Uya, Empress Gong Ren

Empress Gong Ren
Spouse	Kangxi Emperor
Posthumous name
孝恭宣惠溫肅定裕慈純欽穆贊天承聖仁皇后
Father	Uya Weiwu
Born	1660
Died	1723 (aged 63)

Empress Gong Ren, (Chinese: 孝恭仁皇后烏雅氏; Manchu: Hiyoošungga Gungnecuke Gosin Hūwanghu) (1660 - 1723)) was an Imperial Consort of the Kangxi Emperor and mother of the Yongzheng Emperor. Her father was Lieutenant-Colonel Wei-wu (Chinese: 威武),of the Uya clan, of the Manchu yellow banner corps.

Biography

In 1678 Uya gave birth to the Kangxi Emperor's fourth surviving son Yin Zhen (Chinese: 胤禛), the future Yongzheng Emperor. One year later she was granted the title of Imperial Concubine "De", meaning "virtuous" (Chinese: 德嬪). In 1681 Uya gave birth to another son. In 1682 she was granted the title of "Imperial Consort De" (Chinese: 德妃). In the next five years, Uya gave birth to three daughters. Finally in 1688, she gave birth to her last son. When the Kangxi Emperor died in 1722, her son Yinzhen (Chinese: 胤禛) succeeded to the throne and, as the mother of the reigning emperor, she received the title the "Empress Dowager Renshou" (Chinese: 仁壽皇太后).

In 1723, one year after the death of her husband the Empress Dowager Renshou died of illness. She was 64 years old and was interred in the Jing Ling Mausoleum (Chinese: 葬景陵). She was given the posthumous title of Empress Xiao Gong Ren.

Family

• Father: Lieutenant-Colonel Weiwu (Chinese: 威武).
• Husband: the Kangxi Emperor (1654 - 1722).
• Children:

1. Prince Yinzhen (Chinese: 胤禛), the future Yongzheng Emperor. (1678 - 1735).
2. Prince Yin Zhuo (Chinese: 胤祚) (1680 - 1685).
3. Kang Xi's seventh daughter (1682).
4. Princess Wen Xian (Chinese: 固倫溫憲公主) (1683 - 1702).
5. Kang Xi's twelfth daughter (1686 - 1697).
6. Prince Yin Ti (Chinese: 胤禵) (1688 - 1755).

References

• Hummel, Arthur William, ed. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912). 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943.

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