9th son Yuntang.On 8 June 1685, Consort Yi gave birth to 11th prince Yinzi, her last child, who would die prematurely on 22 August 1696.
On 20 August 1699, Concubine Min died and Consort Yi took care of Princess Wenke of the Second Rank. She also took care of Princess Kejing, her sister's daughter and Kangxi's 6th daughter. Kangxi died on 20 December 1772
The Kangxi Emperor published an edict during his lifetime that after his death, the princes could bring their elderly mothers to live in their homes, but they still had to go to the palace every month to greet Emperor Yongzheng in person and meet the empress. Therefore, Consort Yi moved to her son Prince Heng Yinqi's mansion in June of the first year of Yongzheng.
On October 2nd in the eleventh year of Yongzheng (1783), Concubine Yi died in Prince Heng's Mansion. Later, in 1786 she was buried in the Jing Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs.
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