Empress Xiaoherui

Empress Xiaoherui
Empress Dowager Gongci
Empress consort of the Qing dynasty
Tenure27 May 1801 – 2 September 1820
PredecessorEmpress Xiaoshurui
SuccessorEmpress Xiaoshencheng
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure2 September 1820 – 23 January 1850
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Chongqing
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Kangci
Born(1776-11-20)20 November 1776
(乾隆四十一年 十月 十日)
Died23 January 1850(1850-01-23) (aged 73)
(道光二十九年 十二月 十一日)
Shoukang Palace, Forbidden City
Burial
Chang Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse
(m. 1790⁠–⁠1820)
IssueSeventh daughter
Miankai, Prince Dunke of the First Rank
Mianxin, Prince Ruihuai of the First Rank
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaohe Gongci Kangyu Ancheng Qinshun Renzheng Yingtian Xisheng Rui (孝和恭慈康豫安成欽順仁正應天熙聖睿皇后)
HouseNiohuru (鈕祜祿)
FatherGūnggala (恭阿拉)
MotherLady Yehe Nara
Empress Xiaoherui
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孝和睿皇后
Simplified Chinese孝和睿皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàohéruì Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠰᡠᠨ
ᠰᡠᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanizationhiyoošungga hūwaliyasun sunggiyen hūwangheo

Empress Xiaoherui (20 November 1776 – 23 January 1850), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and second empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1801 until her husband's death in 1820, after which she was honoured as Empress Dowager Gongci during the reign of her step-son, Mianning, the Daoguang Emperor. She was the longest-serving empress consort in Qing history.