Ming · Consort and Royal Family Member

Xiaoke 孝恪

Attested AD 1530 - AD 1554

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiaoke was a consort and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1530 to AD 1554 穆宗母孝恪皇太后
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passages 129-130

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Muzong (穆宗)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 129

Career and standing

Grand Empress Dowager 皇太后
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 129

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 129

Events and relationships

Moved and enshrined
AD 1575 萬曆三年 · Ritual · Honoree · At Hall of Ancestors 奉先殿 · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 130
Sacrificed at shenxiao
AD 1567 隆慶初 · Ritual · Honoree · At Hall of Divine Empyrean 神霄殿 · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 129

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 2 passages

穆宗母孝恪皇太后，隆慶初祀神霄殿，又祔孝懿後於其側。 Muzong’s mother, Grand Empress Dowager Xiaoke, was at first sacrificed to at the Hall of Divine Empyrean in Longqing, and Empress Xiaoyi was also enshrined at her side.

六年，孝懿祔太廟，萬曆三年，孝恪遷祔奉先殿，二殿俱罷。 In the sixth year Xiaoyi was enshrined in the Grand Temple; in the third year of Wanli Xiaoke was moved and enshrined at the Hall of Ancestors, and both halls were abolished.