China: Empress Xiao Quan Cheng (24 March 1808 - 13 February 1840), third Empress Consort of the Daoguang Emperor, with Yizhu. Hanging scroll painting, c. 1834-1840. Empress Xiaoquanchen, was the third Empress Consort of the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Hailing from the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, Lady Niohuru became the Daoguang Emperor's concubine in 1822, before being elevated to 'Consort Quan' the next year. She became the new empress consort in 1834. She was granted the posthumous title 'Empress Xiaoquancheng' in 1850 by her son Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor.
Empress Xiao Quan Cheng (1808–1840), born Lady Niuhuru, third Qing Dynasty Empress Consort of the Daoguang Emperor (1782–1850). Niuhuru was born to Baron Liyang of the Niuhuru clan, an official in the city of Suzhou in the south. In 1820, at the age of twelve, she was given as a concubine 'of the third class' to the new emperor in the Forbidden City. Two years after the death of the Emperor's second Empress Xiao Shen Cheng in 1833, Niuhuru was officially made Empress Consort with the title of 'Empress Xiao Quan Cheng'. Empress Xiao Quan Cheng died in 1840 aged 32, being 7 years Empress Consort. She was the mother of the Xianfeng Emperor.
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