Consort Yuan (Hong Taiji)

Consort Yuan
元妃
Born1593 (1593)
Manchuria
Died1612 (aged 18–19)
SpouseHong Taiji
IssueLobohoi
ClanNiohuru (鈕祜祿; by birth)
Aisin-Gioro (by marriage)
FatherEidu

Consort Yuan (1593–1612), of the Niohuru clan, was the first wife of Hong Taiji. She was one year his junior.

Life

Family background

Lady Niohuru was born in 1593.

It is not known when she married Hong Taiji. In 1611, she gave birth to his third son, Lobohoi, who would die in 1617.

Lady Niohuru died in 1612. She wasn't posthumously honored as empress after Hong Taiji ascended to the throne.[3]

At some later point, she gained the unofficial title "Consort Yuan" (元妃; lit.''Premier Consort'') in order to differentiate her from her husband's other wives.

Titles

  • During the reign of the Wanli Emperor (r. 1572–1620):
    • Lady Niohuru (鈕祜祿氏)
    • Consort (福晉; from unknown date)[a]

Issue

  • Lobohoi (洛博會; 1611–1617), Hong Taiji's third son

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Jurchens had multiple wives with very little distinction between them, all being addressed by this general term. This was also the case for many of Hong Taiji's wives. It was in later compilations of documents that the women were attributed new titles to differentiate them; as noted above, this includes Lady Niohuru.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hummel, Arthur W. (2018). Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period. Berkshire Publishing Group. doi:10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. ISBN 9781614720331.
  2. ^ Sakakida., Rawski, Evelyn (2001). The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22837-5. OCLC 46711121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Yi, Dianxingdong (28 October 2019). Empress Xiaozhao. ISBN 978-1-64677-977-2. OCLC 1152260617.