Empress Xiaokangzhang

Empress Xiaokangzhang
Empress Xiaokangzhang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	孝康章皇后
Simplified Chinese	孝康章皇后
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiàokāngzhāng Huánghòu
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡥᡳᠶᠣᠣᡧᡠᠩᡤᠠ; ᠨᡝᠰᡠᡴᡝᠨ; ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠮᠪᡠᡥᡝ; ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡥᡝᠣ
Romanization	hiyoošngga nemgiyen eldembuhe hūwangheo

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)

Empress Xiaokangzhang
Empress Xiaokangzhang
Empress Dowager Cihe
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure	5 February 1661 – 20 March 1663
Predecessor	Empress Dowager Zhaosheng
Successor	Empress Dowager Renxian (as the sole empress dowager)
Born	1638; (崇德五年)
Died	20 March 1663 (aged 24–25); (康熙二年二月十一日); Forbidden City, Beijing
Burial	Xiao Mausoleum, Eastern Qing tombs
Spouse	Shunzhi Emperor (m. 1653; died 1661)
Issue	Kangxi Emperor
Posthumous name
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)
House	Tong (佟氏), later Tunggiya (佟佳氏; by birth); Aisin-Gioro (by marriage)
Father	Tulai
Mother	Lady Gioro

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.