Empress Xiaocigao (Qing Dynasty)
Empress Xiaocigao (1575–1603) was a concubine of Nurhaci, khan of the Later Jin Dynasty (the precursor of the Qing Dynasty in China). She was the first concubine of a ruler of the Qing Dynasty to be posthumously granted the title of Empress.
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