| Empress Dowager Xiaohe | |
| Birth Place: | Shuntian Prefecture |
| Death Date: | (age 37–48) |
| Death Place: | Forbidden City, Beijing |
| Burial Place: | Qingling Mausoleum |
| Spouse: | Taichang Emperor |
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| Posthumous Name: | Empress Dowager Xiaohe Gongxian Wenmu Huici Xietian Sheng (孝和恭獻溫穆徽慈諧天鞠聖皇太后) |
| House: | Wang (王) |
| House-Type: | Clan |
Empress Dowager Xiaohe (孝和皇太后; 1582 – 1619), of the Wang clan, was a Ming dynasty consort of the Taichang Emperor and the biological mother of Tianqi Emperor.[1]
Lady Wang became a concubine of Taichang Emperor when he was the crown prince. She was chosen to be a concubine of Taichang Emperor with the rank of Lady of Selected Service (Chinese: 選侍; Pinyin: xuǎn shì), a third rank Consort of the Crown Prince.[2]
In December 1605, Lady Wang gave birth to Zhu Chanluo's first son who would become the Tianqi Emperor.[3] Lady Wang was promoted to the rank of Talented Lady. In 1607, she gave birth to another son who lived only until 1610.[4]
When Zhu Youjian became emperor, he posthumously awarded his mother with title of Empress Dowager Xiaohe Gongxian Wenmu Huici Xietian Sheng and moved her tomb to Qingling to be buried alongside her husband.[5] [6]