Yonglin Explained

Yonglin
Prince Qing of the First Rank
Chinese: 和碩慶親王
Succession:Head of the House of Prince Qing peerage
Reign:1789–1820
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:peerage created
Successor:Mianmin
Birth Date:17 June 1766
Father:Qianlong Emperor
Mother:Empress Xiaoyichun
Spouse:Lady Niohuru
Lady Ugiya
Spouse-Type:Consorts
Issue:Mianmin, Prince Qingliang of the Second Rank
Mianti
Mianxing
Lady of the Second Rank
House:Aisin Gioro
Full Name:Yonglin (永璘)
Posthumous Name:Prince Qingxi of the First Rank (慶僖親王)

Yonglin (17 June 1766  - 25 April 1820), formally known as Prince Qing, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty in China.

Life

Yonglin was born in the Aisin-Gioro clan as the 17th and youngest son of the Qianlong Emperor. His mother, Empress Xiaoyichun, also bore the Qianlong Emperor's 15th son, Yongyan (the Jiaqing Emperor); Yonglin and the Jiaqing Emperor were thus full brothers.

In 1775, his birth mother died of illness. He was raised by Noble Consort Ying in Jingren Palace.

In 1789, Yonglin was granted the title of a beile. He was promoted to junwang (second-rank prince) in 1799 under the title "Prince Hui of the Second Rank" (惠郡王), but was later renamed to "Prince Qing of the Second Rank" (慶郡王). The Jiaqing Emperor gave him Heshen's former residence as his personal mansion. In 1820, Yonglin was promoted to qinwang (first-rank prince), hence he was known as "Prince Qing of the First Rank" (慶親王). He died in the same year and was buried somewhere in the present-day Baiyanggou Natural Scenic Area, which is located southwest of Beijing's Changping District.

Around 1851, during the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor, the Imperial Household Department took back the Prince Qing's Mansion from Yonglin's descendants. A year later, the Xianfeng Emperor gave the mansion to his sixth brother, Prince Gong. The mansion, now called the Prince Gong's Mansion, is a museum open to the public.

Family

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Secondary Consort

Concubine

In fiction and popular culture

See also

References

  1. Book: 《内务府奏片》.
  2. Book: 《为庆僖亲王续福晋病故著加恩赏银办理善事事》.
  3. Book: 《为加恩备办庆亲王永璘留于宫内抚养第五女殇逝事宜事》.