Uya, Empress Gong Ren

Infobox_Monarch | name =Xiao Gong Ren
title =Empress of China


date of birth =1660
date of death =1723 (aged 63)
father =Lieutenant-Colonel Uya Weiwu (護軍參領烏雅威武)
consort =Aisin Gioro Hiowan Yei, The Kangxi Emperor
royal house =House of Aisin Gioro of the Qing Dynasty|

Empress Gong Ren, ( _zh. 孝恭仁皇后烏雅氏; Manchu: Hiyoošungga Gungnecuke Gosin Hūwanghu) (1660 - 1723). Empress Gong Ren was the fourth Empress Consort of the Kangxi Emperor and daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Wei-wu ( _zh. 威武),of the Uya clan, of the Manchu yellow banner corps.

Biography

In 1678 Uya gave birth to the Kangxi Emperor's fourth surviving son Yin Zhen ( _zh. 胤禛), the future Yongzheng Emperor. One year later she was granted the title of "Imperial Concubine "De", meaning "virtuous" ( _zh. 德嬪). In 1681 Uya gave birth to another son. In 1682 she was granted the title of "Imperial Consort De" ( _zh. 德妃). In the next five years, Uya gave birth to three daughters. Finally in 1688, she gave birth to her last son. When the Kangxi Emperor died in 1722, her son Yinzhen ( _zh. 胤禛) succeeded to the throne and, as the mother of the reigning emperor, she received the title the "Empress Dowager Renshou" ( _zh. 仁壽皇太后).

In 1723, one year after the death of her husband the Empress Dowager Renshou died of illness. She was 64 years old and was interred in the Jing Ling Mausoleum ( _zh. 葬景陵). She was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiao Gong Ren.

Family

* Father: Lieutenant-Colonel Weiwu ( _zh. 威武).
* Husband: the Kangxi Emperor (1654 - 1722).
* Children:
# Prince Yinzhen ( _zh. 胤禛), the future Yongzheng Emperor. (1678 - 1735).
# Prince Yin Zhuo ( _zh. 胤祚) (1680 - 1685).
# Kang Xi's seventh daughter (1682).
# Princess Wen Xian ( _zh. 固倫溫憲公主) (1683 - 1702).
# Kang Xi's twelfth daughter (1686 - 1697).
# Prince Yin Ti ( _zh. 胤禵) (1688 - 1755).

References

*Hummel, Arthur William, ed. "Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912)." 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943.

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