Tian Xiuying

Imperial Noble Consort Gongshu (; 1611 – 16 October 1642), also known as Imperial Noble Consort Tian (田皇貴妃), Noble Consort Tian (田貴妃), or Consort Tian (田妃), personal name Tian Xiuying (田秀英), was a Chinese imperial consort married to the Chongzhen Emperor, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty. She was the favourite concubine of the emperor. Life Tian Xiuying was native of Shaanxi Province, the daughter of Tian Hongyu and Lady Wu. Some other records noted that Lady was not the biological daughter of Tian Hongyu. Her mother was previously a courtesan and Xiuying was adopted by Tian Hongyu after the marriage. After a time, the Tian family moved from Shaanxi to Yangzhou Prefecture. When Chongzhen was still the prince of Xin, He married Lady Tian as his concubine. After ascended to the throne he named Lady Tian as his Noble Consort. In the 5th of Chongzhen, Noble Consort Tian gave birth to her first child, a son named Cizhao, who would disappear during the invasion of Beijing in 1644. He would later be posthumously named as Prince Daoyong (永悼王). One year later she gave birth to another son named Cihuan, entitled as Prince Daoling (悼靈王). Cihuan would die prematurely in 1637. In the same year, she had another son, Cican known as Prince Daohuai (悼懷王). The 6th prince would die on 5 May 1639 when he was 3. She had one more son, Prince Daoliang (悼良王). All of her sons died in childhood.