Empress Wanrong

Wanrong , posthumously known as Empress Xiaokemin, was the Empress Consort of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China and final ruler of the Manchuled Qing dynasty. In 1932, when the Empire of Japan established the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria and installed Puyi as its nominal emperor, Wanrong became the empress of Manchukuo. During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria at the end of the Second SinoJapanese War in 1945, Wanrong was captured by Chinese Communist guerrillas and transferred to different locations before she was settled in a prison camp in Yanji, Jilin. She died in prison in around June or August 1946 and her remains were never found. OnOctober 2006, Wanrongs younger brother, Runqi, conducted a ritual burial for her in the Western Qing tombs near Beijing.

Wanrong was born in the Gobulo clan , which is of Daur ancestry and under the Plain White Banner of the Eight Banners. Her father was Rongyuan , who served as a Minister of Domestic Affairs in the Qing imperial court. Wanrongs biological mother, Lady AisinGioro, was the fourth daughter of Yuzhang and a granddaughter of Puxu . She died from childbed fever after giving birth to Wanrong. Wanrong was raised by her stepmother, Hengxiang , who was the second daughter of Yulang and also a granddaughter of Puxu. Hengxiang left a deep impression on Wanrong because she doted on Wanrong and treated her like a real daughter. Wanrong had one full brother, Runliang , who was older than her by two years. She also had a halfbrother, Runqi , who was younger than her by six years. The family lived in a hutong near Dianmen in Beijings Dongcheng District.

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