Empress Xiaozheyi

Empress Xiaozheyi (25 July 1854 – 27 March 1875), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Arute clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and empress consort of Zaichun, the Tongzhi Emperor. She was empress consort of Qing from 1872 until her husband's death in 1875, after which she was honoured as Empress Jiashun. Life Family background Empress Xiaozheyi's personal name was not recorded in history. Her family originally belonged to the Mongol Plain Blue Banner. Father: Chongqi (; 1829–1900), the top candidate in the 1865 imperial examination, served as a fourth rank literary official in the Hanlin Academy, the Minister of Revenue from 1884 to 1886 and in 1900 and the Minister of Personnel in 1886, and held the title of a third class duke Paternal grandfather: Saišangga (; 1794–1875), served as the Minister of Works from 1841 to 1845 Paternal grandmother: Lady Fuca Paternal aunt: Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu (1857–1921) Mother: Lady Aisin Gioro Maternal grandfather: Duanhua (1807–1861), held the title Prince Zheng of the First Rank from 1846 to 1861 Maternal grandmother: Lady Niohuru, Empress Xiaozhenxian's aunt Maternal great aunt: Lady Aisin Gioro, the mother of Empress Xiaodexian (1831–1850) One brother