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China: Consort He (-1836), concubine of the Daoguang Emperor.

Consort He (18th century - 1836), nee Nara, was the daughter of Cheng Wen. It is not registered when she entered the Forbidden City in Beijing. Her first mention is when she gave birth to Prince Mianning's oldest son in 1808. Mianning's father, the Jiaqing Emperor, granted her the title of Secondary wife. Prince Mianning ascended the throne as the Daoguang emperor in 1820. After her husband's enthronement she was given the title of Imperial Concubine He, and in 1823 she was elevated to the rank of consort. Consort He died in the sixteenth year of Daoguang's reign and was interred in the Muling mausoleum for imperial concubines.