Imperial Noble Consort Quehui
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| Born | 1668 ( | ||||
| Died | 24 April 1743 (aged 74–75) ( Forbidden City | ||||
| Burial | Jing Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs | ||||
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| House | Tong, later Tunggiya (佟佳; by birth) Aisin Gioro (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Guowei | ||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 愨惠 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 悫惠 | ||||||
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Dowager Imperial Noble Consort Quehui (1668 – 24 April 1743), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Tunggiya clan, was a consort of the Kangxi Emperor. She was 14 years his junior.
Life
[edit]Family background
[edit]Imperial Noble Consort Quehui's personal name was not recorded in history. Her family originally belonged to the Han Chinese Plain Blue Banner.
- Father: Guowei (
國 維; d. 1719), served as a first rank military official (領 侍 衛 內大臣 ), and held the title of a first class duke (一等 公 )- Paternal grandfather: Tulai (
圖 賴 ; 1606–1658), served as a first rank military official (都 統 ), and held the title of a first class duke (一等 公 ) - Paternal grandmother: Lady Gioro
- Paternal aunt: Empress Xiaokangzhang (1638–1663), the mother of the Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722)
- Paternal grandfather: Tulai (
- Mother: Lady Hešeri
- Six brothers
- First brother: Yekeshu (
叶 克 书), father of Shun'anyan - Second brother: Dekesi (
德 克 新 ), served as third class imperial guard - Third brother: Longkodo (d. 1728)
- Fourth brother: Hongshan (
洪 善 ) - Fifth brother: Qingyuan (庆元)
- Sixth brother: Qingfu (庆復; d. 1747), served as first rank military official (
都 統 /都 统, pinyin: dutong) from 1727 to 1733, Viceroy of Liangjiang, Viceroy of Yunnan, Viceroy of Liangguang in 1741, a Grand Secretary of Wenhua hall (文 华殿大 学士 )
- First brother: Yekeshu (
- Elder sister: Empress Xiaoyiren (d. 1689)
Kangxi era
[edit]The future Imperial Noble Consort Quehui was born in 1668. It is not known when lady Tunggiya entered the Forbidden City; historical records state that she was present in 1697 as a consort.[1] By that year, Empress Xiaoyiren, Noble Consort Wenxi and Imperial Noble Consort Jingmin had died, leaving imperial harem without de iure head. Kangxi Emperor didn't instate a new empress, instead granted lady Tunggiya the title "Noble Consort" (贵妃) in January 1701. As she was the only noble consort, she didn't receive any honorific name.[2] In 1706, she received 150 lard fishes, while Empress Dowager Renxian received 50 sesame oil fishes. From 1711, Lady Tunggiya and Consort He were tasked with raising Hongli, a son of Prince Yong of the First Rank, Yinzhen.
Yongzheng era
[edit]After the enthronement of the Yongzheng Emperor in 1722, Lady Tong was promoted to "Imperial Noble Consort" (
Qianlong era
[edit]In 1736, she was given a title "Dowager Imperial Noble Consort Shouqi" (
Imperial Noble Consort Shouqi died on 24 April 1743 in her residence. She was granted posthumous title "Imperial Noble Consort Quehui" (悫惠
Ancestry
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Titles
[edit]- During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):
- Lady Tong (from September/October 1668)
- Noble Consort (
貴 妃 ; from January/February 1701[6]), third rank consort
- During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735):
- Dowager Imperial Noble Consort (
皇 貴 妃 ; from July/August 1724[7]), second rank consort
- Dowager Imperial Noble Consort (
- During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 《
為 皇太后 皇子 公主 等 預 備豬鵝雞等 數 目 清 單 》/"List of persons attending to Empress Dowager, Imperial Princes and Princesses". - ^ 《
清 实录·圣祖实录·卷 之 二 百 零 二 》/"Chronicles of Qing.Chronicles of Kangxi(Shengzu) Emperor.", volume 200. p. 2. - ^ 《
清 實錄 ·清 世 宗 憲 皇帝 實錄 ·卷 之 二 十 》/"The chronicles of Yongzheng Emperor", volume 20. - ^ "
清 高 宗 實錄 "/"Chronicles of the Qianlong Emperor". - ^ 《
愛 新 覺 羅 宗 譜 》/"The genealogy of Aisin-Gioro clan". - ^
康 熙三 十 九 年 十二月 - ^ 雍正
二 年 六 月 - ^
乾 隆 元年 十 一 月 - ^
乾 隆 八 年 五 月
References
[edit]- Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).