Jingrong (Yehenara)

Lady Yehenara (嫡夫人 叶赫那拉氏, 16 June 1866 - 12 July 1933) was primary consort of Zaize, 5th generation descendant of Yunxu, Prince Yuke of the Second Rank and Kangxi Emperor's 15th surviving son.

Jingrong was a member of the Bordered Blue Banner lineage of the Yehe-Nara clan.Both her father and grandfather held a title of third class duke Cheng'en (承恩公) as their daughters were honoured as empresses.

In 1894, Jingrong became a wife of grace bulwark duke Zaize, adopted son of Yixun, the second in Prince Hui of the first rank, at the age of 28.

[6] The main motive of Cixi's choice was desire to strengthen ties between her maternal family and imperial clan.Jingrong's paternal aunt, Wanzhen, became princess consort Chun of the first rank in 1860s,[7] her first younger sister was instated as an empress of the Guangxu Emperor,[8] while her second younger sister married Nalehe, Prince Shuncheng of the Second Rank in 1889[9] As a supporter of Hundred Days' Reform, Zaize was neither executed nor stripped of his privilleges, which might have affected Jingrong.

Under her supervision, the ducal manor was undergoing reconstruction in order to adapt the estate to innovations of XIX century.