Empress Xiaoxianchun

Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748) of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan was an imperial consort of the Qing dynasty.

Lady Fuca was born on the 22nd day of the 2nd lunar month in the 51st year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, which translates to 28 March 1712 in the Gregorian calendar.

On 3 September 1727, Lady Fuca married Aisin-Gioro Hongli, the Yongzheng Emperor's fourth son, as his primary consort and moved into the Palace of Eternal Spring in the western part of the Forbidden City.

In the Draft History of Qing, Empress Fuca is described as a respected and virtuous person who looked after the people in the palace, serving her role well.

The Qianlong Emperor once told her that their Manchu ancestors were too poor to make their own pouches from cloth and had to settle for simple deer hide instead, so she immediately made one for him.

In 1748, during one of the Qianlong Emperor's southern tours, Empress Fuca became seriously ill with a malarial fever and eventually died on 8 April, three months after Yongcong's death.

When he found out that two of his sons, Aisin-Gioro Yonghuang and Yongzhang, had not mourned for Empress Fuca as much as was expected, he issued a decree removing both of them from his list of potential successors to the throne.

Parents of Empress Xiaoxianchun