Empress Xiaoshengxian

Empress Xiaoshengxian
Empress Dowager Chongqing
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure8 October 1735 – 2 March 1777
PredecessorEmpress Dowager Renshou
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Gongci
Born(1692-01-12)12 January 1692
(康熙三十年 十一月 二十五日)
Died2 March 1777(1777-03-02) (aged 85)
(乾隆四十二年 正月 二十三日)
Changchun Xianguan, Old Summer Palace
Burial
Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing tombs
Spouse
(m. 1705; died 1735)
IssueQianlong Emperor
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaosheng Cixuan Kanghui Dunhe Chenghui Renmu Jingtian Guangsheng Xian (孝聖慈宣康惠敦和誠徽仁穆敬天光聖憲皇后)
HouseNiohuru (鈕祜祿)
FatherLingzhu
MotherLady Peng
Empress Xiaoshengxian
Traditional Chinese孝聖憲皇后
Simplified Chinese孝圣宪皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàoshèngxiàn Huánghòu

Empress Xiaoshengxian (12 January 1692 – 2 March 1777), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the consort of Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor and mother of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Chongqing during the reign of her son and posthumously honoured as empress, although she never held the rank of empress consort during her lifetime.

When the empress seat was vacant after Empress Xiaojingxian of the Ulanara clan's death, she was placed in charge of the imperial harem as the highest ranked concubine in that time. The Qianlong Emperor held her in high regard and often consulted her for advice. She died in 1777 and outlived many of her son's consorts.