Yicong
| Yicong | |||||
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| Prince Dun of the First Rank | |||||
 Yicong | |||||
| Prince Dun of the First Rank | |||||
| Reign | 1846–1889 | ||||
| Predecessor | Miankai | ||||
| Successor | Zailian (demoted to beile) | ||||
| Born |
23 July 1831 Beijing, China | ||||
| Died |
18 February 1889 (aged 57) Beijing, China | ||||
| Issue |
Zailian Zaiyi Zailan Zaiying Zaijin | ||||
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| House | Aisin Gioro | ||||
| Father | Daoguang Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Consort Xiang | ||||
| Yicong | |||||||||
| Chinese | 奕誴 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 惇親王 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 惇亲王 | ||||||||
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Yicong (23 July 1831 – 18 February 1889), better known as Prince Dun (or Prince Tun), was a Manchu prince of the late Qing dynasty.
Life
Yicong was born in the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the fifth son of the Daoguang Emperor. His mother was Consort Xiang from the Niohuru clan. He was adopted by his uncle Miankai (綿愷), the third son of the Jiaqing Emperor, because Miankai had no male heir to succeed him. Upon Miankai's death in 1838, Yicong inherited his adoptive father's title, "Prince Dun of the First Rank" (惇親王).
Following the death of the Daoguang Emperor in 1850, Yizhu, the emperor's fourth son, ascended the throne as the Xianfeng Emperor. When the Xianfeng Emperor died in 1861, Prince Dun and his seventh brother, Yixuan (Prince Chun), were both in Rehe Province with the emperor, while their sixth brother, Yixin (Prince Gong), was in the imperial capital, Beijing. Prince Dun supported Prince Gong in the Xinyou Coup of 1861 and helped him seize power from a group of eight regents appointed by the Xianfeng Emperor on his deathbed to assist his son, the Tongzhi Emperor. In 1865, Prince Dun was appointed as the head of the Imperial Clan Court.
Prince Dun died in 1889 during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor. His great-grandson, Yuyan, was a self-proclaimed successor to Puyi, the Last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. Prince Dun's former residence is at Qinghua Gardens (清華園), the present-day location of Tsinghua (Qinghua) University.
Family
- Father: Daoguang Emperor
- Mother: Consort Xiang
- Adoptive father: Miankai (綿愷; 1795–1838), third son of the Jiaqing Emperor, held the title "Prince Dun of the First Rank" (惇親王). His only son, Yizuan (奕纘; 1817–1821), died at a young age and had no heir. He adopted Yicong, who inherited his title.
- Sons:
- Zailian (載濂; 1854–1917), Yicong's eldest son, held the title of a beile.
- Zaiyi (載漪; 1856–1922), Yicong's second son, held the title "Prince Duan of the Second Rank" (端郡王).
- Zailan (載瀾; 1856-1916), Yicong's third son, held the title of a buru bafen fuguo gong.
- Zaiying (載瀛), Yicong's fourth son, held the title of a beile.
- Zaijin (載津), Yicong's fifth son, held the title of a buru bafen fuguo gong.
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