Empress Xiaozheyi
Qing Dynasty empress (1854–1875)
Empress Xiaozheyi (25 July 1854 – 27 March 1875), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Alut clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and empress consort of Zaichun, the Tongzhi Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1872 until her husband's death in 1875, after which she was honoured as Empress Jiashun.
Life
Family background
Empress Xiaozheyi's personal name was not recorded in history. Her family originally belonged to the Mongol Plain Blue Banner.
Father: Chongqi (崇綺/崇绮; 1829–1900), the top candidate in the 1865 imperial examination, served as a fourth rank literary official (侍講/侍讲) in the Hanlin Academy, the Minister of Revenue from 1884 to 1886 and in 1900 and the Minister of Personnel in 1886, and held the title of a third class duke (三等公)
Paternal grandfather: Saišangga (賽尚阿/赛尚阿; 1794–1875), served as the Minister of Works from 1841 to 1845
Paternal grandmother: Lady Fuca
Paternal aunt: Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu (1857–1921)
Mother: Lady Aisin Gioro
Maternal grandfather: Duanhua (1807–1861), held the title Prince Zheng of the First Rank from 1846 to 1861
Maternal grandmother: Lady Niohuru, Empress Xiaozhenxian's aunt
Maternal great aunt: Lady Aisin Gioro, the mother of Empress Xiaodexian (1831–1850)
Younger brother: Baochu, Minister of the Imperial Household Department. (d.1900)
A Younger sister, the secondary consort of Yixiang, Prince Hui (second rank)
Xianfeng era
The future Empress Xiaozheyi was born on the first day of the seventh lunar month in the fourth year of the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor, which translates to 25 July 1854 in the Gregorian calendar.
Lady Alut was tutored by her father since she was young and she demonstrated high potential and intelligence as a child. She also showed interest and talent in poetry, literature, music and art. Under the tutelage of her father, she learned to write with both hands. She was famous among the Manchu aristocracy for her talent, moral character and looks.
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