Princess Rongshou of the First Rank (1854 – 1924), was a Chinese princess, daughter of

Prince Gong Yixin (11January 1833– 29May 1898), better known in English as PrinceKung or Gong, was an imperial prince of the Aisin Gioro clan and an important statesman of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in China. He was a regent of the empire from 1861 to 18 ...

and Lady Gūwalgiya.Evelyn S. Rawski, The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions, 2001 In 1865, she became the adoptive daughter of

Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Cixi ( ; mnc, Tsysi taiheo; formerly Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Empress Dowager T'zu-hsi; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), of the Manchu people, Manchu Nara (clan)#Yehe Nara, Yehe Nara clan, was a Chinese nob ...

. She had an important position at the Imperial court as the personal confidant and adviser of Cixi, with permission to speak openly to her, and acted as intermediary for supplicants. At the time of her death she was the last Imperial Princess by birth of the Last Imperial Dynasty of China.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rongshou 1854 births 1924 deaths Qing dynasty princesses 19th-century Chinese women 19th-century Chinese people