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Yikuang, Prince Qing

Yikuang
Prince Qing of the First Rank
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Yikuang
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 (1838-11-16)16 November 1838
Beijing, China
Died 28 January 1917(1917-01-28) (aged 78)
Beijing, China
Spouse Lady Hegiya
Lady Liugiya
another four consorts
Issue Zaizhen
Zaibo
Zailun
three other sons
12 daughters
Posthumous name
Prince Qingmi of the First Rank
(慶密親王)
House Aisin Gioro
Father Mianxing
Posthumous name
Prince Qingmi of the First Rank
(慶密親王)
Yikuang
Chinese 奕劻
Prince Qing
Traditional Chinese 慶親王
Simplified Chinese 庆亲王

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).


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