Background
She was the daughter of Manggusi (莽古斯), a beile of the Khorchin Mongols, and Manggusi"s primary consort.
She was the daughter of Manggusi (莽古斯), a beile of the Khorchin Mongols, and Manggusi"s primary consort.
She was promoted to the status of Empress in 1636 when the Later Jin Dynasty was renamed to the Qing Dynasty, which replaced the Ming Dynasty in China. Two of Jerjer"s nieces, Bumbutai and Harjol, were also married to Hong Taiji as well. After the death of Hong Taiji in 1643, Jerjer was granted the title of "Mother Empress, Empress Dowager" (母后皇太后) by the Shunzhi Emperor, Hong Taiji"s son and successor.
Shunzhi"s birth mother, Bumbutai (Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang), was elevated to the status of "Holy Mother, Empress Dowager" (聖母皇太后).
Jerjer died in 1649, at the age of 50, and was interred in the Zhaoling Mausoleum in Shenyang. She was posthumously granted the title of Empress Xiaoduanwen.
Her posthumous title was subsequently extended to Empress Xiaoduanzhengjingrenyizheshuncixizhuangminfutianxieshengwen (孝端正敬仁懿哲順慈僖庄敏輔天協聖文皇后) during the reigns of the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. Jerjer had three daughters:
Makata, Gurun First Princess Wenzhuang (固倫溫莊長公主馬喀塔.
1625–1663), Hong Taiji"s second daughter.
Gurun First Princess Jingduan (固倫靖端長公主. 1628–1686), personal name unknown, Hong Taiji"s third daughter. Gurun First Princess Yong"an (固倫永安長公主.
1634–1692), personal name unknown, Hong Taiji"s eighth daughter.