Consort Yuan (Hong Taiji) Explained

Consort Yuan
Birth Date:	1593
Birth Place:	Manchuria
Death Place:	1612
Spouse:	Hong Taiji
Issue:	Lobohoi
Posthumous Name:	Consort Yuan (元妃)
House:	Niohuru (鈕祜祿) (by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
Father:	Eidu

Consort Yuan (元妃; 1593–1612) of the Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was the wife of Hong Taiji. She was one year his junior. Later literatures have regarded her as Hong Taiji's first wife and primary consort.

Life

Family background

• Father: Eidu (額亦都, 1562–1622) was a Manchu officer and a close associate of Nurhaci^[1]
• 17 brothers
  • Daqi (達啟/达启), Eidu's second son^[1]
  • Turgei (圖爾格/图尔格, 1594–1645), Eidu's eighth son; officer of Manchu armies during the reign of Hong Taiji
  • Ebilun (d. 1673), served as one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor^[2] and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)
• 5 younger sister
  • Wife of Nikan, Prince Jingjinzhuang of the First Rank (敬謹莊親王 尼堪
  • Primary consort of Jirgalang, Prince Zhengxian of the First Rank (鄭獻親王), fourth daughter

Wanli era

In the 21st year of Wanli Emperor reign, Lady Niohuru was born.

It is not known the time when Lady Niohuru married Hong Taiji and became his primary consort.

In the 39th year of Wanli Emperor reign, she gave birth to Lobohoi, Hong Taiji eight son, who would die prematurely in 1617. He didn't receive a posthumous name.

After Hong Taiji become emperor, Lady Niohuru and Lady Ulanara were not named as empresses posthumously.^[3]

Titles

• During the reign of Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1563–1620)
  • Lady Niohuru (鈕祜祿氏; from 1593)
  • Primary Consort (嫡福晋; from unknown date)
• During the reign of Hong Taiji of the Qing dynasty (r. 1626–1643)
  • Consort Yuan (元妃; After 1626)

Issue

• As a primary consort:
  • Lobohoi (洛博會; 1611–1617), Hong Taiji's third son

See also

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

References

• Manuscripts of Qing History · Biography I"
• "Genealogy of Aisin Gioro" (星源集庆,页二七)
• 《满文老档》 第五十一册 天命八年五月......初九日......
• Book: Herausgeber, Veit, Veronika 1944-. The role of women in the Altaic world. 2007 . 978-3-447-05537-6. 191. 238964092.

Notes and References

1. Hummel. Arthur W.. Berkshire. Publishing Group. 2018. Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period. 10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. 9781614720331.
2. Book: Sakakida., Rawski, Evelyn. The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions. 2001. University of California Press. 0-520-22837-5. 46711121.
3. Book: Yi, Dianxingdong. Empress Xiaozhao. 28 October 2019. 978-1-64677-977-2. 1152260617.