China: Empress Nara (11 March 1718 - 19 August 1766), second empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor. Hanging scroll painting by Jean Denis Attiret (1702-1768), c. 1750. Empress Nara of the Nara Clan was the the second empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was originally an imperial consort, but was elevated after the death of Empress Xiaoxianchun in 1748. She accompanied the emperor on various trips, hunts and ceremonies. She eventually lost her authority as chief of the imperial harem in 1765, possibly for scandalously cutting her hair, though she was never officially deposed.

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