Speaking of the marriage of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, this emperor Taiji is definitely a strange thing, he not only includes other people's wives into the harem, but also gives his own concubines to others, really as long as he can think of it, he can do it, it is estimated that the ancient emperor gave his concubines to few people, and it was still his own subordinates. According to research, The Emperor Taiji has twice given the harem concubines to others, one is the side concubine Zarut Borjigit clan, and the other is the side concubine Yehenara clan that we are going to talk about today.
Speaking of the origin of this Yehenara clan, there is also a bit of a relationship with the Emperor Taiji, the Yehenara clan is from the Yehebu, and the father is anabu, the chief of the Yehebu. Students familiar with Qing history should know that Huang Taiji's mother, Empress Xiaocigao, was from Yehebu, and Empress Xiaocigao and Anab were cousins, so in fact, this Yehenara clan was a cousin of Huang Taiji.
However, the person married in the first marriage of the Yehenara clan was not the Emperor Taiji.
The first husband of the Yehenara clan was Belkar Kama of the Ula tribe, who was the younger brother of the lord of the Urab clan, Bu zhantai, and at that time, the Jurchen of the jianzhou where Nurhaci was located was becoming more and more powerful, seriously threatening the Ula tribe, so the Ula tribe kept wooing the Ula tribe, and the Yehenara clan married Khalkama.
Bu zhantai, the lord of the Urab tribe, had been a hostage in Jianzhou in his early years, and later married Mukush, nurhaci's daughter, but Buzhantai was not a peaceful lord, and he actually disrespected Nurhaci's daughter Mukush and shot her with a whistle. Nurha was so angry that he sent troops to destroy the Ulabu.
During this war, Yehenara's husband Khalkha was killed, and Yehenara himself was taken in by his cousin Emperor Taiji and made a side concubine. Thus, the Yehenara clan began her second marriage.
After Yehenara remarried to Emperor Taiji, he was once favored and bore Emperor Taiji a son, the fifth son, Shuosai. Unexpectedly, however, just after Yehenara gave birth to her son Shuosai, she was thrown out of the house by Emperor Taiji. Emperor Taiji actually gave the Yehenara clan to his subordinates, named Zhantu Shetu.
Moreover, the story of the Yehenara clan is not over, and shortly after marrying Jantu Shetu, Chamtushetu was injured during a hunting expedition and died. As a result, the Yehenara clan once again married Darhu, who was a member of the original Hada chief, Mengbulu. Since then, the Yehenara clan has disappeared from the historical record. As for whether she has a fifth or even a sixth marriage, we don't know.
Although yehenara had a rough life, she had a remarkable son, and her fifth son, Shuosai, made many meritorious contributions in the wars of the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and was given the title of Prince of Heshuo Chengze, becoming one of the only three princes among the sons of Emperor Taiji who stood side by side with Hauge the Prince of Su and Bomu Boguo' Prince of Xiang.
Moreover, this prince of Shuosai was still hereditary, that is, the iron hat king, and later this prince was renamed prince of Heshuozhuang.
The only regret is that Shosai died young, only 27 years old, but compared with the bumpy life of his mother Yehenara, Shosai is already a great honor.
References: Records of Emperor Taizong, Draft History of the Qing Dynasty