Yonghuang (
Manchu: ''Yong huwang''; 5 July 1728 – 21 April 1750) was an imperial prince of the
Manchu-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 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
Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin (died 20 August 1735), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Fuca clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor.
Life Family background
Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin's personal name was not recorded in history. She wa ...
.
Life
His mother
Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin
Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin (died 20 August 1735), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Fuca clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor.
Life Family background
Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin's personal name was not recorded in history. She wa ...
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 17 ...
, died. Yonghuang, as the emperor's eldest son, was tasked with overseeing the empress's funeral. Yonghuang and his third brother,
Yongzhang (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 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 ''
Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace'' (2018)
See also
*
Prince Ding
*
Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty#Male members
*
Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing
References
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1728 births
1750 deaths
Qianlong Emperor's sons
Prince Ding
Qing dynasty imperial princes