Consort Yuan (Hong Taiji)

Primary Consort of Hong Taiji

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Consort Yuan

Born| 1593
Manchuria
Died| 1612
Spouse| Hong Taiji
Issue| Lobohoi
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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

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### Family background

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* 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[1]
* 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[2][1] and held the title of a first class duke (一等公)
* 5 younger sister
* Wife of Nikan,[1] Prince Jingjinzhuang of the First Rank (敬謹莊親王 尼堪
* Primary consort of Jirgalang, Prince Zhengxian of the First Rank (鄭獻親王), fourth daughter

### Wanli era

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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 posthumous name.

After Hong Taiji become emperor, Lady Niohuru and Lady Ulanara were not named as empresses posthumously.[3]

## Titles

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* During the reign of Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1563–1620)
* Lady Niohuru (鈕祜祿氏; from 1593)
* Primary Consort (嫡福晋; from unknown date)
* During the reign of Hong Taiji of the Qing dynasty (r. 1626–1643)
* Consort Yuan (元妃; After 1626)

## Issue

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

## See also

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* Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing
* Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty

## References

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1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ 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.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Yi, Dianxingdong (28 October 2019). Empress Xiaozhao. ISBN 978-1-64677-977-2. OCLC 1152260617.

* Manuscripts of Qing History · Biography I"
* "Genealogy of Aisin Gioro" (星源集庆,页二七)
* 《满文老档》 Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine 第五十一册 天命八年五月......初九日......
* Herausgeber, Veit, Veronika 1944- (2007). The role of women in the Altaic world. p. 191\. ISBN 978-3-447-05537-6. OCLC 238964092.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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