Empress Xiaozhuangwen

Empress Xiaozhuangwen
Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng
Empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure21 September 1643 – 5 February 1661
SuccessorEmpress Dowager Cihe and Empress Xiaohuizhang
Grand empress dowager of the Qing dynasty
Tenure5 February 1661 – 27 January 1688
BornBorjigit Bumbutai
(博爾濟吉特·布木布泰)
(1613-03-28)28 March 1613
(萬曆四十一年 閏二月 八日)
Died27 January 1688(1688-01-27) (aged 74)
(康熙二十六年 十二月 二十五日)
Cining Palace, Forbidden City
Burial
Western Zhao Mausoleum, near Eastern Qing Tombs
Spouse
(m. 1625; died 1643)
IssuePrincess Yongmu of the First Rank
Princess Shuhui of the First Rank
Princess Shuzhe of the First Rank
Shunzhi Emperor
Names
Borjigit Bumbutai (博爾濟吉特·布木布泰)
Posthumous name
Empress Xiaozhuang Renxuan Chengxian Gongyi Zhide Chunhui Yitian Qisheng Wen (孝莊仁宣誠憲恭懿至德純徽翊天啟聖文皇后)
HouseBorjigit (博爾濟吉特)
FatherZhaisang
MotherBoli
Empress Xiaozhuangwen
Traditional Chinese孝莊文皇后
Simplified Chinese孝庄文皇后
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàozhuāngwén Huánghòu

Bumbutai (Mongolian: Бумбутай; Manchu: ᠪᡠᠮᠪᡠᡨᠠᡳ; Chinese: 布木布泰; 28 March 1613 – 27 January 1688), of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan, was the consort of Hong Taiji. She was 21 years his junior. She was honoured as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign of her son, Fulin, the Shunzhi Emperor, and as Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng during the reign of her grandson, Xuanye, the Kangxi Emperor.

As empress dowager and grand empress dowager, she had significant influence in the Qing imperial court and was highly respected for her political wisdom and insight. After her death, she was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaozhuangwen, although she never held the rank of empress consort during her lifetime.