Princess Rongshou

Princess Rongshou of the First Rank (Chinese: 榮壽固倫公主; 1854 – 1924), was a royal and a political figure of the Qing dynasty. She was the first daughter of Prince Gong, from the ruling House of Aisin-Gioro, and Princess Consort Gongzhong, of the Gūwalgiya clan.^[1] In 1865, she was adopted by Empress Dowager Cixi, who raised her since then. Rongshou had an important position in the imperial court as the confidant and personal adviser of Cixi, with permission to speak openly to her, and acted as the intermediary for supplicants. At the time of her death, she was the last princess by birth of the Qing dynasty.