Noble Consort Wenxi


Noble Consort Wenxi, of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a consort of the Kangxi Emperor.

Life

Noble Consort Wenxi's personal name was not recorded in history.

Family background

Noble Consort Wenxi's family was much more prestigious when compared to the maternal families of the other sons of the Kangxi Emperor, apart from Yinreng. Her paternal grandmother, Mukushen, was Nurhaci's daughter, which would make the Kangxi Emperor and Noble Consort Wenxi second cousins. When she died in 1694, her younger brother, Alingga, represented her family in mourning.
  • Father: Ebilun, served as one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor, and held the title of a first class duke
  • * Paternal grandfather: Eidu
  • * Paternal grandmother: Mukushen, Nurhaci's fourth daughter
  • Mother: Lady Šušu-Gioro, a secondary wife
  • Seven brothers
  • * First elder brother: Sailin, third class imperial guard
  • * Second elder brother : unnamed
  • * Third younger brother: Faka, first class duke
  • * Fourth younger brother: Yanzhu, first class imperial guard
  • * Fifth younger brother: Fubao, second class imperial guard
  • * Sixth younger brother: Yinde, First Class Duke
  • * Seventh younger half-brother: Alingga
  • Five sisters
  • * First elder sister: Princess Consort, wife of Zhashen of the Mongol Barin clan
  • * Second elder sister: Empress Xiaozhaoren
  • * Fourth younger half-sister: Duchess of the Fourth Rank, wife of Yunsheng of the Aisin-Gioro clan
  • * Fifth younger sister: First Class Viscountess, wife of Ayushen
  • * Sixth younger sister: Mistress of Kangxi, mother of 20th daughter

Kangxi era

It is not known when Lady Niohuru entered the Forbidden City and became a mistress of the Kangxi Emperor. She was first mentioned in official histories on 28 January 1682 when the Kangxi Emperor granted ranks and titles to his consorts. She was granted the title of "Noble Consort". As she was the only one among the imperial consorts to hold that rank, she did not receive a title to distinguish her from the others.
She gave birth on 28 November 1683 to the emperor's tenth son, Yun'e, and on 24 October 1685 to his 11th daughter, who would die prematurely in June or July 1686.
On 17 December 1694, Lady Niohuru became critically ill. She died two days later and was interred in the Jing Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs. She was granted the posthumous title "Noble Consort Wenxi".

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Issue

  • As Noble Consort:
  • * Yun'e, the Kangxi Emperor's 18th son
  • * Unnamed daughter, the Kangxi Emperor's 11th daughter

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