Princess Rongshou of the First Rank (Chinese: 榮壽固倫公主; 1854 – 1924), was a Chinese princess of the Qing dynasty. She was the daughter of Prince Gong and Lady Gūwalgiya.[1] In 1865, she became the adoptive daughter of Empress Dowager Cixi. She had an important position in the imperial court as the personal confidant and adviser of Cixi, with permission to speak openly to her, and acted as intermediary for supplicants.
At the time of her death she was the last princess by birth in the imperial ruling House of Aisin-Gioro of the Qing dynasty.
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- ^ Evelyn S. Rawski, The Last Emperors: A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions, 2001
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