Consort Shu (Qianlong)

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Consort Shu (7 July 1728 – 4 July 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was 17 years younger than him.

Life

Family background

Consort Shu's personal name was not recorded in history.

  • Father: Yongshou (Script error: No such module "Lang".; 1702–1731), served as the Right Vice Minister of War from 1727–1729
    • Paternal grandfather: Kuifang (Script error: No such module "Lang".; 1679–1707), held the title of a prince consort (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Mingju's third son
    • Paternal grandmother: Aisin Gioro Shushen (Script error: No such module "Lang".; 1681–1706), held the title of a third rank princess (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Giyesu's eighth daughter
  • Mother: Guan Sibai (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
    • Maternal grandfather: Hantai (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
  • One brother
  • Three elder sisters
    • First elder sister: wife of Fuheng, of the Fuca clan
    • Second elder sister: Primary Princess Consort Li of the First Rank, wife of Yongkui

Yongzheng era

The future Consort Shu was born on the first day of the sixth lunar month in the sixth year of the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, which translates to 7 July 1728 in the Gregorian calendar.

Qianlong era

On 23 March 1741, Lady Yehe Nara entered the Forbidden City and was granted the title "Noble Lady" by the Qianlong Emperor. She was elevated in December 1741 or January 1742 to "Concubine Shu", and on 20 May 1749 to "Consort Shu". On 12 June 1751, she gave birth to Yongyue, the emperor's tenth son, who would die prematurely on Lady Yehe Nara's twenty-fifth birthday on 7 July 1753. Lady Yehe Nara died on 4 July 1777 and was interred in the Yu Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs.

Titles

  • During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735):
    • Lady Yehe Nara (from 7 July 1728)
  • During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):
    • Noble Lady (Script error: No such module "Lang".; from 23 March 1741[1]), sixth rank consort
    • Concubine Shu (Script error: No such module "Lang".; from December 1741 or January 1742[2]), fifth rank consort
    • Consort Shu (Script error: No such module "Lang".; from 20 May 1749[3]), fourth rank consort

Issue

  • As Consort Shu:
    • Yongyue (永玥;12 June 1751 – 7 July 1753), The Qianlong Emperor's tenth son

In fiction and popular culture

See also

Notes

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  1. 乾隆六年 二月 七月
  2. 乾隆六年 十一月
  3. 乾隆十四年 四月 五日

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References

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