Yonghuang (

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) and Q ...

: ''Yong huwang''; 5 July 1728 – 21 April 1750) was an imperial prince of the

-led

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

in China. Born in the

Aisin Gioro The House of Aisin-Gioro was a Manchu clan that ruled the Later Jin dynasty (1616–1636), the Qing dynasty (1636–1912), and Manchukuo (1932–1945) in the history of China. Under the Ming dynasty, members of the Aisin Gioro clan served as chi ...

clan, he was the eldest son of the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, born Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1735 ...

. His mother was Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin.

Life

His mother Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin died when he was very young. In 1748, while the Qianlong Emperor was on an inspection tour in southern China, his first empress consort,

Empress Xiaoxianchun Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and first empress consort of Hongli, the Qianlong Emperor. She was Empress consort of Qing from ...

, died. Yonghuang, as the emperor's eldest son, was tasked with overseeing the empress's funeral. Yonghuang and his third brother,

Yongzhang Aisin Gioro Yongzhang (永璋; 15 July 1735 – 26 August 1760) was the Qianlong Emperor's third son. Life Yongzhang was born in the Manor of Prince Bao on 15 July 1735 as the third son of Prince Bao of the First Rank, Hongli. His mother, Lady ...

(永璋; 1735–1760), did not mourn the empress as deeply as expected. When the Qianlong Emperor found out later, he was extremely displeased, so he reprimanded Yonghuang and Yongzhang and removed them from his list of potential successors. Yonghuang died in 1750. The Qianlong Emperor deeply regretted his earlier decision but it was too late. He gave Yonghuang the posthumous title " Prince Ding'an of the First Rank".

Family

Primary Consort * Primary consort, of the Ilari clan (嫡福晉伊拉里氏) ** Miande, Prince of the Fourth Rank (貝子綿德; 11 August 1747 – 17 November 1786), first son Secondary Consort * Secondary consort, of the

Irgen Gioro Irgen Gioro (; ) is a Manchu family name, Manchu clan and family name, which was officially categorized as a "notable clan", and member of the eight great houses of the Manchu people, Manchu nobility in Qing dynasty. Sibe people, Sibe and Nanai ...

clan (側福晉伊爾根覺羅氏) ** Mian'en, Prince Dinggong of the First Rank (定恭親王綿恩; 18 September 1747 – 18 July 1822), second son

Ancestry

In fiction and popular culture

* Portrayed by Ding Qiao in ''

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'' (2018)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonghuang 1728 births 1750 deaths Qianlong Emperor's sons Prince Ding Qing dynasty imperial princes

Life

Family

Ancestry

In fiction and popular culture

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