Background
Empress Xiaogongren was born in the Manchu Uya (烏雅) clan. Her father was Weiwu (威武), a Commander of the Guard (護軍參領) and Duke of the First Class (一等公).
Empress Xiaogongren was born in the Manchu Uya (烏雅) clan. Her father was Weiwu (威武), a Commander of the Guard (護軍參領) and Duke of the First Class (一等公).
She was also the mother of Kangxi"s successor, the Yongzheng Emperor. Her personal name is unknown. In 1678 Lady Uya gave birth to the Kangxi Emperor"s fourth surviving son Yinzhen.
A year later she was granted the rank of Imperial Concubine De (德嬪).
In 1681 she gave birth to another son and was promoted to Consort De (德妃) the following year. When the Kangxi Emperor died in 1722, Lady Uya"s eldest child, Yinzhen, succeeded to the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor.
As the mother of the reigning emperor, Lady Uya received the title of Empress Dowager Renshou (仁壽皇太后). Empress Dowager Renshou died of illness in 1723, a year after the death of the Kangxi Emperor.
She fell ill shortly afterwards and refused medical treatment, eventually dying at the age of 64.
She was interred in the Jingling Mausoleum (景陵) in the Eastern Qing Tombs in Zunhua. She was posthumously granted the title of Empress Xiaogongren. Her grandnephew was the Manchu General Zhaohui (Chao-hui) who fought in the Dzungar–Qing War during the Ten Great Campaigns.
Empress Xiaogongren"s full posthumous title is:
Empress Xiaogongxuanhuiwensudingyucichunqinmuzantianchengshengren
(孝恭宣惠溫肅定裕慈純欽穆贊天承聖仁皇后)
Father: Weiwu (威武), a Commander of the Guard (護軍參領), and a First Class Duke (一等公).
Spouse: Kangxi Emperor
Children:
Yinzhen, the Yongzheng Emperor. Yinzhuo (胤祚; 1680–1685)
Unnamed daughter (1682), seventh daughter of the Kangxi Emperor, died prematurely.
Kurun Princess Wenxian (固倫溫憲公主. 1683–1702)
Unnamed daughter (1686–1697), 12th daughter of the Kangxi Emperor.