Tunggiya, Empress Kang Zhang

Infobox_Monarch | name =Empress Xiao Kang Zhang
title =Empress of China


date of death = 1663 (aged 23)
consort =The Shunzhi Emperor|

Empress Xiao Kang Zhang ( _zh. 孝康章皇后佟佳氏; Manchu: Hiyoošungga Nesuken Eldembuhe Hūwanghu) 1640 - 1663 was the third Qing Dynasty Empress Consort of the Shun Zhi Emperor of China.

Biography

When Lady Tongiya entered the imperial court of the Emperor Shunzhi, she was given the title "Imperial Consort Tong". Later, when she bore the Emperor a male heir, Prince Xuan Ye (who later became the Kangxi Emperor, she was elevated to the rank of "Noble Consort". In 1661, when Emperor Shunzhi died, Empress Xiao Kang Zhang was given the title of the "Cihe Dowager Empress" ( _zh. 慈和皇太后), because she was the biological mother to the new Kangxi Emperor. Four months later, Empress Xiao Kang Zhang died of illness inside the Imperial Palace, aged 23.

Posthumous title

Empress Tongiya's full posthumous title is:

* "Empress Xiao Kang Ci He Zhuang Yi Gong Hui Chong Tian Yu Sheng"
* ( _zh. 孝康慈和庄懿恭惠崇天育圣皇后)

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