Empress Xiaokangzhang

Empress Xiaokangzhang
Empress Dowager Cihe
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure5 February 1661 – 20 March 1663
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Zhaosheng
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Renxian (as the sole empress dowager)
Born1638 (1638)
(崇德五年)
Died20 March 1663(1663-03-20) (aged 24–25)
(康熙二年 二月 十一日)
Forbidden City, Beijing
Burial
Xiao Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs
Spouse
(m. 1653; died 1661)
IssueKangxi Emperor
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaokang Cihe Zhuangyi Gonghui Wenmu Duanjing Chongtian Yusheng Zhang (孝康慈和莊懿恭惠溫穆端靖崇天育聖章皇后)
HouseTong (佟氏), later Tunggiya (佟佳氏; by birth)
Aisin-Gioro (by marriage)
FatherTulai
MotherLady Gioro
Empress Xiaokangzhang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孝康章皇后
Simplified Chinese孝康章皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàokāngzhāng Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ
ᠨᡝᠰᡠᡴᡝᠨ
ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠮᠪᡠᡥᡝ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanizationhiyoošngga nemgiyen eldembuhe hūwangheo

Empress Xiaokangzhang (1638 – 20 March 1663), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Tunggiya clan, was the concubine of the Shunzhi Emperor and mother of the Kangxi Emperor during the Qing dynasty. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Cihe during the reign of her son and was posthumously honoured as empress, although she never held the rank during her lifetime.