Empress Xiaojingcheng

Empress Xiaojingcheng
Empress Dowager Kangci
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure13 – 21 August 1855
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Gongci
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Ci'an
Born(1812-06-19)19 June 1812
(嘉慶十七年 五月 十一日)
Died21 August 1855(1855-08-21) (aged 43)
(咸豐五年 七月 九日)
Shoukang Palace, Elegant Spring Garden, Old Summer Palace
Burial
Mu Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse
(m. 1825; died 1850)
IssueYigang
Yiji
Princess Shou'en of the First Rank
Yixin, Prince Gongzhong of the First Rank
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaojing Kangci Yizhao Duanhui Zhuangren Heshen Bitian Fusheng Cheng (孝靜康慈懿昭端惠莊仁和慎弼天撫聖成皇后)
HouseBorjigit (博爾濟吉特)
FatherHualiang'a
MotherLady Aisin Gioro
Empress Xiaojingcheng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孝靜成皇后
Simplified Chinese孝静成皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàojìngchéng Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ
ᠴᡳᠪᠰᡝᠨ
ᡧᠠᠩᡤᠠᠨ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanizationhiyoošungga cibsen šanggan hūwangheo

Empress Xiaojingcheng (19 June 1812 – 21 August 1855), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Borjigit clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to a consort of Mianning, the Daoguang Emperor. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Kangci during the reign of her step-son, Yizhu, the Xianfeng Emperor. She was the only Qing empress dowager who was neither her husband's empress consort nor emperor's mother.