Empress Xiaoshurui | |
Succession: | Empress consort of the Qing dynasty |
Reign: | 12 February 1796 – 5 March 1797 |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Predecessor: | Empress Nara |
Successor: | Empress Xiaoherui |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1760 (乾隆二十五年 八月 二十四日) |
Death Date: | (嘉慶二年 二月 七日) |
Death Place: | Forbidden City, Beijing |
Burial Place: | Chang Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs |
Issue: | Second daughter Daoguang Emperor Princess Zhuangjing of the First Rank |
Posthumous Name: | Empress Xiaoshu Duanhe Renzhuang Ciyi Dunyu Zhaosu Guangtian Yousheng Rui (孝淑端和仁莊慈懿敦裕昭肅光天佑聖睿皇后) |
House: | Hitara (喜塔臘) |
Father: | He'erjing'e (和爾經額) |
Mother: | Lady Wanggiya |
T: | 孝淑睿皇后 |
S: | 孝淑睿皇后 |
P: | Xiàoshūruì Huánghòu |
Mnc: | ᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᠨᡝᠮᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠰᡠᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ |
Mnc Rom: | hiyoošungga nemgiyan sunggiyen hūwangheo |
Empress Xiaoshurui (孝淑睿皇后), of the Manchu Plain White Banner Hitara clan (喜塔臘氏) was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1796 until her death in 1797, having been empress for barely a year.
Empress Xiaoshurui's personal name was not recorded in history.
The future Empress Xiaoshurui was born on the 24th day of the eighth lunar month in the 25th year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, which translates to 2 October 1760 in the Gregorian calendar.
On 5 June 1774, Lady Hitara married Yongyan, the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor, and became his primary consort. She gave birth on 2 June 1780 to his second daughter, who would die prematurely on 6 September 1783, on 16 September 1782 to his second son, Minning, and on 20 October 1784 to his fourth daughter, Princess Zhuangjing of the First Rank. According to Qing dynasty imperial medical records, Empress Xiaoshurui was of good health.
On 9 February 1796, the Qianlong Emperor abdicated in favour of Yongyan and became a Retired Emperor, while Yongyan was enthroned as the Jiaqing Emperor. On 12 February 1796, Lady Hitara, as the emperor's primary consort, was instated as empress consort. The Empress died of illness on 5 March 1797, having been empress for barely a year.
The Jiaqing Emperor died on 2 September 1820 and was succeeded by Minning, who was enthroned as the Daoguang Emperor. In April or May 1821, he honoured his mother with the posthumous title "Empress Xiaoshurui".