Aisin Gioro Yizhi (瑞敏郡王奕志, 30 October 1827 - 27 June 1850) was a

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imperial prince and the first son of

Mianxin Aisin Gioro Mianxin (瑞懷親王綿忻; 9 March 1805 – 27 September 1828) was Qing dynasty imperial prince as the fourth son of the Jiaqing Emperor. Mianxin was made the first holder of the Prince Rui of the First Rank title in 1819. In cont ...

Jiaqing Emperor The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, born Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, fro ...

's fourth son. Yizhi did not have a male heir to inherit his title, so the peerage was de facto extinct. There were two posthumous adoptions done so as to continue the lineage. The peerage was finally abolished in 1900 due to the brutal involvement of

Zaiyi Zaiyi (; Manchu: ; ''dzai-i''; 26 August 1856 – 10 January 1923),Edward J.M. Rhoads, ''Manchus & Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861–1928'', University of Washington Press, 2001 better k ...

in the

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

Life

Yizhi was born to secondary princess consort Ruihuai, lady Xu, as Yiyue (奕约). In 1828, when he became an orphan, several princes, including Prince Ding of the First Rank Yishao, were appointed as curators until he would reach the maturity age. At that time, the second character in his personal name was changed to "zhi" with Kangxi radical "speech" (誌) so as to share resemblance with the characters in the personal names of sons of the

Daoguang Emperor The Daoguang Emperor (; 16 September 1782 – 26 February 1850), also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanxong of Qing, born Mianning, was the seventh Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning ...

. Yizhi was described by elder servants as beautiful and shy person who was rarely seen in aristocratic circles. Moreover, the acquaintances mentioned that his mental abilities were rather limited. In 1848, Yizhi made sacrifices at the Chang mausoleum of the

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. Yizhi died on 27 June 1850, having been barely 22 years old and was posthumously honoured as Prince Ruimin of the Second Rank (多罗瑞敏郡王, meaning "propitious and clever"). The funeral was organised by

Yixin, Prince Gong Yixin (11January 1833– 29May 1898), better known in English as PrinceKung or Gong, was an imperial prince of the Aisin Gioro clan and an important statesman of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in China. He was a regent of the empire from 1861 to 18 ...

Adoption

Yizhi had only one son who died prematurely. As his daughters either married off or died prematurely, there were two imperial princes adopted as his sons. In 1861,

, a son of

Yicong Yicong ( Wade-Giles: ''Yi-tsung'')(23 July 1831 – 18 February 1889), formally known as Prince Dun (or Prince Tun), was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. Life Yicong was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of the Daoguang Emperor ...

, Prince Dun of the First Rank was adopted posthumously as Yizhi's son. In 1894, the title Zaiyi succeeded was renamed to "Prince Duan of the Second Rank". After Zaiyi was stripped of his title for his ferocious actions towards foreigners during Boxer Rebellion, Zaixun, a son of Yixuan, Prince Chun of the First Rank, was adopted as another successor of Yizhi. Zaixun was granted a status of prince of the second rank because of the decree proclaiming expiry of Yizhi's title.

Family

Yizhi was married to lady Feimo, a daughter of fourth rank literary official Wenwei (文蔚) since 1840. His primary consort was 15 years old at that time. Lady Feimo died in the same day as lady Zhang, Yizhi's mistress. ----Consorts and issue: * Primary consort, of the Feimo clan (, 1825 - 8 March 1877） ** ''First son'' (1845) ** Third daughter ** Zairong, Princess of the Fourth Rank (县主载容) *** Married Xixian (希贤) in 1869 * Mistress, of the Zhang clan (, d. 8March 1877) ** ''First daughter'' (June 1847-September 1847) ** Second daughter *** Married Liankui (联奎) of the Bolod clan in 1863 ** Lady of the Second Rank *** Her marriage was organised in 1868 ** Seventh daughter *** Married Narsu (那尔苏) of the Khorchin

Borjigin A Borjigin, ; ; russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin; English plural: Borjigins or Borjigid (from Middle Mongolian);''Histoire des campagnes de Gengis Khan'', p. 119. Manchu plural: is a member of the Mongol sub-clan, which started with Bo ...

clan in 1872

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