Consort Chang

Consort Chang, of the Manchu Hešeri clan belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, was a consort of the Daoguang Emperor.

Life

Family background

Consort Chang's personal name wasn't recorded in history. She was a member of a prominent Manchu Hešeri clan belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner.
Father: Ronghai, a third rank military official

Paternal grandfather: Shanqing, a magistrate of Lizhou, Yingzhou, Huizhou
Paternal grandmother: Lady Gioro

Mother: Lady Irgen Gioro

Maternal grandfather: Qiming

Two younger brothers:

First younger brother: Rushan, a jinshi of 1838 and third rank literary official in Sichuan
Second younger brother: Longshan

Two elder sisters

First elder sister: Wife of Nianchang'a, an examiner of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner
Second elder sister: Wife of Linxiang, a second rank military official and Grand Minister of Internal Affairs of the Mongol Plain White Banner.
Jiaqing era

Lady Hesheri was born in the 9th day of the 12th lunar month of the 12th year of Jiaqing era, which translates to 31 December 1808 in the Gregorian calendar.

Daoguang era

Lady Hesheri entered the Forbidden City between 1822 and 1825. Upon the entry, she was granted a title "Noble Lady Zhen". Noble Lady Zhen was promoted to "Concubine Zhen" in May 1825. and to "Consort Zhen" in September 1825. She was demoted to "Concubine Zhen" during her visit in Yuanmingyuan in 1826 because her Yanxi palace used a coach with four horses. Concubine Zhen didn't reflect herself well after her first demotion, so she was demoted to "Noble Lady Chang" in 1830, and moved to Xianfu Palace on the western side of the Forbidden City. She remained childless during the Daoguang era. The Daoguang Emperor died on 26 February 1850.

Xianfeng era

After the enthronement of Xianfeng Emperor, Lady Hesheri was restored as "Concubine Chang". She lived in Shoukang palace in the western part of the Forbidden City. She died on 10 May 1860 in the Garden of Elegant Spring in Yuanmingyuan. She was posthumously granted a title "Consort Chang" by the Tongzhi Emperor, the son of the Xianfeng Emperor.

Titles

During the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor :
* Lady Hesheri
During the reign of the Daoguang Emperor :
* Noble Lady Zhen, sixth rank consort
* Concubine Zhen, fifth rank consort
* Consort Zhen, fourth rank consort
* Concubine Zhen, fifth rank consort
* Noble Lady Chang, sixth rank consort
During the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor :
* Concubine Chang, fifth rank consort
* ''Consort Chang''