Yunki

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Yunki
允祺
 Prince Heng of the First Rank (和碩恆親王)
Prince Heng of the First Rank
Tenure1709–1732
PredecessorTitle created
SuccessorHongzhi
BornAisin Gioro Yinqi
(愛新覺羅·胤祺)
(1680-01-05)5 January 1680
Died10 July 1732(1732-07-10) (aged 52)
ConsortsLady Tatara
Lady Fuca
Issue 7 sons
6 daughters
Names
Aisin Gioro Yunki (愛新覺羅·允祺)
Posthumous name
Prince Hengwen of the First Rank (恆溫親王)
House Aisin Gioro
Father Kangxi Emperor
MotherConsort Yi

Yunki (Manchu :ᠶᡡᠨ ᡴᡳ, Möllendorff : yūn ki, Chinese :允祺; pinyin :Yǔnqí; 5 January 1680 – 10 July 1732), born Yinqi and formally known as Prince Heng of the First Rank, was an imperial prince of the Manchu ruled Qing dynasty. He was the fifth son of the Kangxi Emperor who survived to adulthood. [1]

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Life

Yinqi was born on 5 January 1680 to Lady Gorolo, Concubine Yi (宜嬪). [2] [3] Yinqi was raised by his grandmother, Empress Xiaohuizhang, and did not participate in the battle to be Kangxi's successor.

In 1696, the Kangxi Emperor ordered Yinqi to lead the Plain Yellow Banners troops against Dzungar Khanate ruled by Galdan Boshugtu Khan. The battle ended with a Qing victory. [4]

In 1709, Yinqi was granted the title of Prince Heng [5] of the First Rank (恒親王). In 1719, he designed his eldest son, Hongsheng (弘昇; 1696–1754), as his heir. [6] Hongsheng was stripped of his titles in 1727 because of his inability to deal with official affairs.

He changed his name to Yunqi when Yinzhen became emperor.

Yunki died on 10 July 1732 and was posthumously awarded with the title of Prince Hengwen of the First Rank (恒温亲王).The princedom of Yunki was inherited by his second son, Hongzhi. [7]

Yunki's Mansion is located near the Shichahai neighborhood in central Beijing. In present the residence in known as Prince Chun Mansion.

Family

Primary Consort

Secondary Consort

Concubine

Ancestry

Nurhaci (1559–1626)
Hong Taiji (1592–1643)
Empress Xiaocigao (1575–1603)
Shunzhi Emperor (1638–1661)
Jaisang
Empress Xiaozhuangwen (1613–1688)
Boli (d. 1654)
Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722)
Yangzhen (d. 1621)
Tulai (1606–1658)
Empress Xiaokangzhang (1638–1663)
Lady Gioro
Yunki (1680 –1732)
Consort Yi (d. 1733)

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References

  1. Zhao Erxun. Draft History of Qing. Vol. 120.
  2. Draft History of Qing, Vol.120: ,,Consort Yi of Gorolo gave birth to Prince Hengwen of the First Rank Yunqi, the ninth son Yuntang and the eleventh son Yunyu.
  3. Zhao Erxun, Draft History of Qing, Vol.120, 列傳七 諸王六
  4. 清史稿 卷百二十 列傳七 諸王六》:康熙三十五年,上征噶爾丹,命允祺領正黃旗大營。四十八年十月,封恆親王。五十一年,賜銀五千。五十八年,封子弘昇為世子,班祿視貝子。雍正五年,坐事,削世子。
  5. 清史稿 卷百二十 列傳七 諸王六》:十年閏五月,允祺薨,予諡。子弘晊,襲。
  6. Hongsheng, Yunki's eldest son born by Lady Liugiya, held the title Prince Heng of the First Rank from 1720 to 1727, was stripped of his title in 1727, posthumously honoured as a beile under the title Gongke Beile (恭恪貝勒) in 1754
  7. Evelyn S. Rawski (2001). The Last Emperors:A Social History of Qing Imperial Institutions. University of California Press. ISBN   0520228375.