Imperial Noble Consort Duanke Explained

Imperial Noble Consort Duanke
Birth Date:3 December 1844
Birth Place:Jinling (present day Nanjing)
Death Place:Forbidden City
Burial Place:Ding Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
House:Tunggiya (佟佳; by birth)
Aisin Gioro (by marriage)
Father:Yuxiang(裕祥)
T:端恪皇貴妃
S:端恪皇贵妃
P:Duānkè huángguìfēi

Imperial Noble Consort Duanke (; 3 December 1844 – 7 May 1910), of the Manchu Tunggiya clan, was a consort of Xianfeng Emperor.

Life

Family background

Imperial Noble Consort Duanke was a member of a prominent Manchu Tunggiya clan. Her personal name wasn't recorded in history.

Father: Yuxiang (裕祥), served as a leader of imperial guards .

Daoguang era

Imperial Noble Consort Duanke was born on 3 December 1844 in Jinling (present day Nanjing).

Xianfeng era

Lady Tunggiya entered the Forbidden City in 1858 at the age of fourteen, and was granted the title "Concubine Qi" (棋嫔).[1] According to the poem "鸿称通用“ (”Swangoose sees through needs") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "qi" means "fortune". Her residence in the Forbidden city was Palace of Celestial Favor .

Tongzhi era

In November 1861, Concubine Qi was promoted to "Consort Qi" (棋妃).[2] According to the medical records, lady Tunggiya suffered from depression and anemia in 1862. She moved to the Eastern Longevity palace as a concubine of former emperor. In December 1874, Conosrt Qi was promoted to "Noble Consort Qi" (棋贵妃).[3]

Guangxu era

In 1908, Noble Consort Qi was promoted to "Dowager Imperial Noble Consort Qi" (棋皇贵太妃) by Empress Dowager Cixi.[4]

Xuantong era

In 1910, lady Tunggiya fell critically ill before the sacrificial ceremony performed in Jingshan eastern grieving palace. She died on 7 May 1910. She was posthumously honoured as "Imperial Noble Consort Duanke" (端恪皇貴妃).[5] Her newly created golden insignia were presented in front of the coffin by the suggestion of the Ministry of Rites,[6] as it was done for Qianlong Emperor's Noble Consort Xin. In 1911, Imperial Noble Consort Duanke was interred in Ding Mausoleum in Eastern Qing tombs.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 向/ Xiang, 斯/Si. "垂帘听政:慈禧真相"/"Hearing Politics: The Truth About Cixi". Beijing Book Co. Inc.. 10 June 2018. 9787020129164.
  2. Book: 郭/郭, 松義/松义. 清朝典制: 淸帝列傳附册. 吉林文史出版社. 1993. Jilin. 532.
  3. Book: 郭, 松义. 清朝典制: 淸帝列傳附册, book 3. 吉林文史出版社. 1993. 531.
  4. Book: "Promotional book of Imperial Noble Consort". 1908.
  5. Book: 周, 莎. 明清墓葬. 百花文艺出版社. 2008. 87.
  6. Book: 內閣官報. 文海出版社. 1911. 59.