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Consorts of the Daoguang Emperor

The Daoguang Emperor had fifteen imperial consorts, including four empresses, one imperial noble consort, three noble consorts, three consorts, and four concubines.

Empresses

  1. Empress Xiaomucheng, of the Niohuru clan (1807 – 17 February 1808)
  2. Empress Xiaoshencheng, of the Tunggiya clan (1820 – 16 June 1833)
  3. Empress Xiaoquancheng, of the Niohuru clan (17 June 1833 – 13 February 1840)
  4. Empress Xiaojingcheng, of the Khorchin Borjigin clan (14 February 1840 – 1850)

Imperial Noble Consort

  1. Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangshun

Noble Consorts

  1. Noble Consort Tong, of the Å umuru clan
  2. Noble Consort Jia, of the Gogiya clan
  3. Noble Consort Cheng, of the Niohuru clan

Consorts

  1. Consort He, of the Hoifa-Nara clan
  2. Consort Xiang, of the Niohuru clan
  3. Consort Chang, of the Hešeri clan

Concubines

1. Concubine Tian

Concubine Tian was a member of the prominent Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan. Her personal name was not recorded in history.

Father: Chaqing'a (), served as a magistrate of Guangdong

  • Grandfather: Mujing'an (), served as fifth rank literary official (员外郎); Maci's grandson

Mother: Lady Aisin-Gioro

  • Grandfather: Keling'a (科灵阿), served as second class body guard (二等侍卫)

One younger sister: wife of Chunpei, Master Commandant of Cavalry

Two younger brothers:

  • First younger brother: Chengduan (诚端), served as a fourth rank literary official in the Ministry of Works (侍郎)
  • Second younger brother: Chengchun (诚春), a secretary of the Inner Court (内阁中书)

Qianlong era

Concubine Tian was born on 15 April 1789.

Jiaqing era

Lady Fuca entered the residence of Prince Zhi of the First Rank in 1806 as a secondary consort (侧福晋). At that time, she didn't give birth to any child.

Daoguang era

In 1820, after the coronation of the Daoguang Emperor, Lady Fuca was granted a title "Concubine Tian" (恬嫔; "tian" meaning "peaceful" in Chinese, but ”composed" in Manchu). Concubine Tian initially resided in the Palace of Heavenly Grace. She moved to the Palace of Prolonging Happiness in 1825, which was under the jurisdiction of Consort Chang.

She was described as a benevolent and virtuous person and praised by palace staff. When her head palace maid fell ill, Concubine Tian sent her to recuperate. In 1843, she participated in banquet after a court session by Empress Dowager Gongci in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility together with other imperial consorts. Every New Year's Day, she burned incenses in the back hall of the Palace of Gathering Elegance for Empress Xiaoshencheng. However, Lady Fuca never rose above the rank of concubine despite her earlier status of secondary consort. On 21 August 1845, when the Palace of Prolonging Happiness caught fire, Concubine Tian failed to escape from the raging flames and died at the age of 58. Her head eunuch was beaten 100 times and exiled to the Amur region. Her coffin was interred at Mu Mausoleum of the Western Qing tombs.

2. Concubine Shun

3. Concubine Yu

4. Concubine Heng

Residences in the Forbidden City of the imperial consorts

References