Princess Nunje

Nunzhe Gege (Manchu: ᠨᡠᠨᠵᡝᡤᡝ᠊ᡤᡝ, Möllendorff transcription: Nunje gege; 1587–1646), the second daughter of Qing's Taizu Nurhaci. Her biological mother was Consort Irgen Gioro, and she shared the same mother with Prince Raoyu Min Apta Tai.

Life

According to the "Manchu Shilu" (Manchu Veritable Records), "Nunzhe" was likely the given name of her eldest maternal sister, Dong'e Gege. During the Tianming period, she was married off to her maternal cousin Dahan. Following the customs of the time, she was called Zhanhe Gege based on her husband's tribe name. At the time of her marriage to Dahan, she was older than the typical age for a woman's first marriage. Scholar Tang Bangzhi believed that Batulu Yilaka was her former husband, reasoning that the "Qing Imperial Four Genealogies" record, in a translation from the奉天 archives: “Batulu Yilaka, I married my daughter to him, but he did not serve diligently, abandoned his wife without reason. Fearing future trouble, I killed him.”

The "Neiguo Shiliao" (Archives of the Inner Court) records that at dawn on November 11, during the seventh year of the Tiancong era (1636), Hong Taiji led the Great Beliye (Grand Prince) and other Beliye to attend the funeral of the Heshuo Belliye Jierharen Fuzheng. The Beliye descended the terrace to welcome him into the courtyard; then the Khan and the Great Beliye sat together. He ordered Yan Zhegege and Sun Dai Gege to offer wine to the Beliye.

In the first year of Chongde (1636), in November, Hong Taiji bestowed titles on seven princesses, including the sisters and daughters of the royal family, such as Wen Zhe and Yan Zhe, as well as other female relatives. Wen Zhe was titled G ulun Gongzhu (Gulun Princess), and Yan Zhe was titled Heshuo Gongzhu (Heshuo Princess). Some scholars believe she is Yan Zhe, while Wen Zhe is identified as Dong'egu Gege. Aside from the Zhanhe Gege recorded in the "Manwen Laodang" (Old Manchu Archives), the Guo Luoluo genealogy refers to her as Princess Zhanbila, and the "Neiguo Shiliao" translates her as Princess Zamubi Lai.

In July of the third year of Shun Zhi (1646), Yan Zhe died at the age of 60.