Hitara
Hitara, earlier known as Hitan, was a clan of Manchu nobility belonging to the Manchu Plain White Banner. Due to the marriage of to the Jurchen chieftain Taksi, the clan was called "Old Maiden House". Their ancestral homes were located in the Changbai Mountains, Niyaman Mountains and Dong'e valley, from the beginning of Ming dynasty. After the demise of the Qing dynasty, descendants of this clan changed their surnames to Zhao, Tu, Wen, Qi, Kei, Sun, Zhu, Xi, Liu, Xian and other names.
Notable figures
Males
- Anggoduli Gayan
- Bayan
- * Jindou
- ** Gudou, father of Empress Zhi
- *** Cancha
- **** A'gu, father of Empress Xuan
- Sabitu
- Kuli
- Laibao, a member of Grand Council of State, a secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and a Grand Secretary of Wuying hall
- Chang'an
- *He'erjing'e, served as a second rank literary official in the Imperial Household Department and a second rank military official, and held the title of a third class Cheng'en duke
- **Shengzhu
- **Mengzhu
- Yulu, served as second class military official and governor of Anhui.
- *Xichen
- *Xiyuan, served as a Shujishi in 1889
Females
Imperial Consorts- Empress
- *Empress Xuan（？-1569), mother of Emperor Taizu of Qing, the founding khan of the Jurchen-led Later Jin dynasty；grandmother of Emperor Taizong of Qing, who was the second khan of the Later Jin dynasty and the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty.
- * Empress Xiaoshurui, the Jiaqing Emperor's first empress, the mother of second daughter, the Daoguang Emperor and Princess Zhuangjing