Wenxiu

Wenxiu (20 December 1909 – 17 September 1953), also known as Consort Shu (淑妃) and Ailian (愛蓮), was a consort of Puyi, the last Emperor of China and final ruler of the Qing dynasty. She was from the Mongol Erdet (額爾德特) clan and her family was under the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners.

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Royalty.name: Wenxiu
Royalty.title: Consort Shu (淑妃)
Royalty.image: wenxiu.jpg
Royalty.image_size: 200px
Royalty.caption: Photograph of Wenxiu
Royalty.birth_place: Qing China
Royalty.death_place: Beijing, China
Royalty.burial_date: 1953
Royalty.burial_place: Beijing, China
Royalty.father: Erdet Duangong
Royalty.mother: Lady Jiang
Royalty.house: Erdet
Royalty.full name: Erdet Wenxiu (額爾德特·文繡)

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Manchukuo
Place of birth: Qing dynasty
Place of death: Beijing
Spouse: Puyi
Occupation: concubine
Languages spoken: Chinese
Family: Aisin Gioro
Image: Wen Xiu.jpg

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date of birth: 1909-12-20
date of death: 1953-09-17
name in native language: 額爾德特·文繡
Commons category: Wenxiu
place of burial: Beijing
described by source: Draft History of Qing

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Contents

Early life
Marriage to Puyi
As imperial consort
Life in Tianjin
Divorce
Later life and death
See also
Notes

==Early life== Wenxiu was born on 20 December 1909. Her courtesy name was Huixin and her self-chosen pseudonym was Ailian. She belonged to the Mongolian Erdet clan of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner. Her father was Duangong (1852–1908), and her mother was Lady Jiang. She also had a sister named Wenshan. During her childhood, Wenxiu attended school, and was given the name Fu Yufang.

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