Grandparents Eidu, Mukushen | Died March 18, 1678 Name Empress Xiaozhaoren | |
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Tenure 18 September 1677 – 18 March 1678 Burial 25 April 1681Jingling Mausoleum, Eastern Qing Tombs, Zunhua House Niuhuru (by birth)Aisin Gioro (by marriage) Parents Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor, Ebilun Similar People Kangxi Emperor, Empress Xiaogongren, Yunreng, Shunzhi Emperor, Yuntang | ||
Empress Xiaozhaoren (Manchu: Hiyoošungga Genggiyen Gosin Hūwanghu; 1653 – 18 March 1678) was the second Empress Consort of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Life
Empress Xiaozhaoren was born in the Manchu Niohuru clan, which was under the Bordered Yellow Banner. Her personal name is unknown. She was the daughter of Ebilun, who was one of four regents co-ruling with the Kangxi Emperor when the emperor was still underage. She had a younger sister, who also became a consort of the Kangxi Emperor and was posthumously honoured as "Noble Consort Wenxi" in 1694.
It is not known when Lady Niohuru first entered the Forbidden City and became a concubine of the Kangxi Emperor. However, historians believe that she made her entry around the same time as the Kangxi Emperor's first empress consort, Empress Xiaochengren, because the emperor had to choose his primary consort from the daughters of the four regents. Lady Niohuru did not receive any rank or title initially.
In 1674, after Empress Xiaochengren died, the Kangxi Emperor did not promote any of his consorts to the position of Empress to replace her. In 1677, Lady Niohuru was first mentioned in official histories when the Kangxi Emperor instated her as his new empress consort. As Empress, Lady Niohuru was in charge of the emperor's harem. She died six months later and was interred in the Jingling Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs alongside Empress Xiaochengren.