Empress Xiaoherui

Empress Xiaoherui (20 November 1776 – 23 January 1850), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and second empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1801 until her husband's death in 1820, after which she was honoured as Empress Dowager Gongci during the reign of her step-son, Mianning, the Daoguang Emperor. She was the longest-serving empress consort in Qing history. Life Family background Empress Xiaoherui's personal name was not recorded in history. Father: Gūnggala, served as the Minister of Works from 1810 to 1811, the Minister of War from 1811 to 1812 and the Minister of Rites from 1804 to 1810 and from 1812 to 1813, and held the title of a first class duke Paternal grandfather: Gongbao Paternal grandmother: Lady Nara Mother: Lady Yehe Nara Maternal grandfather: Baiming One elder brother and two younger brothers First elder brother: Ningwutai (宁武泰) First younger brother: Heshitai (和世泰), served as a Minister of Works in 1819 Second younger brother: Jiluntai (吉伦泰) Two younger sisters First younger sister: Primary Princess Consort Ruiqin of the First Rank (wife of Duan'en) Second younger sister: