Yongrong

Yongrong (28 January 1744 – 13 June 1790) was a Manchu prince and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty in China. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan as the sixth son of the Qianlong Emperor; his mother was Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui.

This name uses Manchu naming customs. The family name is Aisin Gioro.
Yongrong
永瑢
Prince Zhi of the First Rank
質親王
Prince Zhi of the First Rank
Tenure1789–1790
PredecessorYunxi
SuccessorMianqing
Born(1744-01-28)28 January 1744
Died13 June 1790(1790-06-13) (aged 46)
ConsortsLady Fuca
Lady Niohuru
IssueMiancong
Mianqing, Prince Zhike of the Second Rank
Princess of the Fourth Rank
Full name
Aisin Gioro Yongrong
(愛新覺羅 永瑢)
Posthumous name
Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank
(質莊親王)
HouseAisin Gioro
FatherQianlong Emperor
MotherImperial Noble Consort Chunhui
Yongrong
Chinese永瑢

Biography

In 1759, he was adopted into the lineage of his granduncle Yunxi (允禧; 1711–1758) as Yunxi's grandson, because Yunxi had no son to inherit his Prince Shen peerage. Yongrong was made a beile in the same year. In 1772, he was promoted to junwang (second-rank prince) as "Prince Zhi of the Second Rank" (質郡王). In 1789, he was further promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince), as "Prince Zhi of the First Rank" (質親王). He died in 1790 and was posthumously honoured as "Prince Zhizhuang of the First Rank" (質莊親王).

He was succeeded by his fifth son, Mianqing.

Artist
Detail of a painting "Paradisiacal Landscape", 18th century, dedicated to his father the Qianlong Emperor

Yongrong is best known for his work as a general editor of the Siku Quanshu, and for his calligraphy in the manuscript Twenty-One Hymns to the Rescuer Mother of Buddhas (二十一種救度佛母贊). He was also a poet and painter of Chinese paintings with landscape painting as his focus, with knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.[1]

Family

Consorts and Issue:

  • Primary consort, of the Fuca clan (嫡福晉 富察氏， d. March 1772)
    • Miancong (綿聰; 22 March 1766 – 15 August 1780), first son
    • Second daughter (5 February 1768 – 8 February 1768)
    • Mian'ai (綿愛; 22 February 1769 – 8 September 1771), second son
    • Fourth daughter (3 October 1770 – 20 September 1779)
  • Second primary consort, of the Niohuru clan (继福晉 鈕祜祿氏)
    • Mianxin (綿信; 14 August 1775 – 25 November 1777), fourth son
    • Princess of the Fourth Rank (縣主; b. 1 September 1776), fifth daughter
      • Married Deqin (德欽) of the Aohan in January/February 1793
    • Mianqing, Prince Zhike of the Second Rank (質恪郡王 綿慶; 17 June 1779 – 27 November 1804), fifth son
  • Secondary consort, of the You clan (側福晉 尤氏)
    • First daughter (20 March 1766 – 27 November 1769)
    • Third daughter (23 July 1769 – 7 July 1770)
    • Mianci (綿慈; 21 December 1770 – 23 May 1773), third son
  • Mistress, of the Geng clan (耿氏)
    • Mianyi (綿意; 12 May 1787 – 12 June 1792), sixth son

Ancestry
Shunzhi Emperor (1638–1661)
Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722)
Empress Xiaokangzhang (1638–1663)
Yongzheng Emperor (1678–1735)
Weiwu
Empress Xiaogongren (1660–1723)
Lady Saiheli
Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799)
Wulu
Lingzhu (1664–1754)
Lady Qiao
Empress Xiaoshengxian (1692–1777)
Wugong
Lady Peng
Yongrong (1744–1790)
Zhaonan
Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui (1713–1760)

See also

References
  1. "Manuscript of a Mongolian Sūtra". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-06-22.

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