Empress Xiaogangkuang (died 1662) was a Chinese empress consort of the

Southern Ming The Southern Ming (), also known as the Later Ming (), officially the Great Ming (), was an imperial dynasty of China and a series of rump states of the Ming dynasty that came into existence following the Jiashen Incident of 1644. Shun forces ...

, empress to the

Yongli Emperor The Yongli Emperor (; 1623–1662; reigned 18 November 1646 – 1 June 1662), personal name Zhu Youlang, was a royal member to the imperial family of Ming dynasty, and the fourth and last commonly recognised emperor of the Southern Ming, reigni ...

. She converted to

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and adopted the name Anne.Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles:
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911
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