Lady Lingiya was second concubine (侧福晋) of the 1st Prince Chun. She was the mother of the 2nd Prince Chun. This made her the paternal grandmother of the last Chinese Emperor Puyi

Puyi

Puyi , of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China, and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled as the Xuantong Emperor from 1908 until his abdication on 12 February 1912. From 1 to 12 July 1917 he was briefly restored to the throne as a nominal emperor by the...

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Born a Han Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

, she worked as a maid at the mansion of the 1st Prince Chun whose original Chinese family name was Liu (zh

ZH

ZH may stand for:* Canton of Zürich* South Holland * Shenzhen Airlines IATA airline designator* Zettahenry, an SI unit of inductance...

: 劉) and was changed into the Manchu clan's name Lingiya when she was made a Manchu

Manchu

The Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...

, which was required in order to become the concubine of a Manchu prince.