Gurun Princess Rong'an

Gurun Princess Rong'an[1] (20 June 1855 – 5 February 1875) was a princess of the Qing Dynasty, and the only daughter of the Xianfeng Emperor and his Consort Li. She was born in the fourth year of the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor. She married Fuzhen of the Gūwalgiya clan in August 1873, on the order of Empress Dowager Cixi in accordance with Manchu imperial customs. She was pregnant when she heard news of the death of her half brother, the Tongzhi Emperor. The emotional stress caused her to suffer a miscarriage. She died a month later at the age of 19 without any children.

Gurun Princess Rong'an
Born(1855-06-20)20 June 1855
Died5 February 1875(1875-02-05) (aged 19)
SpouseGūwalgiya Fuzhen, Duke of Xiongyong
HouseAisin Gioro (by birth)
Gūwalgiya (by marriage)
FatherXianfeng Emperor
MotherImperial Noble Consort Zhuangjing
Gurun Princess Rong'an
Traditional Chinese榮安固倫公主
Simplified Chinese荣安固伦公主

Ancestry edit

Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799)
Jiaqing Emperor (1760–1820)
Empress Xiaoyichun (1727–1775)
Daoguang Emperor (1782–1850)
He'erjing'e
Empress Xiaoshurui (1760–1797)
Lady Wanggiya
Xianfeng Emperor (1831–1861)
Mukedengbu (d. 1803)
Yiling
Empress Xiaoquancheng (1808–1840)
Lady Uya
Gurun Princess Rong'an (1855–1875)
Qinghai
Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangjing (1837–1890)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Rong'an is part of her title and not her personal name. The "Gurun" is also part of the title. Although she was born to the Xianfeng Emperor's consort, she was granted the status of a Gurun Princess, which was reserved only for princesses born to the empress. (See Qing Dynasty nobility.)

References edit

  • X. L. Woo (2002). Empress Dowager Cixi: China's Last Dynasty and the Long Reign of a Formidable Concubine. ISBN 1-892941-88-0.
  • Evelyn Sakakida Rawski (2001). The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. ISBN 0-520-22837-5.