Empress Xiaoduanwen

Empress Xiaoduanwen
Empress of Qing
Empress of the Qing dynasty
TenureAugust 1636 – 21 September 1643
PredecessorEmpress Xiaoliewu (in Later Jin)
SuccessorDeposed Empress Jing
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure21 September 1643 – 28 May 1649
PredecessorEmpress Xiaoliewu (in Later Jin)
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Xiaozhuang
BornBorjigit Jerjer
(博爾濟吉特·哲哲; ᠵᡝᡵᠵᡝᡵ)
(1599-05-31)31 May 1599
(萬曆二十七年 閏四月 八日)
Died28 May 1649(1649-05-28) (aged 49)
(順治六年 四月 十八日)
Forbidden City
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1614; died 1643)
IssuePrincess Wenzhuang of the First Rank
Princess Jingduan of the First Rank
Princess Yong'an of the First Rank
Names
Borjigit Jerjer (博爾濟吉特 哲哲)
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaoduan Zhengjing Renyi Zheshun Cixi Zhuangmin Futian Xiesheng Wen (孝端正敬仁懿哲順慈僖莊敏輔天協聖文皇后)
HouseBorjigit (博爾濟吉特)
FatherManggusi
MotherGunbu
Empress Xiaoduanwen
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孝端文皇后
Simplified Chinese孝端文皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàoduānwén Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ
ᡩᠣᡵᠣᠩᡤᠣ
ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡧᡠ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanizationhiyoošungga doronggo genggiyen šu hūwangheo

Jerjer (哲哲; translated as "lady"/"beauty"; 31 May 1599 – 28 May 1649), of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan, was the consort of Hong Taiji. She was seven years his junior. Jerjer was empress consort of Qing from 1636 until her husband's death in 1643, after which she was known as Empress dowager. She was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaoduanwen.