Song ailing
Song Ailing ( Chinese 宋 靄 齡 / 宋 霭 龄 , also 宋 藹 齡 / 宋 蔼 龄 , Sòng Àilíng , obsolete Soong, Eling ; * June 14, 1890 , Kunshan , Jiangsu Province , Empire of China ; † October 18, 1973 , New York City ) was the oldest of the three Song sisters and wife of the richest man in China, HH Kung ( 孔祥熙 , Kǒng Xiángxī , K'ung Hsiang-hsi ).
Her English first name was Nancy.
children
Song Ailing had four children:
- Kung, Ling-i (孔令 儀), daughter
- Kung, Ling-kai (孔令 侃), son
- Kung, Ling-chun (孔令 俊), also Kung, Ling-wei (孔令 偉), daughter
- Kung, Ling-chie (孔令 傑), son
literature
- Sterling Seagrave: The Soong Dynasty . Corgi, London 1996, ISBN 0-552-14108-9 .
- Emily Hahn : China's three big sisters . Bern 1941
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| SURNAME | Song ailing |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soong, Ai-ling; Eling Soong; 宋 藹 齡 (Chinese); Sòng Àilíng |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese woman, Soong sister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1890 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th October 1973 |