Consort Xiang was a concubine of the Daoguang Emperor.

Biography

Consort Xiang, née Niuhuru (鈕祜祿氏), was the daughter of Jiufu (久福), who was a descendent of Eidu's tenth son Yirteng (伊尔登) (? - 1663). She entered the Forbidden City

Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum...

 in Beijing during the beginning of Emperor Daoguang's reign (1820 - 1850) and was given the title of worthy lady Xiang (祥; auspicious). In 1823 she was promoted to the rank of an imperial concubine. She gave birth to two daughters and a son. Sometime after the birth of her son Yicung she was demoted for a reason unknown , but she was promoted by one rank after the death of Emperor Daoguang in 1850. Consort Xiang died in the eleventh year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign at the mountain resort in Chengde

Chengde

Chengde , previously known as Jehol or Re He , is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, situated northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence...

. She was later interred in the Muling mausoleum for Imperial Concubines and restored to a third rank consort by the Tongzhi Emperor.

Children

1. Daoguang's second daughter (1825)
2. Princess of the second rank Shouzang (壽臧和碩公主 ; Shouzang Hosoi Gongju) (1829 - 1856).
3. Prince Yicung (奕誴) (1831 - 1889).

Sources

• Draft history of the Qing dynasty. 《清史稿》卷二百十四．列傳一．后妃傳.宣宗祥妃