China: Empress Xiao Sheng Xian (12 January 1692 - 2 March 1777) consort of the Yongzheng Emperor. Hanging scroll painting, 18th century. Empress Xiaoshengxian was the consort of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, and mother to Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor. She hailed from the Niohuru Clan of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and so was known as Lady Niohuru. She was granted the title of Consort Xi in 1723, and then Noble Consort Xi in 1730. When her son became emperor, she was honoured as 'Empress Dowager Chongqing', and became a trusted advisor to the Qianlong Emperor.
Empress Xiao Gong Ren ( 1660–1723) was an Imperial Consort of the Kangxi Emperor and mother of the Yongzheng Emperor. Her father was Lieutenant-Colonel Wei-wu of the Uya clan, of the Manchu yellow banner corps. In 1678 Uya gave birth to the Kangxi Emperor's fourth surviving son Yin Zhen, the future Yongzheng Emperor. One year later she was granted the title of Imperial Concubine De, meaning 'virtuous'. In 1681 Uya gave birth to another son. In 1682 she was granted the title of Imperial Consort De. In the next five years, Uya gave birth to three daughters. Finally in 1688, she gave birth to her last son. When the Kangxi Emperor died in 1722, her son Yinzhen succeeded to the throne and, as the mother of the reigning emperor, she received the title the 'Empress Dowager Renshou'. In 1723, one year after the death of her husband the Empress Dowager Renshou died of illness. She was 64 years old and was interred in the Jing Ling Mausoleum. She was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiao Gong Ren.
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