Consort Yuan (Hong Taiji)

Posthumous name
	Consort Yuan (元妃)

Consort Yuan
Consort Yuan
Born	1593; Manchuria
Died	1612
Spouse	Hong Taiji
Issue	Lobohoi
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Consort Yuan (元妃)
House	Niohuru (鈕祜祿) (by birth); Aisin Gioro ; (by marriage)
Father	Eidu

Consort Yuan (元妃; 1593–1612) of the Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan was the wife of Hong Taiji. She was one year his junior. Later literatures have regarded her as Hong Taiji's first wife and primary consort.

Life[]

Family Background[]

Father: Eidu (額亦都, 1562–1622) was a Manchu officer and a close associate of Nurhaci^[1]
17 brothers
- Daqi (達啟/达启), Eidu's second son^[2]
- Turgei (圖爾格/图尔格，1594–1645), Eidu's eighth son; officer of Manchu armies during the reign of Hong Taiji
- Ebilun (d. 1673), served as one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor^[3]^[1]
5 younger sister
- Wife of Nikan^[1]
- Primary consort of Jirgalang, fourth daughter

Wanli era[]

In the 21st year of Wanli Emperor reign, Lady Niohuru was born.

It is not known the time when Lady Niohuru married Hong Taiji and became his primary consort.

In the 39th year of Wanli Emperor reign, she gave birth to Lobohoi, Hong Taiji eight son, who would die prematurely in 1617.He didn't receive a posthumos name.

After Hong Taiji become emperor, Lady Niohuru and Lady Ulanara were not named as empresses posthumosly.^[4]

Titles[]

During the reign of Wanli Emperor (1563–1620)
- Lady Niohuru (from 1593)
- Primary Consort (嫡福晋; from unknown date)
During the reign of Hong Taiji (r. 1626–1643)
- Consort Yuan (元妃)

Issue[]

As a primary consort:
- Lobohoi (洛博會; 1611–1617), Hong Taiji's third son

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Hummel, Arthur W. (2018). Publishing Group, Berkshire (ed.). "Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period". doi:10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. ISBN 9781614720331. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Hummel, Arthur W. (2018). Publishing Group, Berkshire (ed.). "Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period". doi:10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. ISBN 9781614720331. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Sakakida., Rawski, Evelyn (2001). The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22837-5. OCLC 46711121.
^ author., Yi, Dianxingdong (28 October 2019). Empress Xiaozhao. ISBN 978-1-64677-977-2. OCLC 1152260617. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Manuscripts of Qing History · Biography I"
"Genealogy of Aisin Gioro" (星源集庆,页二七）
《满文老档》第五十一册天命八年五月......初九日......
Herausgeber, Veit, Veronika 1944-. The role of women in the Altaic world. p. 191. ISBN 978-3-447-05537-6. OCLC 238964092.

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[:0-1] Hummel, Arthur W. (2018). Publishing Group, Berkshire (ed.). "Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period". doi:10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. ISBN 9781614720331. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Hummel, Arthur W. (2018). Publishing Group, Berkshire (ed.). "Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period". doi:10.1093/acref/9780190088019.001.0001. ISBN 9781614720331. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] Sakakida., Rawski, Evelyn (2001). The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22837-5. OCLC 46711121.

[4] uthor., Yi, Dianxingdong (28 October 2019). Empress Xiaozhao. ISBN 978-1-64677-977-2. OCLC 1152260617. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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