Hongzhou, Prince He
Hongzhou (Manchu:ᡥᡠᠩᠵᡝᠣ, Mölendroff: hungjeo; 5 January 1712 – 2 September 1770), formally known as Prince He, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty.
| Hongzhou | |||||||||
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| Prince He of the First Rank | |||||||||
 Portrait of Hongzhou | |||||||||
| Prince He of the First Rank | |||||||||
| Reign | 1733–1765 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | None | ||||||||
| Successor | Yongbi | ||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1712 | ||||||||
| Died | 2 September 1770 (aged 58) | ||||||||
| Consorts | Lady Ujaku | ||||||||
| Issue | Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank Yongbin Yonghuan Yongkun Yongzeng Princess Hewan of the Second Rank | ||||||||
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| House | Aisin Gioro | ||||||||
| Father | Yongzheng Emperor | ||||||||
| Mother | Imperial Noble Consort Chunque | ||||||||
| Hongzhou | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 弘晝 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 弘昼 | ||||||||
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Life
Hongzhou was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of the Yongzheng Emperor. His mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunque (纯悫皇贵妃) of the Geng (耿) clan, who was the daughter of Geng Dejin (耿德金), a guanling (內管領) in the Qing imperial court.
Hongzhou was granted the title "Prince He of the First Rank" (Chn:和碩和親王; Man: hošoi hūwaliyaka cin wang; Mon: χošui nayirtai čin wang хошой найртай чин ван) in 1733. In his childhood, he was adopted and raised by Empress Xiaojingxian. Unlike his brothers Hongli and Hongshi, Hongzhou chose to avoid being involved in rivalry over the succession to their father's throne. He was known to have pretended to be crazy and feminine.
Family
Consorts and Issue:
- Primary consort, of the Ujaku clan (嫡福晉 烏扎庫氏/嫡福晋 乌扎库氏)
- Yongying (永瑛; 17 May 1731 – 28 July 1732), first son
- Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank (和勤親王 永璧/和勤亲王 永壁; 23 July 1733 – 4 April 1772), second son
- Princess Hewan of the Second Rank (和碩和婉公主; 24 July 1734 – 2 May 1760), first daughter
- Married Deleke (德勒克; d. 1794) of the Barin Borjigit clan on 13 January 1751
- Yongbin, General of the First Rank (鎮國將軍 永瑸; 24 December 1735 – 2 February 1799), fourth son
- Fifth son (14 January 1739 – 20 June 1739)
- Yongkun, Duke of the Fourth Rank (不入八分輔國公 永琨; 11 March 1743 – 16 February 1803), seventh son
- Yongzeng (永璔; 19 September 1745 – 5 July 1768), eighth son
- Secondary consort, of the Janggiya clan (側福晉 章佳氏)
- Third son (22 May 1734 – 31 December 1734)
- Secondary consort, of the Cui clan (側福晉 崔氏)
- Yonghuan, General of the First Rank (鎮國將軍 永瑍; 7 July 1740 – 3 November 1783), sixth son
Ancestry
| Hong Taiji (1592–1643) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shunzhi Emperor (1638–1661) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaozhuangwen (1613–1688) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tulai (1606–1658) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaokangzhang (1638–1663) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Gioro | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yongzheng Emperor (1678–1735) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Esen | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weiwu | |||||||||||||||||||
| Empress Xiaogongren (1660–1723) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Saiheli | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hongzhou (1712–1770) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dejin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Imperial Noble Consort Chunque (1689/1690–1785) | |||||||||||||||||||
In fiction and popular culture
- Portrayed by Wang Xiao in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
- Portrayed by Hong Yao in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
