Prince Ying of the First Rank, or simply Prince Ying, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the

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 ...

-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 ...

(1644–1912). The first bearer of the title was Sahaliyan (1604–1636), the third son of

Daišan Daišan (Manchu: ; 19 August 1583 – 25 November 1648) was an influential Manchu prince and statesman of the Qing dynasty. Family background Daišan was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the second son of Nurhaci, the founder of the ...

and a grandson of

Nurhaci Nurhaci (14 May 1559 – 30 September 1626), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Qing (), was a Jurchen chieftain who rose to prominence in the late 16th century in Manchuria. A member of the House of Aisin-Gioro, he reigned ...

, the founder of the Qing dynasty. The peerage was created in 1636 when Sahaliyan was posthumously awarded the title "Prince Ying of the First Rank" by his uncle Huangtaiji, Nurhaci's successor. Sahaliyan's eldest son, Adali (1624–1643), inherited the peerage and became the second Prince Ying. In 1643, after Huangtaiji's death, Adali and others plotted to replace Huangtaiji's designated successor,

Fulin The Shunzhi Emperor (15 March 1638 – 5 February 1661) was the second Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty of China, and the first Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1644 to 1661. A Deliberative Council of Prince ...

, with another prince,

Dorgon Dorgon (, ; 17 November 1612 – 31 December 1650), was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci (the founder of the Later Jin dynasty, predecessor of the Qing dynasty ...

. However, the plot was exposed and Adali was arrested and executed for treason.

Members of the Prince Ying peerage

Sahaliyan Sahaliyan, alternatively rendered as Sahalin (; 19 June 1604 – 11 June 1636), was an imperial prince of the Qing dynasty of China. He was the third son of Prince Lilie of the First Rank Daišan and a grandson of Nurhaci. Sahaliyan was posthumous ...

(薩哈璘; 1604–1636),

's third son, posthumously awarded the title Prince Ying of the First Rank in 1636 and posthumously honoured as Prince Yingyi of the First Rank (穎毅親王) ** Adali (阿達禮; 1624–1643), Sahaliyan's eldest son, held the title Prince Ying of the First Rank from 1636 to 1643, stripped of his title and executed in 1643 for treason

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Members of the Prince Ying peerage

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