China: Empress Xiao Hui Zhang (5 November 1641 - 7 January 1718) second consort of the Shunzhi Emperor. Hanging scroll painting, late 17th century. Empress Xiaohuizhang, born Alatan Qiqige, was originally of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan. When Shunzhi's first Empress was demoted in 1653, Xiaohuizhang she was promoted to Consort. One year later she officially became Shunzhi's second Empress. When the Kangxi Emperor ascended the throne, she was honoured as Dowager Empress Renxian, although she was not the biological mother of the new emperor.

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