Xianfeng Emperor - Family

Family

• Father: Daoguang Emperor (1782–1850)
• Mother: Empress Xiaoquancheng – Imperial Consort Quan, of the (Manchu) Niuhuru clan, who was made Empress in 1834, and is known posthumously as Empress Xiaoquancheng.

• Consorts:

1. Empress Xiaodexian (孝德顯皇后薩克达氏) (d. January 1850). Entered the Forbidden City as Lady Sakda of the Sakda clan, raised to the rank of Empress after her death when Yizhu became the Xianfeng Emperor. She was granted the posthumous title of Empress Xiaodexian.
2. Empress Dowager Ci'an (慈安太后) of the Niuhuru clan (1837–1881).
3. Empress Dowager Cixi (Noble Consort Yi 懿貴妃) (1835–1908).
4. Consort Li, posthumously known as Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangjing (庄靜皇貴妃) (1837–1890).
5. Imperial Noble Consort Duanke (端恪皇貴妃) of the Tunggiya clan (1844–1910).
6. Noble Consort Mei (玫貴妃) (1837–1890), she gave birth to the emperor's second son who died young.
7. Noble Consort Wan (婉貴妃) (d. 1894) of the Manchu Sujiro clan.
8. Consort Lu (璷妃) (d. 1895) of the Manchu Nara clan.
9. Consort Ji (吉妃) (d. 1905) of the Wang clan.
10. Consort Xi (禧妃) (d. 1877) of the Chahala clan.
11. Consort Qing (慶妃) (d. 1885) of the Han Chinese Zhang clan.
12. Imperial Concubine Yun (雲嬪) (d. 1855) of the Wugiya clan.
13. Imperial Concubine Rong (容嬪) (d. 1869) of the Manchu Irgen-Gioro clan.
14. Imperial Concubine Shu (璹嬪) (d. 1874) of the Manchu Yehenara clan.
15. Imperial Concubine Yu (玉嬪) (d. 1862) younger sister of Imperial Concubine Shu.
16. First Class Female Attendant Ping (玶常在) (d. 1857) of the Manchu Irgen-Gioro clan. She entered the palace as a concubine of the fourth rank but for unknown reason she was demoted by three rank. In 1856 she was promoted by one rank but she died the following year.
17. First Class Female Attendant Chun (瑃常在) (d. 1859).
18. First Class Female Attendant Xin (鑫常在) (d. 1859).

• Children:

1. Zaichun, (son of Empress Dowager Cixi) who became the Tongzhi Emperor after the Xianfeng Emperor's death.
2. Second son (1858) by Noble Consort Mei. He was posthumously given the title of Prince Min of the Second Rank (憫郡王).
3. Kurun Princess Rong'an (榮安固倫公主)(1855–1875), daughter of Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangjing.

1. Adoptive daughter: Kurun Princess Rongshou (榮壽固倫公主) (1854–1924) was the oldest daughter of Prince Gong.

The Xianfeng Emperor had a large sexual appetite. He was a lover of opera and alcohol, and often became violent with his servants. He was known to smoke opium.