China: Consort Xiang (9 February 1808 - 15 February 1861), consort of the Daoguang Emperor. Handscroll painting, c. 1825-1861. Consort Xiang was a consort to the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Hailing from the Manchu Niohuru clan, Lady Niohuru became 'Concubine Xiang' in 1823, before being elevated to 'Consort Xiang' in 1825. She was later demoted to 'Noble Lady Xiang' in 1837 for unknown reasons. When the Daoguang Emperor died in 1850 and was succeeded by the Xianfeng Emperor, Lady Niohuru was elevated to 'Dowager Concubine Xiang'.
Consort Xiang, nee Niuhuru, was the daughter of Jiufu). She entered the Forbidden City in Beijing during the beginning of Emperor Daoguang's reign (1820 - 1850) and was given the title of Worthy Lady Xiang. In 1823 she was promoted to the rank of an imperial concubine. She gave birth to two daughters and a son. Sometime after the birth of her son Yicung she was demoted for a reason unknown, but she was promoted by one rank after the death of Emperor Daoguang in 1850. Consort Xiang died in the eleventh year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign. She was later interred in the Muling mausoleum for Imperial Concubines and restored to a third rank consort by the Tongzhi Emperor.
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