In fact, Dorgon's status in the history of the Qing Dynasty is quite high, and he led the Eight Banners of Manchuria into the customs and laid the foundation for the Qing Dynasty to conquer the Central Plains. Regarding Dorgon's personal life, film and television works depict more of the emotional entanglement between him and Empress Xiaozhuang, in fact, the possibility of emotional intersection between Dorgon and Xiaozhuang is relatively small, if you understand Dorgon's emotional life, you should still start with his wife and concubine, this article is about Dorgon's only wife, Empress Chengzongyi.
Empress Chengzongyi, known as "Xiao Yu'er" in some film and television works, is the sister of Empress Xiaozhuang, in fact, Empress Chengzongyi is not the sister of Empress Xiaozhuang, and the relationship between her and Empress Xiaozhuang is more complicated.
It is said that Empress Chengzongyi's mother was Princess Horqin, also known as Gongbu Fujin. Princess Horqin initially married Belle Manggus of the Horqin Province, who was the father of Empress Xiaoduanwen (哲哲), the grandfather of Empress Xiaozhuangwen. After Manggus's death, Manggus's grandson Sonomam adopted Princess Horqin according to custom, and Empress Chengzongyi was the daughter of Sonomu and Princess Horqin.
Sonomu was empress xiaozhuang's brother, so in summary, Empress Chengzongyi was both empress Xiaoduanwen's half-sister and empress Xiaozhuangwen's niece. (Note: Empress Xiaoduanwen was empress Xiaozhuangwen's aunt)
In the ninth year of Tiancong (1635), Empress Chengzongyi married Dolgun and became the concubine fujin of Dolgun, in fact, Empress Chengzongyi was not the first Fujin of Dolgun, dorgon had married a Mongolian woman also from the Horqin tribe as early as the ninth year of the Mandate of Heaven (1624), she was the daughter of Horqin Sanggar Zhaibele, that is, Borzigit? Ming An granddaughter.
According to the Manchu Old Records, in the year when Emperor Taiji declared the founding of the empire (1636), a number of clan wives were canonized, and Empress Chengzongyi Batma was given the title of Heshuo Concubine Fujin, from which it can be seen that the name of this Empress Chengzongyi was Batma. It is worth mentioning that Empress Chengzongyi also had a younger sister who was also married to Dorgon, that is, Dorgon's fifth wife, Fujin Borjigit.
In the sixth year of Shunzhi, at that time, Dorgon was already the regent of the emperor's father, and his power reached its peak, however, unexpectedly, Empress Chengzongyi died of illness at the end of this year, which is estimated to be more than twenty years old. After Empress Chengzongyi's death, Dorgon used his power to posthumously honor the concubine Fujin:
"Princess Jingxiao Zhonggong Zhenggong, daughter of Ernaiyu's sister King Sonomu of Mongolia, sister of Empress Dowager Taizong. Emperor Taizongwen knew er Xiangui and brought Er and Yu with him since childhood. Er's self-encounter with giving, dignified, respectful, intelligent, benevolent and benevolent, is in line with giving. The passing away is infinite, and the sorrow in the heart is infinite, and all the peoples are also mourning. Reading life and death is the common sense of man, and the canonization of the posthumous title is a great gift, so the name of the He'erjia line is fixed, and the treasure is specially given, and the posthumous honor and filial piety are honored and loyal to the concubines of the Palace. ”
In December of the seventh year of Shunzhi, just one year after the death of Empress Chengzongyi, Dolgun fell to the city of Kara, and subsequently, Shunzhi posthumously named Dolgun the Title of Emperor Chengzongyi, and thus Dolgun's concubine Fujin received the title of Empress Chengzongyi.
However, only a month later, Shunzhi liquidated Dolgun, not only destroying his tomb and exhuming his body, but also revoking all the titles of Dorgon and his wife, so that the title of Empress Chengzongyi existed for only one month in the Qing Dynasty.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Old Manchu Archives, Qing Shilu