Gūwalgiya Explained
| Ibox-Order: | mnc, zh |
| T: | 瓜爾佳氏 |
| S: | 瓜尔佳氏 |
| P: | Guā'ěrjiāshì |
Gūwalgiya was one of the most powerful Manchu clans. It is often listed by historians as the first of the eight prominent Manchu clans of the Qing dynasty. After the demise of the dynasty, some of its descendants sinicized their clan name to the Han Chinese surname Guan (Chinese: 關).
Notable figures
Males
- Fiongdon (Chinese: 費英東; 1562–1620), close associate of Nurhaci
- Huisai (Chinese: 輝塞; d. 1651), Fiongdon's grandson
- Fuzhen (d. 1909), Huisai's descendant
- Oboi (1610–1669), Fiongdon's nephew; served as one of the Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor
- Nardu (Chinese: 訥爾杜; d. 1676), Oboi's nephew
- Bahai (d. 1696), early Qing dynasty general
- Wenxiang (1818–1876), late Qing dynasty statesman
- Ronglu (1836–1903), late Qing dynasty mandarin, major confidant of Empress Dowager Cixi
- Guan Xiangying (Chinese: 關向應; 1902–1946), Communist fighter, leader of the Communist Youth League of China
- Kwan Shan (1933–2012), Hong Kong actor
- John Kuan (born 1940), Kuomintang politician in Taiwan
- Prince Consort
| Date | Prince Consort | Background | Princess |
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| 1614 or 1615 | Fiongdon | | Cuyen's first daughter (1601–1662) by primary consort (Yehe Nara) |
| 1651 | Huisai | | Hong Taiji's tenth daughter (1635–1661) by mistress (Nara) |
| 1652 | Laha (Chinese: 拉哈) | | Hong Taiji's 13th daughter (1638–1657) by mistress (Nara) |
| Huanghai (Chinese: 黃海) | | Yebušu's first daughter (1652–1728) by primary consort (Tubusu) |
| 1667 | Na'erdu | | Princess Gongque (1654–1685), the Shunzhi Emperor's second daughter by mistress (Yang) |
| 1688 | Du'erma (Chinese: 杜爾瑪) | | Changning's second daughter (1674–1695) by mistress (Chen) |
| 1698 | | Changning's sixth daughter (1684–1712) by mistress (Niohuru) |
| 1873 | Fuzhen | | Princess Rong'an (1855–1875), the Xianfeng Emperor's first daughter by Imperial Noble Consort Zhuangjing (Tatara) |
| 1906 | Liangkui (Chinese: 良揆) | Adopted father: Ronglu | Yikuang's sixth daughter by secondary consort (Jingiya) | |
Females
Imperial Consort
- Imperial Noble Consort
- Imperial Concubine
- Imperial Concubine Jian (d. 1780), the Jiaqing Emperor's concubine, the mother of first daughter (1780–1783)
- Imperial Concubine An (1785–1837), the Jiaqing Emperor's first class female attendant
Princess Consort
- Primary Consort
- Šurhaci's fourth primary consort (d. 1623), the mother of Jasahatu (1589–1609), Princess (1590–1649), sixth daughter (b. 1595), Turan (1596–1614), seventh daughter (b. 1597), Jaisanggū (1598–1625), Nuomudai (1601–1613), eighth daughter (b. 1602), ninth daughter and tenth daughter (b. 1603)
- Šurhaci's seventh primary consort, the mother of Fiyanggū (1605–1644)
- Yunreng's primary consort (d. 1718), the mother of Princess (1697–1735)
- Yunxu's primary consort, the mother of second daughter (1716–1726)
- Mianyu's first primary consort (d. 1835), the mother of first son (1835)
- Mianyu's second primary consort (d. 1852), the mother of Yixiang (1849–1886)
- Yiwei's primary consort (d. 1827)
- Yixin's primary consort (1834–1880), the mother of Princess Rongshou (1854–1924), Zaicheng (1858–1885), second daughter (1860–1864) and Zaijun (1864–1866)
- Youlan (1884–1921), Zaifeng's primary consort, the mother of Puyi (1906–1967), Pujie (1907–1994), Yunying (1909–1925), Yunhe (1911–2001) and Yunying (1913–1992)
- Secondary Consort
- Fuquan's secondary consort, the mother of fourth daughter (1681 – 1682 or 1683), Baotai (1682–1730) and Baoshou (1684–1706)
- Yunki's secondary consort, the mother of Hongzhi (1700–1775), third son (1702–1707), Hong'ang (1705–1782), fifth son (1707) and fifth daughter (1708–1710)
- Yuntao's secondary consort, the mother of third daughter (1728)
- Yinxiang's secondary consort, the mother of Princess (1703–1776) and Hongchang (1706–1771)
- Yunxu's secondary consort, the mother of first daughter (1716–1717), first son (1718–1719), second son (1719–1720), third daughter (1722–1730), Lady (1722–1745), Hongqing (1724–1770), Hongshou (1727–1731) and fifth daughter (1729–1748)
- Yongzhang's secondary consort, the mother of Lady (1755–1777)
- Concubine
- Dodo's concubine, the mother of Bakedu (1640–1668)
- Dodo's concubine, the mother of Zhakedu (1644–1689)
- Hooge's concubine, the mother of first daughter (1631–1692)
See also
