Empress Xiao Yi Ren

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Empress Xiao Yi Ren
Tongiya, the Qing Dynasty Cousin Empress
Died	24 August 1689
Consort	The Kangxi Emperor
Father	Minister of internal defence, Tong Guowei

Empress Xiao Yi Ren (Chinese: 孝懿仁皇后佟佳氏), also known as the cousin empress, (? - 24 August 1689). Xiao Yi Ren was the third Empress Consort of the Kangxi Emperor. She was of the Tongiya clan, and was the daughter of the minister of internal defence, Tong Guowei. Also, she was the niece of the Empress Xiao Kang Zhang.

1 Biography
2 Posthumous title
3 See also
4 Succession

Biography

At first, Tongiya was given the title Noble Consort Tong (Chinese: 佟贵妃). When Empress Xiao Zhao Ren died, Lady Tongiya became head of the Imperial Household. During the twentieth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Tongiya was given the title Imperial Noble Consort. During the twenty-second year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the Imperial Noble Consort Tong gave birth to a daughter, whom died within a month. In 1689, Tongiya became seriously ill and Emperor Kangxi promoted her to the rank of Empress Consort. She sadly enough died one day later. Tongiya was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiao Yi Ren after her death, and she was interred in the Jing Ling Mausoleum.

Posthumous title

Empress Tongiya's full posthumous title is:

Empress Xiao Yi Wen Cheng Duan Ren Xian Mu He Luo Ci Hui Feng Tian Zuo Sheng Ren
Chinese: 孝懿温诚端仁宪穆和恪慈惠奉天佐圣仁皇后

Succession

Preceded by Niuhuru, the Empress Xiao Zhao Ren (Chinese: 孝昭仁皇后钮祜禄氏)	Empress of China 23 August 1689 - 24 August 1689	Succeeded by Wuya, the Empress Xiao Gong Ren (Chinese: 孝恭仁皇后乌雅氏)