Hongzhou, Prince He

This name uses Manchu naming customs. The family name is Aisin Gioro.

Hongzhou
Prince He of the First Rank
Portrait of Hongzhou
Prince He of the First Rank
Reign	1733–1765
Predecessor	None
Successor	Yongbi
Born	(1712-01-05)5 January 1712
Died	2 September 1770(1770-09-02) (aged 58)
Consorts	Lady Ujaku
Issue	Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank Yongbin Yonghuan Yongkun Yongzeng Princess Hewan of the Second Rank
Names Aisin Gioro Hongzhou (愛あい新しん覺さとし羅ら 弘ひろし晝ひる) Posthumous name Prince Hegong of the First Rank (和恭かずゆき親王しんのう)
House	Aisin Gioro
Father	Yongzheng Emperor
Mother	Imperial Noble Consort Chunque

Hongzhou
Traditional Chinese	弘ひろし晝ひる
Simplified Chinese	弘ひろし昼ひる
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóngzhòu Wade–Giles Hung-chou

Hongzhou (Manchu:ᡥᡠᠩᠵᡝᠣ, Mölendroff: hungjeo; 5 January 1712 – 2 September 1770), formally known as Prince He, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty.

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 (纯悫皇すめらぎ贵妃) of the Geng (耿) clan, who was the daughter of Geng Dejin (耿德金きん), a guanling (內管領りょう) in the Qing imperial court.

Hongzhou was granted the title "Prince He of the First Rank" (和かず碩せき和親わしん王おう) 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

Primary Consort

• Imperial Princess Consort Hegong, of the Ujaku clan (和恭かずゆき亲王福ぶく晋すすむ 烏がらす扎庫氏し)
  • Yongying (永えい瑛あきら; 17 May 1731 – 28 July 1732), first son
  • Yongbi, Prince Heqin of the First Rank (和かず勤つとむ親王しんのう 永なが璧/和かず勤つとむ亲王 永なが壁かべ; 23 July 1733 – 4 April 1772), second son
  • Princess Hewan of the Second Rank (和かず碩せき和わ婉公主ぬし; 24 July 1734 – 2 May 1760), first daughter
    • Married Deleke (德とく勒克; d. 1794) of the Barin Borjigit clan on 13 January 1751
  • Yongbin, General of the First Rank (鎮國將軍しょうぐん 永なが瑸; 24 December 1735 – 2 February 1799), fourth son
  • Fifth son (14 January 1739 – 20 June 1739)
  • Yongkun, Duke of the Fourth Rank (不入ふにゅう八はち分ふん輔國公こう 永なが琨; 11 March 1743 – 16 February 1803), seventh son
  • Yongzeng (永えい璔; 19 September 1745 – 5 July 1768), eighth son

Secondary Consort

• Secondary consort, of the Janggiya clan (側がわ福ぶく晉すすむ 章あきら佳けい氏し)
  • Third son (22 May 1734 – 31 December 1734)
• Secondary consort, of the Cui clan (側がわ福ぶく晉すすむ 崔ちぇ氏し)
  • Yonghuan, General of the First Rank (鎮國將軍しょうぐん 永なが瑍; 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)

Succession of Prince He

Main article: Prince He § Members of the Prince He peerage

See also

• Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty
• Ranks of imperial consorts in China § Qing

References

• Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). Vol. 220. China.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)