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Prince Qing of the First Rank | |||||
Yikuang
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Prince Qing of the First Rank | |||||
Tenure | 1894 – 1917 | ||||
Successor | Zaizhen | ||||
Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet | |||||
Tenure | 8 May 1911 – 16 November 1911 | ||||
Predecessor | none | ||||
Successor | Yuan Shikai | ||||
Born |
Beijing, China |
16 November 1838||||
Died | 28 January 1917 Beijing, China |
(aged 78)||||
Spouse | Lady Hegiya Lady Liugiya another four consorts |
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Issue |
Zaizhen Zaibo Zailun three other sons 12 daughters |
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House | Aisin Gioro | ||||
Father | Mianxing |
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Prince Qingmi of the First Rank (慶密親王) |
Yikuang | |||||||||
Chinese | 奕劻 | ||||||||
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Prince Qing | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 慶親王 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 庆亲王 | ||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yìkuāng |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Qìng Qīnwáng |
Wade–Giles | Ch'ing Chin-wang |
Yikuang (Manchu: ᡳᡴᡠᠸᠠᠩ I-kuwang; 16 November 1838 – 28 January 1917), formally known as Prince Qing (or Prince Ch'ing), was a Manchu noble and politician of the Qing dynasty. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, an office created in May 1911 to replace the Grand Council.
Yikuang was born in the Aisin-Gioro clan as the eldest son of Mianxing (綿性), a lesser noble who held the title of a buru bafen fuguo gong. He was adopted by his uncle, Mianti (綿悌), who held the title of a third class zhenguo jiangjun. His grandfather was Yonglin, the 17th son of the Qianlong Emperor and the first in line in the Prince Qing peerage, one of the 12 "iron-cap" princely peerages of the Qing dynasty.
Yikuang inherited the title of a fuguo jiangjun in 1850 and was promoted to beizi in 1852. In January 1860, the Xianfeng Emperor further elevated Yikuang to the status of a beile. In October 1872, after the Tongzhi Emperor married Empress Xiaozheyi, he promoted Yikuang to a junwang (second-rank prince) and appointed him as a yuqian dachen (御前大臣; a senior minister reporting directly to the emperor).