Princess Hejia

Princess Hejia of the Second Rank
Born(1745-12-24)24 December 1745
Jingren Palace, Forbidden City, Beijing
Died29 October 1767(1767-10-29) (aged 21)
Beijing
Spouse
Fulong'an
(m. 1760)
IssueFengshenjilun
Fengshenguolemin
HouseAisin Gioro (by birth)
Fuca (by marriage)
FatherQianlong Emperor
MotherImperial Noble Consort Chunhui
Princess Hejia
Traditional Chinese和碩和嘉公主
Simplified Chinese和硕和嘉公主
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéshuò Héjiā Gōngzhǔ

Princess Hejia of the Second Rank (和碩和嘉公主; 24 December 1745 – 29 October 1767) was a Chinese princess of the Qing dynasty. She was the fourth daughter of Qianlong Emperor born by his concubine, Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.[1]

Life

Princess Hejia of the Second Rank was born on the 24th of December, 1745 (recorded as the second day of the twelfth month of the tenth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign) at the Palace of Great Benevolence (景仁宫; Jǐngréngōng) in the Forbidden City to the then-Noble Consort Chun (純貴妃). The following year, two of the Noble Consort's midwives, Madam Wang and Madam Xu, would also deliver Empress Xiaoxianchun's last child, the short-lived Prince Yongcong.

On March 25, 1760, Princess Hejia married Fulong'an (福隆安), son of Fuheng. In addition to the standard dowry of 10,000 taels, the emperor awarded her another 10,000 more.

In the 28th year of Qianlong (1763), on August 23, Princess Hejia gave birth to her first child, a son, named Fengshenjilun (丰神吉伦). The date of the birth of her second son, named Fengshenguolemin (丰神果勒敏) is not known, but it's likely to be from 1764 onwards.

She became seriously ill and died on 29 October 1767 at the age of twenty-one, leaving Qianlong devasted. She was buried with all honors in an exquisitely made tomb.

References

  1. ^ Wan, Yi; Shuqing, Wang; Yanzhen, Lu; Scott, Rosemary E. (1988). Daily Life in the Forbidden City: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 (Illustrated ed.). Viking. ISBN 0670811645.