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No matter the dynasty, the empress (皇后; huánghòu) held the highest rank and was the legal wife of the emperor, as well as the chief of the imperial harem and "mother of the nation" (母后天下; mǔhòu tiānxià) which translates to ”imperial mother of all under heaven”.
The Qing dynasty, much like previous dynasties, used an "official rank" system (品; pǐn).This system had nine numbered ranks, each subdivided into upper and lower levels, in addition to the lowest "unranked" rank: from upper first pin (正一品), to lower ninth pin (從九品), to the unranked (未入流), for a total of 19 ranks.
The Qing dynasty developed a complicated system of ranks and titles. Princess's consort was granted a title of efu (Manchu:ᡝᡶᡠ; Chinese: 额驸; 額駙; éfù), meaning "imperial charioter".
The Empress of the Nara clan (11 March 1718 [1] – 19 August 1766 [2]) of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner Ula-Nara Clan, was the second wife of the Qianlong Emperor. [3] She was the empress consort of the Qing dynasty from 1750 until her death in 1766.
When the Jiaqing Emperor's primary consort, Empress Xiaoshurui, died of illness on 5 March 1797, the Noble Consort was placed in charge of the imperial harem as the highest rank concubine in that time, and was elevated to "Imperial Noble Consort". The Jiaqing Emperor wanted to make the Imperial Noble Consort his new empress consort but had to ...
As she was the only woman in the imperial harem holding said rank at the time, she did not receive any special title to distinguish her from the emperor's other consorts. On 23 February 1745, when Noble Consort Gao became critically ill, she was elevated to "Imperial Noble Consort Gao" by the Qianlong Emperor.
Empress Dowager Cixi, Qing dynasty. 1643–1649: Empress Xiaoduanwen; 1643–1688: Empress Dowager Zhaosheng; 1661–1663: Empress Dowager Cihe; 1661–1718: Empress Dowager Renxian; 1722–1723: Empress Dowager Renshou; 1735–1777: Empress Dowager Chongqing; 1820–1850: Empress Dowager Gongci; 1855: Empress Dowager Kangci; 1861–1881 ...
Subsequent dynasties expanded the hereditary titles further. Not all titles of peerage are hereditary, and the right to continue the heredity passage of a very high title was seen as a very high honour; at the end of the Qing dynasty, there were five grades of princes, amongst a myriad of other titles. For details, see Qing dynasty nobility.