Reign 1636–1643 Name Empress Xiaoduanwen Father Manggusi Spouse Hong Taiji (m. 1614–1643) | Predecessor None Died May 17, 1649 Predecessor None Role Hong Taiji's wife | |
Reign 1643–1649
alongside Empress Xiaozhuangwen Born 13 May 1600 ( 1600-05-13 ) Children State Princess Yong'an, State Princess Wenzhuang, State Princess Jingduan Similar People Hong Taiji, Harjol, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Dorgon, Shunzhi Emperor | ||
Successor Borjigit, Demoted Empress | ||
Empress Xiaoduanwen (31 May 1600 – 28 May 1649), of the Mongol Borjigit clan, personal name Jerjer or Jere, was the Empress Consort of Hong Taiji, the second ruler of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty.
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Life
Jerjer was a Khorchin Mongol by birth and was from the Borjigit clan, the clan of Genghis Khan. Her father, Manggusi (莽古思), was a beile of the Khorchin Mongols. Her mother was Manggusi's primary consort.
Jerjer married Hong Taiji, the ruler of the Later Jin dynasty, on 28 May 1614 and became his primary consort even though she was not his first wife. In 1636, after Hong Taiji renamed the Later Jin dynasty to Qing dynasty, he instated Jerjer as his Empress. Two of Jerjer's nieces, Bumbutai and Harjol, were also Hong Taiji's consorts.
After Hong Taiji's death in 1643, Jerjer was honoured as "Mother Empress, Empress Dowager" (母后皇太后) by the Shunzhi Emperor, Hong Taiji's ninth son and successor. The emperor's birth mother, Bumbutai (Jerjer's niece), was similarly honoured as "Holy Mother, Empress Dowager" (聖母皇太后).
Jerjer died in 1649 and was interred in the Zhaoling Mausoleum in Shenyang. She was posthumously honoured with the title "Empress Xiaoduanwen".
Children
Jerjer bore Hong Taiji three daughters: